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Sex abuse alleged 

Berkeley police are investigating the possible sexual abuse of a 6-year-old Oregon Street boy by an 11-year-old boy. Officers were notified by staff at Children’s Hospital in Oakland on Oct. 16 after the 6-year-old’s mother brought the child in for care. 

Further details are not available, said police spokesperson Officer Steve Rego. 

High school arrest 

Officers arrested a 15-year-old Berkeley High student Wednesday on suspicion of receiving stolen property that was reported stolen by another 15-year-old student. Both are males, said Officer Rego. 

Drug bust 

Police arrested a 19-year-old man for selling cocaine near the corner of 62nd and King streets at 5 p.m. Wednesday along with his customer, a 46-year-old Richmond woman, who was charged with possession. 

Strong-arm robbers 

A strong-arm robbery team consisting of a young heavyset African American woman and her slimmer Caucasian partner are suspected in a series of robberies in Berkeley that occurred Wednesday and Thursday. 

The first report came at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday from two 18-year-old women who were strong-armed out of their purses near the intersection of Channing Way and College Avenue. They told officers the women fled in a four-door sedan they identified as a white Dodge Neon. 

The second call came two minutes after midnight. 

A 19-year-old woman told officers that a pair matching their description had tried to take her purse as she was walking two hours earlier in the 2700 block of Piedmont Avenue. 

The same pair may have been involved in a similar purse robbery just after 11 p.m. Friday in the 1600 block of 62nd Street, said Officer Rego. 

Tobacco and more 

What might have resulted in a simple citation for possession of tobacco by a minor turned into an arrest early Thursday afternoon when the 17-year-old female in possession of the dirty weed decided to resist and found herself facing the second and more serious charge of interfering with peace officers.  

The incident occurred near the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Allston Way.  

Bank robbery 

Police are looking for the man with shoulder-length dreadlocks who walked into the Wells Fargo Bank at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street just before 4 p.m. Thursday wearing a bright orange road worker’s vest and truck driver’s hat. 

The African American robber presented a demand note and walked out the door with cash. He has not been apprehended, said Officer Rego. 

Mother stabber 

A 16-year-old female was arrested late Thursday afternoon after emergency room personnel notified Berkeley Police that her mother had arrived with a stab wound. 

No further details were available. 

Unlocked door 

Residents of a dwelling in the 2100 block of Cedar Street learned the value of locking doors when they discovered Friday morning that person or persons unknown had taken advantage of their oversight and absconded with two laptop computers, an iPod MP3 player and a digital camera. 

Miscue 

Police arrested a 32-year-old Oakland man on suspicion of battery and brandishing a deadly weapon after he used his fist and a pool cue to beat a 15-year-old male in the 2000 block of Kittredge about 4 p.m. Friday. 

Purse heist 

A teenager strong-armed the purse away from a woman walking in the 1800 block of Ward Street just before 4:30 p.m. Friday. The victim said the fellow was wearing a white cap and a black shirt with a white collar and a ring pattern in the shoulder area. She estimated his age at between 15 and 18. 

Luggage Center robbery 

A scruffy-looking unshaven fellow with long shaggy dyed black hair betraying its graying roots walked into the Luggage Center at 2221 Shattuck Ave. just after 8 p.m. Friday, produced a pistol and demanded cash. 

His loot in hand, he fled out the back door. 

He is described at between 38 and 42 years of age, with shrunken cheeks and a medium build, standing about 5’9”.  

Another gun, another purse 

A gunman robbed a 35-year-old woman of her purse as she was walking in the 2900 block of California Street just after 11:30 p.m. Friday. 

Spat takes nasty turn 

A disagreement between employees of Golden Gate Fields took a nasty turn Saturday morning when a 19-year-old worker decided to attack his 44-year-old colleague with a rake. 

The younger worker was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. 

Drugs and booze 

Police arrested a 67-year-old Modesto man on a variety of charges including felony hit and run and felony driving under the influence of narcotics after he struck and injured a pedestrian near the corner of Dwight Way and Waring Street just after 7 p.m. Saturday. 

Information on the victim was unavailable. 

Stabbing 

Nurses at the Summit Alta Bates Hospital emergency room notified police after a 19-year-old man walked into the emergency room bleeding from a stab wound shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday. 

The man told police he’d been stabbed with a box cutter an hour earlier near the corner of Sacramento and Prince streets. He was unable to describe his assailant in any detail. 

Possible gun 

Spouting threats and making like he had a pistol in his pocket, a man in his late 20s robbed an 18-year-old woman of her purse as she walked along Parker Street near College Avenue shortly before 8:30 p.m. Sunday. 

Another heist 

A UC Berkeley student was robbed by two men about 1:10 a.m. Monday near the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Addison Street, UC Berkeley Police reported. 

The suspects had departed before officers arrived.›