Police Calls: Arrests at Safeway & Happy Donut, Teens Throw Rocks at Person

The following information was obtained from the daily incident log and arrest log of the Albany Police Department.

Monday, Dec. 30

911 call, fight with baseball bat – At 9:29 a.m., police received a report of a fight involving a baseball bat at Franklin and Delaware in Berkeley. Disposition: Matter/persons referred to outside agency.

Auto break-in, won't start – At 10:19 a.m., police received a report that a woman's vehicle on Cerrito was broken into sometime last night and now won't start. Disposition: Case report taken.

Recovered stolen vehicle – At 12:34 p.m., police logged a report of a vehicle stolen out of El Cerrito recovered on Hillside. Disposition: Case report taken.

Bad check – At 1:45 p.m., a person reported receiving a bad check from someone but there were no funds in the bank. Disposition: Civil matter – parties advised.

Vehicle runs into business – At 2:30 p.m., police received a report of a vehicle running into a business on Solano. The reporting party said it didn't look like the driver was injured but he was still in the vehicle. Disposition: Case report taken.

Vehicle accident, possible injury – At 2:41 p.m., police logged a report titled "Vehicle Accident – No Injury" whose description said, "Vehicle vs. vehicle with injury" at Cigarette Discounters on San Pablo. The accident was blocking traffic. Disposition: Miscellaneous public service provided.

Hit and run with damage – At 4:53 p.m., police received a report of a hit and run with damage to a vehicle parked on Cornell earlier today. Disposition: Case report taken.

Safeway shoplifting, probation arrest – At 5:09 p.m., police arrested a 48-year-old man at Solano and Ensenada in Berkeley on suspicion of petty theft and violating probation. The arrest followed a report of man in a bright blue 76ers jersey taking a lot of personal hygiene items at Safeway.

Outstanding warrant arrest – At 7:23 p.m., police arrested a 52-year-old transient male at Target on an outstanding, no-bail warrant.

Drug paraphernalia, probation arrest – At 9:09 p.m., police arrested a 61-year-transient male at 500 Buchanan on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia and violating probation. The arrest followed a 9:04 p.m. report of an officer-initiated activity at Waterfront Park.

Tuesday, Dec. 31

Arrest for burglary, defrauding Happy Donut – At 5:30 a.m., police arrested a 47-year-old transient male at Happy Donut on San Pablo on suspicion of commercial burglary and defrauding Happy Donut.

Accused of stealing – At 10:36 a.m., a person reported being accused of stealing by an older woman with short hair and a light-colored jacket. Disposition: Unable to locate source of complaint.

Residential burglary – At 12:26 p.m., police received a report of a residential burglary on Key Route between Friday and today. The reporting party has cleared the residence and suspect that narcotic activity is occurring at the location. Disposition: Case report taken.

Targeted by teens throwing rocks – At 3:22 p.m., police received a report that two teens with backpacks threw rocks at the reporting party walking southbound at Peralta and Sonoma three minutes ago. Disposition: Unable to locate source of complaint.

Purse stolen at Target – At 3:48 p.m., police received a report of a purse taken from Target at about 2:30 p.m. Disposition: Case report taken.

Neighbors verbal altercation – At 6:30 p.m., police received a report of a neighbor verbal dispute on Carmel. It's an ongoing issue. Disposition: Disputing parties separated – matter resolved.

911 call on neighbors dispute – At 6:32 p.m., police received a 911 call from the other neighbor involved in the dispute that was phoned in two minutes earlier. The log entry says, "Abandoned..on call back." Disposition: Log note only.

Warning to screaming, cursing man – Log entries at 9:11 p.m. and 9:34 p.m. say that police issued a warning to man in a raider jacket who was yelling, screaming and cursing at people parked in the parking lot behind the Albany Twin theater. The man went into a business and exited a couple of times and then got into his car and sped up and down the street multiple times before parking and staring into the business.

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The Albany police call log and arrest log may be viewed at the Albany Police Department at 1000 San Pablo Avenue.