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Police Calls: Relentless Bass, Indecent Exposure, Recycling Bandit and More

The following information was supplied by the Albany Police Department, unless otherwise noted, and does not indicate a conviction. Click the green "Keep me posted!" button below for an alert when we publish this weekly report.

This is the crime bulletin from the  for the shifts from Sept. 20 at 6 a.m. to Sept. 26 at 6 a.m. Information from crimereports.com is included. See . Learn about  to stay current on Albany crime news. See the original bulletins in the media viewer, and click the green "Keep me posted!" button below for an alert when we publish this report. 

SEPT. 20

12:42 p.m. Someone in the 900 block of Curtis Street reported an occurrence of identity theft.

5:34 p.m. Someone in the 1000 block of Curtis discovered his or her home had been burglarized.

SEPT. 21

1:30 a.m. Police arrested Ryan Romero of Berkeley at Albany Bowl on suspicion of public intoxication. He was taken to the Glenn E. Dyer jail in downtown Oakland.

9:28 a.m. Someone reported the sound of loud bass guitar on Brighton Avenue, which was described as an ongoing issue.

9:57 a.m. A woman on Kains Avenue said someone tried to break into her home overnight; she "didn't call last night because she wasn't sure, but saw her lock had been tampered with." 

10:32 a.m. A purple mountain bike with a child seat on the back was stolen from a home in the 600 block of Santa Fe Avenue.

3:19 p.m. Someone reported several teens in the 100 block of Evelyn Avenue smoking marijuana. 

4:25 p.m. A woman went into the Police Department to report that someone had sent her several fake money orders: "she cashed one and now received more." 

5:49 p.m. Someone reported a trash can fire at 10th and Monroe streets that was spreading to a small structure.

SEPT. 22

1:03 a.m. Police arrested Andrew Morgan Larson of Berkeley on suspicion of driving under the influence near Marin and Santa Fe avenues. He was taken to the Glenn E. Dyer jail.

7:06 a.m. Someone on Brighton reported "loud music coming from the back of the house" that "starts every day at 7 a.m."

11:57 a.m. Police took a report of someone exposing himself to another person on San Pablo Avenue. 

4:03 p.m. Someone reported the theft of a $500 black Schwinn Panther bike from on Solano and San Pablo.

4:05 p.m. Albany Police received a "Be on the Lookout" alert from the El Cerrito Police Department about several people in a vehicle, one of whom reportedly pointed a gun at another vehicle five minutes prior near Fairmount and Ashbury avenues in El Cerrito.

5:27 p.m. A red girls bike was stolen from .

SEPT. 23

5:10 a.m. Someone on Cornell Avenue called police to report a "recycling bandit being loud."

11:48 p.m. Someone on Brighton called to report an ongoing problem of a "resident playing electric bass in the garage." The caller said he or she "would like him to quiet down." 

11:53 p.m. Two callers reported two males involved in a fight with a bat. Matter checks out OK.

SEPT. 24

1:02 a.m. Someone called to report an auto burglary that had just occurred in the 600 block of Talbot Avenue. The caller said three people left the scene heading north toward El Cerrito Plaza in a white sedan.

12:24 p.m. Someone reported the theft of two boxes of books from the 1000 block of Talbot during the week after four cases were dropped off by UPS.

5:19 p.m. Someone visited to the Albany Police Department to report that his or her vehicle was missing after letting a "friend borrow it [a] couple months ago."

7:23 p.m. Police received a fire alarm call on Santa Fe, with a report that there was smoke in the hallway and "birds confined" in the home. Miscellaneous public service provided.

10:38 p.m. Police arrested Mitchell Bainter, a transient, near San Pablo and Portland Avenue on suspicion of possessing a drug pipe. He was taken to the Glenn E. Dyer jail.

SEPT. 25

12:52 a.m. Police arrested Alex Giovanny Cachiguangolema of Oakland on suspicion of driving under the influence near San Pablo and Castro Street. He was taken to the Glenn E. Dyer jail.

8:50 a.m. A vehicle in the 500 block of Pierce Street was reported to have been stolen during the night. 

4:32 p.m. Police received a report of a woman stuck in an elevator in Bayside Commons Apartments on Pierce. Miscellaneous public service provided.

9:47 p.m. Albany police helped El Cerrito officers after a report of a strong arm robbery at about 9:35 p.m. near Elm Street and Lincoln Avenue in El Cerrito. The suspect, a man in his 20s wearing a dark gray or black hooded sweatshirt, was last seen running south on the Ohlone Greenway after taking a black bag, laptop and wallet from the victim.

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Margaret Tong May 25, 2013 at 09:00 pm
don't we ALL have accents? People comment on my accent a lot and most of the people I know haveRead More American accents.
Robby Sun May 25, 2013 at 11:01 am
Someone left a similar message on our phone too. The voice quality was bad and the guy appeared toRead More have an accent. I could barely understand him.
David Sanger May 26, 2013 at 01:01 am
Bill, you have come up with quite a handful of straw men here. I've never heard your "waste ofRead More time" meme. The purchase of land by Urban Adamah doesn't validate anything. Of course urban gardens and even agricultural research centers are feasible. If OTF cab convince UC that that's the best use of their resource then fine. And it they come with a plan and can raise the millions of dollars to buy the land and build or garden on it themselves, and make UC an offer they can't refuse, that's fine too. But the "occupy the land it's ours" strategy may not actually work in their favor towards those ends.
Jack Osborne May 25, 2013 at 08:42 pm
@Montymarket - nice attempt to twist the narrative here. As everyone on Patch and virtually everyRead More local resident seems to agree, urban gardening engaged in legally on property either owned by or provided willingly to gardeners is a perfectly fine idea. And trying to cast those who oppose OTF as "right wing" is either very funny, very ignorant, or both. Regardless, the concept that's really been proven is that the OTF folks clearly have taken the wrong approach, and would make far better use of their time working with organizations like Urban Adamah.
montymarket May 25, 2013 at 05:35 pm
Well, now. There goes the meme up in smoke (see the burning bush) that it's a waste of time toRead More preserve a small plot of land to raise food in an urban environment. A couple of acres of veggies apparently is worth the effort! Many on the right (opposing the East Bay know-it-all progressive upstarts) regularly challenge, on these fine Patch comments, that the feasibility of an urban farm in this area of the East Bay is impossible: the soil is no good, the amount produced is too miniscule, not enough mouths will be fed, the concept is outlandish (!), and urban farmers are moonbeam unicorn gassy hippies! Well, here's two acres just around the corner that gives credence to a lot that the OTFers are saying. There are folks of equal mind who agree! This is suitable space for urban farming, educational activities, saving the planet one little step at a time. Consider the concept proven.
David Sanger May 26, 2013 at 12:54 am
Bill, you have quite an imagination. First people in Albany oppose OTF are not "theRead More right". Albany is almost completely Democratic, I can count the number of Republicans I know here on one finger (as Monty Python's camelspotter said, "almost one"). You have invented a scenario that never happened, OTF applauded then vilified. OTF has explicitly stated they want urban agriculture on the Monroe plot now, as well as the northern research plot.
montymarket May 25, 2013 at 08:33 pm
First, the land that the OTFers want to maintain as farmland is presently used for agriculturalRead More research (Monsanto or BP funded?) over by the elementary school. Instead of interrupting the ongoing research projects, the OTFers moved their demonstration to Monroe (the President who came up with the doctrine that this hemisphere belonged solely to the US) St. Now the right, in these venerable comments, is mocking the OTFers for respecting the researchers and planting in the old barracks land instead. Sheesh. What's a concerned citizen to do? They were applauded for not interrupting the research, but as a consequence thereof, they are now vilified for planting in an abandoned weed filled field instead. The Tea Party right is famous for this ploy: moving the goal posts, as it were. In the US Congress the right complains about the Democratic Senate not passing a budget, then when they do pass a budget, the right blocks going to conference without preconditions. Same here. Stop interrupting valuable research, they say. But when they move over to the hard scrabble abandoned fields, it's now: that soil is crap, so all your plans are doomed. True that Albany is the lead agency to review the project, but apparently times have changed and other interested parties were not heard. The Albany Rollers & Strollers filed a lawsuit and negotiated a compromise outside the formal process, now they are happy with the new result (and we can all agree that Mr Jordan has done his penance and should be forgiven). Apparently the OTFers feel they got short shrift. Now it's their turn to negotiate a compromise. What's wrong with that? It worked for the bicycle people -- with an excellent result, thank you very much. (BTW, Whole Foods didn't bail because of the OTFers alone.) The goal of the OTFers is to preserve a portion of the total property for urban farming. That section may not be on Monroe but in a future phase and section of the development where the soil is excellent farm land.
Lisa Schneider May 23, 2013 at 12:08 am
The occupiers complain that the meanies won't let them temporarily plant stuff on the futureRead More mixed-use project site, on the other hand the occupiers threaten a permanent occupation. This linked occupier image reminds me of Game of Drones (as in critters that perform no meaningful work) http://gallery.mailchimp.com/fef1cd615d86cfe1a43674873/images/ReOccupy_FARM_TOOLS.2.1f17376.jpg
Carla Harkness, center front with husband Bob, received the 2013 Lasallian Educator award at Saint Mary's High, May 17.  She is joined by other Educator honorees from prior years.
Peggy McQuaid May 20, 2013 at 11:26 am
Congratulations, Carla. The article failed to mention what a great neighbor you are.
Robby Sun May 20, 2013 at 10:37 pm
@Dover: The parent birds didn't look like doves. They were the commonly seen dull-yellowish birds.Read More Smaller than a pigeon but larger than a sparrow. Robins? I can't tell for sure. We checked the abandoned nest. To my eyes, it was well built, and stably setup between grape branches. It didn't capsize. The dead baby birds were found at least 5 feet away from the ground right beneath the nest. Something must have got them out of the nest and killed them. We didn't look at the corpses in detail to decide the cause of death though.
Robby Sun May 20, 2013 at 10:09 pm
@Ross: I was wondering that too. It could be the squirrels, which were very active in my backyardRead More and the neighborhood. They still are very active.
Dover May 20, 2013 at 09:31 am
I agree with Ross. A predator would have eaten those yummy, tender, tasty baby birds. It soundsRead More more like a case of incompetent nest construction to me. Were they doves? Doves are well-known for their inability to build proper nests but there are others who struggle too. Instinct and ability do not always travel hand-in-hand. Not much you can do about that, unfortunately. Some creatures are incompetent. Some people are incompetent. That's life.
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Ralph Whize May 20, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Got thru to the City Inspector (twice) and he finally called the contractor, who (at the end of dayRead More 12 of trash build up) moved the debris pile away. Albany Planning Commission meeting is 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7:30 pm and I'm hoping local homeowners will take time to address this and other CV issues.
Dover May 20, 2013 at 09:40 am
Hey! Cool! Now I know where to dump my unwanted items! ;-) Seriously though, "the city"Read More is not helpless, "the city" is lazy and sometimes you have to kick them in the ass to get them moving. What have you tries thus far? I assume you have communicated with the CV owner or contractor. What else have you done?
Ann Farmer May 19, 2013 at 06:22 pm
This is not only an eyesore. This is a health hazard. The boards you see in the photo have nailsRead More sticking out. This area has become the trash heap for anyone walking by wanting to dispose of garbage. With bins overflowing, trash is blown down the street into residents' yards.
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Jamie Jensen May 23, 2013 at 06:29 am
I intended to add: Now, if only UCB would treat its other land holdings, like the Gill Tract, withRead More similar respect. Who wants another parking lot? Not me. Build "Senior Housing" at transit-friendly El Cerrito Plaza, not on the last patch of arable land left in the East Bay!
Jamie Jensen May 23, 2013 at 06:26 am
This Executive Summary, makes it sound OK. Better than another 1991 Fire, for sure: To reduce theRead More potential for these areas to support and spread wildfires, UCB proposes to eliminate eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and other non-native trees that promote the spread of wildfire. Oak and bay trees and other native vegetation present under the larger non-native trees would be preserved and encouraged to expand.
Caryl O'Keefe May 18, 2013 at 08:30 pm
Another example of more balanced reporting from Berkeleyside article:Read More http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/05/17/uc-berkeley-seeks-funds-to-cut-down-22000-non-native-trees/. Some of the comments are useful especially about glyphosphate. The author of the article even used his own name.
Mel Content May 19, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Sources and cites, please?
Mel Content May 19, 2013 at 12:01 pm
"If you are upset about how the rightwing has been attacking President Obama with lies andRead More hyperbole"
Mel Content May 19, 2013 at 12:01 pm
"If you are upset about how the rightwing has been attacking President Obama with lies andRead More hyperbole"