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Police arrested Jevon Calland, 21, in connection with the Feb. 4 shooting of 34-year-old Zontee Jones, on Delaware Street just west of San Pablo Avenue.

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A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ killing earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso

A man arrested Sunday in connection with Berkeley’s only homicide of 2013 has been charged with murder by the Alameda County district attorney’s office, along with a second man who was arrested earlier this year and then again this week.

Police arrested Jevon Calland, 21, in connection with the Feb. 4 shooting of 34-year-old Zontee Jones, on Delaware Street just west of San Pablo Avenue.

A second man, Maurice Thomas, also known as Maurice Thomas Jr., was arraigned along with Calland. Thomas is linked to a woman police arrested, but later released, on suspicion of homicide in late February.(...)

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According to the documents, on May 30 at about 7 p.m., police responded to the corner of Harmon and King streets, near Alcatraz Avenue, for a reported shooting. According … Continue reading »]]>

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The Berkeley Police Department arrested a local man Friday in connection with a shooting in South Berkeley at the end of May that sent another man to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police said in court documents that the shooting may have been a case of mistaken identity.

According to the documents, on May 30 at about 7 p.m., police responded to the corner of Harmon and King streets, near Alcatraz Avenue, for a reported shooting. According to several witnesses, the victim was shot at seven times, and struck once, wrote police.

The victim, a 21-year-old Berkeley man, was taken to a local hospital for treatment, said police spokeswoman officer Jennifer Coats.

The police investigation led to the arrest on June 14 of Aoderi Samad, 20, whose listed address is several blocks from the location of the shooting.(...)

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Post tags: Aoderi Samad, Berkeley crime, Berkeley Police Department, Officer Jennifer Coats, Shootings in Berkeley, South Berkeley

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Ubiquitous Danish actor Pilou Asbaek in A Hijacking

If the traditional Hollywood playbook is to be believed, piracy was once one of the most glamorous and lucrative career choices available to the average Joe. All it took was a ship, a few scurvy knaves, and a twinkle in your eye, and you — along with Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster and a host of other handsome hunks — would be set for life. And as a bonus, there were wenches and grog aplenty!

Trust the Danish to suck all the fun out of high seas misbehavior. In A Hijacking (Kapringen, opening at Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas on Friday, June 21), there’s a distinct lack of swashbuckling, and (bar one “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?” sing-a-long sequence) none of the film’s characters seem to be having a particularly good time. 21st century piracy, it seems, is a very serious business indeed. (...)

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According to a June 4 letter from the Emerson PTA, two pipes broke last year, in a hallway and a teachers’ bathroom. Then, a few days into the 2012-13 school year, a broken faucet flooded, which led to … Continue reading »]]>

Emerson students wrote letters to BUSD maintenance chief Lew Jones asking for help. This drawing, by Oliver, shows a leaking pipe.

Citing a failure to address significant plumbing problems at Emerson Elementary that date back years, community members pleaded with the Berkeley Unified School Board last Wednesday to ask the district to change its approach to communication as well as maintenance issues.

According to a June 4 letter from the Emerson PTA, two pipes broke last year, in a hallway and a teachers’ bathroom. Then, a few days into the 2012-13 school year, a broken faucet flooded, which led to the relocation of four classrooms of young students.

In May, a leak and water damage closed two bathrooms, one boys’ and one girls’, for more than two weeks. Concern heightened when the possibility of mold contamination arose, which “could pose potential health risks to children and staff with asthma, lung disease, or allergies,” said the PTA.(...)

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Know where this is? Take a guess and let us know in the Comments.

Update, 06.19.13: Jerry Derblich got it right. This is a detail on the sign/logo at Chochmat Havlev Meditation Center at 2226 Prince Street in Berkeley. Congratulations, Jerry,  on being this week’s winner!

Photo: Keir Lenihan.

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Jevon Calland, 21, was arrested June 16 on suspicion of murder. He’s being held without bail at the Berkeley Jail, according to the Alameda County sheriff’s department, and is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday afternoon.

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A memorial for Zontee Jones, who was killed in West Berkeley on Feb. 4. Photo: Emilie Raguso

Police have arrested an Oakland man in connection with the premeditated killing of Zontee Jones, who was fatally shot Feb. 4 on Delaware Street near San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley. Jones, 34, was the city’s first homicide of 2013.

Jevon Calland, 21, was arrested June 16 on suspicion of murder. He’s being held without bail at the Berkeley Jail, according to the Alameda County sheriff’s department, and is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday afternoon.

On Feb. 4 at approximately 11 a.m., Berkeley and Albany police officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired, with a victim down near the intersection of Delaware and San Pablo. They found Jones suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to Highland Hospital where he was pronounced dead.(...)

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According to the University of California Police Department, two men, both described as black, fired guns at a vehicle being driven by a woman who had a female friend as her passenger as they passed through the intersection just after 12:30 a.m.

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Police on the scene of a shooting on Telegraph Avenue and Channing Way in Berkeley early Sunday, June 16. Photo: David Yee

New details have emerged about the incident early Sunday in which multiple gunshots were fired on Telegraph Avenue at Channing Way south of the UC Berkeley campus.

According to the University of California Police Department, two men, both described as black, fired guns at a vehicle being driven by a woman who had a female friend as her passenger as they passed through the intersection just after 12:30 a.m.

The women, who said their vehicle was struck several times, drove away from the scene and then contacted police. The women were not harmed during the incident.

Police searched the area. They did not find the suspects, but located a large number of bullet casings at the scene.

One of the men appeared to be 18-20 years old, and 5 feet 8 inches tall with a stocky build. He may have been wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt or a black t-shirt and jeans. The second man was described only as black with a dark complexion.

Shortly before the shots were fired, at around 11:50 p.m. Saturday, Berkeley police responded to a disturbance call regarding a party in the 2400 block of Warring. According to Berkeley Police Lt. Andrew Rateaver, there were large crowds at the party and police broke up fights there. Witnesses described party-goers milling about on the street and clambering over cars.

Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call the Berkeley Police Department at 510-981-5900.

Related:
Police investigate shooting on Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue (06.16.13)

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Post tags: Berkeley crime, Lt. Andrew Rateaver, Shootings in Berkeley, Telegraph Avenue, University of California Police Department