A male snatched an iPhone from a woman as she was talking on the phone at the station, and fled in an unknown direction. Berkeley officers responded and detained a subject matching the description a few blocks from the station. The victim positively identified the suspect, who was in possession of the phone. The case was turned over to BART Police, who arrested and booked the suspect at the Berkeley Jail for grand theft. 1011-0522 L12.
Two friends visiting the Ashby Flea Market were victims of a robbery. A suspect, described as a black male, in his early twenties, wearing a white t-shirt, and blue jeans approached the first victim and snatched his sunglasses off of his face. The suspect then took three pair of shoes away from the victim’s possession. When the second victim tried to assist the first victim the suspect snatched his sunglasses off of his face and threw them back at him. The suspect then proceeded to take a jar of coins from the second victim. The suspect removed approximately ten dollars in change and fled the area on foot. An area check was performed by responding officers but met with negative results.
An adult female was able to walk away from a hospital where she was being held per 5150 W&I. She wound up in a car at the station with her mother and when officers made contact she attempted to stab herself in the neck with a set of keys she snatched from her. The subject was taken into custody and held for psychiatric evaluation without incidennt
At the west entrance to the station, a 55-year-old male victim was hit on the head with a stick, causing a serious laceration. The suspect, who escaped on foot, is in his late 40's or early 50's, and is known to the victim. The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
A male suspect was at the station trying to sell a bike that he knew was stolen. The victim, who reported the bike stolen a week ago, positively identified the stolen bicycle at the station. A records check confirmed that the bike was stolen. The suspect was arrested for possession of stolen property, and was booked at the Berkely jail. 1006-0607 L12.
Officers responded to the Ashby BART station on the report of a male subject on the trackway. Trains were held out until officers arrived on scene. Subject was contacted and had a stay-away court order from the Ashby BART station. Subject was arrested and booked for contempt of court. A second subject acquaintence was determined to be intoxicated and was arrested and booked for being unable to care himself.
An adult female was battered at the station by her boyfriend who also vandalized her car, her residence and made verbal threats to further harm the victim. The suspect was not located, but officers obtained an emergency protective order to protect the victim from the suspect.
Officers who were conducting directed enforcement regarding recent complaints of narcotics activity at the station arrested two adult males for parole violations. One of the suspects was also in possession of suspected narcotics. Both suspects were booked into jail.
A male suspect took an iPhone from the possession of another male while on board a train, then fled the station. A search for the suspect yielded negative results. 0912-2226 L12.
An adult male was approached in the parking lot by two adult male suspects who were panhandling. When the victim removed his wallet from his pocket to give the suspects some money, one of the suspects hit the victim in the head and fled on foot with the wallet. Officers searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspects.
An adult male who initially called to complain of illness/pain was subsequently arrested for a number of outstanding narcotics violations and theft warrants.
A male victim, who had his bicycle stolen days ago, located his stolen bike at the flea market. When he tried to retrieve it, the vendor demanded $60. The victim was trying to take the bike back when the suspect/vendor hit him over the head with a beer bottle and then fled the area. The suspect was located nearby and identified by the victim and witnesses. The victim suffered a small cut to the head, but refused medical attention. The suspect was booked at Berkeley Jail for possession of stolen property and assault with a deadly weapon.
Officers responded to a dispute betweeen a male and a female at the station. A warrant check revealed the female had a current restraining order against the male. The male was arrested and booked at the Berkeley jail for violation of the restraining order.
Three young juveniles were detained after they took possession of a woman's purse after she placed it next to her. After taking the purse and while rifling through it, one of the youths pulled a pair of scissors out of the purse and threatened her with it. The youths were apprehended on the platform and later released on citations to their parents.
The station agent at AHS reported for duty and discovered a USPS mail truck appearing to be abandoned in the parking lot. The truck had no license plates and no VIN. Dispatch called the USPS and they could not locate any information on the vehicle nor did they know why it was at AHS. At approximately 05:08, the USPS called back and stated that the truck had broken down there while picking up mail. While the investigation took place, AHS was shutdown and trains were run through the station.
A fare evasion suspect spat on a station agent and boarded a train. An officer arrived, captured the suspect who tried running away, and booked him.
A male adult victim was waiting for a Fremont bound train on the Ashby station platform, when he was punched on the side of the head by another man. The attack appeared to be random. Responding officers arrested the suspect for battery and public intoxication. The suspect was booked at the Berkeley City Jail. 0810-2832. L21.
A female victim in her 20's was battered near the top of the outside stairs leading to the west entrance of the station. The suspect, a man in his 20's, claimed to be an undercover police officer. The suspect then forced the victim downstairs and into the station building. He then robbed her of her back pack and released her. The suspect was initially reported to have been armed with a gun. The victim fled the station and the suspect boarded a train. Berkeley and BART PD officers held and searched two trains. Two suspects were offboarded. One, later determined to have been uninvolved, was released with a citation for an outstanding warrant. The other suspect was positively identified by a witness. The suspect is on parole for carjacking. The suspect was to be booked at the Berkeley jail for robbery, kidnapping, and impersonating a police officer. The victim and another witness were subsequently located. A follow-up investigation is being conducted.
A 23-year-old man was the victim of a strongarm robbery of his I-phone by a 17-year-old male. The suspect was detained by Berkeley PD several blocks away. The property was recovered. BART PD booked the suspect into juvenile hall for robbery.
A patron reported that she was robbed in the parking lot by three adult male suspects, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The suspects demanded small personal items from the victim and fled the scene on foot with the loss. Responding officers searched the area but were not able to locate the suspects.
During a patrol check of a train at the Ashby Station, an officer observed an adult female sleeping on the train with a crack pipe held in her hand. The suspect was removed from the train and also found to be in possession of suspected illegal narcotics. The suspect was arrested and booked for the charges.
An adult male had his backpack containing a laptop computer snatched from his possession by a male, possibly in his late teens, as he entered the parking lot area from the street level at the station's west side. At the time of this writing some of his property may have been recovered and returned to him.
An adult female contacted for fare evasion was arrested and booked on warrants charging battery and theft with a prior conviction out of Alameda County (Berkeley).