On July 13, 2010 Hamed Mirabdal received a manila envelope in the mail. When he opened it, he gasped. Inside was his wallet, stolen from him four years earlier during a brutal assault in which he almost died. There was a short note in the envelope. “Found this while gardening on San Lorenzo Avenue in [...]
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Family still looking for Berkeley teen missing 15 years
Fifteen years ago, Peter McColl walked out of his north Berkeley home. He told his younger brother Joseph that he was taking the bus to visit Cody’s Books on Telegraph. No one in his family has seen him since. McColl, who was just days away from starting his junior year at Berkeley High, disappeared around [...]
Berkeley’s Southside gets new joint police focus
Residents living on the Southside of campus will soon see a greater police presence in their neighborhood, particularly late at night on the weekends and during Cal football games. The city of Berkeley police department and the UC Berkeley police department announced Tuesday that they are forming joint patrols to cruise the neighborhood. They hope [...]
Shooting at Sacramento and Oregon
Berkeley Police Department reports that at 7:12 p.m. yesterday, there was an assault with a deadly weapon at Sacramento and Oregon. There were multiple rounds fired, according to Officer Jamie Perkins, and the male victim sustained non-life threatening injuries. The incident occurred near Spiral Gardens. There is an active investigation of the shooting, but there [...]
Police looking for missing woman
Berkeley police are asking for the public’s help in locating a developmentally disabled woman whose mother last saw her five years ago. In June 2009, the mother of Heather Bloom called Berkeley police to ask for assistance in locating her daughter who had been living with her sister in Berkeley. The mother, who lives in [...]
New spate of arson fires in Berkeley
A week after Berkeley police arrested a man in connection with setting an arson fire on Telegraph, someone else has set two other small trash can fires, according to Berkeley police. Police responded to a debris fire at 2915 Telegraph Avenue near Russell Street, at about 11:07 p.m. Monday, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, spokeswoman [...]
Man arrested for setting arson fire
Berkeley police have arrested a man they believe set a trash can fire on Tuesday outside of Sam’s Market on Telegraph, one of a series of nine arson fires that have been plaguing the city. Travis Eugene Churchill, 25, has been charged with one count of arson and is being held on $50,000 bail in [...]
Police offer 17k reward in latest killing
Berkeley police and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers are offering a $17,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed Marcus Isiah Mosley, Jr. when he was sitting in his car on Friday July 17. Mosley, 29, was killed around 5:11 pm as he sat in the driver’s seat [...]
Series of arson fires set near campus
UC police and Berkeley fire and police officials are investigating a series of at least 10 small fires south of campus that they believe were deliberately set. The string of arson fires started Friday, July 16 when someone set fire to a number of trash cans along Telegraph Avenue. One can was set on fire [...]
Breaking: fatal shooting at Milvia and Russell
Berkeley police are investigating a fatal drive-by shooting that took place around 5:30 p.m. today near the intersection of Russell and Milvia. Berkeleyside has called the police for details and we’ll update the information as we receive it. Update 7:11 p.m. Regular commenter Thomas Lord reports through the comments: For what little it’s worth: closer [...]
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