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Methadone stolen from addiction treatment center deliveryman 

A man stole four bottles of methadone from a delivery man on at 11 a.m. Jan. 22, according to Lt. Cynthia Harris of the Berkeley Police Department. 

The victim was making a delivery to Berkeley Addiction Treatment Services, a methadone clinic located at 2975 Sacramento St. Standing outside, near his truck, he loaded a small cart with drugs to be delivered to the clinic.  

As he headed toward the clinic with the delivery, he noticed a suspicious person across the street. The victim had nearly reached the front door when the suspect rushed up to him, grabbed a box from the cart and fled down Sacramento. 

The box contained four bottles of methadone, a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction. 

The suspect is described as a 21-year-old black male with a dark brown complexion, approximately 6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds. He had a short afro hairdo, and was wearing dark pants and a black jacket. 

Woman robbed  

at knifepoint 

A woman was held up at knifepoint in west Berkeley also on the evening of Jan. 22, according to Lt. Harris. 

The victim had gotten off a bus at the corner of University Avenue and Sacramento Street and was walking west on Allston Way. After walking for a while, the victim said, she saw a man standing in the driveway of a house. The man reportedly said something to her, and she became frightened. 

The victim began to walk faster. Soon she felt a hand on her backpack. The suspect held a knife in front of her and demanded her money. 

The victim handed the suspect her wallet. He took the money out of it, dropped it on the ground and fled on foot. 

The suspect is described as a black male between the ages of 18 and 25. He was wearing a black ski jacket and a black knit cap. 

Foiled again 

A gunman who tried to rob to Foster’s Freeze on University Avenue was foiled by the building’s alarm system on Jan. 23, according to Lt. Harris. 

The victims, two employees of the restaurant, were closing up  

the business at around 11 p.m. They had just exited the rear of the building when they were approached by the suspect, who wielded a handgun. 

The suspect told the victims to go back inside. They began to comply, but the building’s alarm – which the victims had set prior to closing the shop – went off. The suspect fled. 

He is described as a black male between the ages of 20 and 23. He was between 5 feet, 9 inches and six feet tall. He was wearing a black jacket, dark pants and a black skull cap. 

Library construction crew burglarized 

The construction crew working on the Central Library was burglarized late last week, according to Lt. Harris. 

The crew arrived on the job Thursday morning to discover that a piece of plywood used to secure the site had been pried open. They then found that the locks on their toolbox had been broken, and a number of tools were missing. 

The Central Library renovation project, which is some $5 million over budget, is expected to be finished before April. It was originally scheduled to be completed in October 2000.