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A man armed with semi-automatic pistol robbed a couple just after midnight Friday morning, police said. 

The couple was walking near the intersection of Oregon Street and Shattuck Avenue when a man approached them. After taking all the couple’s personal items the suspect allegedly placed the gun to the side of the male victim’s head and told both victims to lay flat on the pavement until he had made his escape, police said.  

Police said the suspect was wearing a dark-hooded jacket and a red bandanna. The description matches that of a man who committed armed robbery Sunday, said Berkeley Police Lt. Russell Lopes. 

On Sunday the suspect approached a couple just a block away from the site of the Friday morning incident, demanded money and disappeared, police said. 

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Police said two youths driving a white Ford Taurus or Escort committed two armed robberies on Friday. 

The two first struck about 11 p.m., leaping from their car with hand guns and demanding money and other personal items from a couple walking along the 2100 block of Parker Street, police said. About 20 minutes later they allegedly struck again, robbing a couple near the intersection of Rose Street and Euclid Avenue. Police are investigating the robberies, no arrests have been made.  

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Two youths claiming to have a gun told a employee of Spenger’s Fish Grotto to hand over a case of bottles about 11 p.m. Saturday.  

The employee was carrying the bottles from a storage area outside the restaurant to the restaurant when he was accosted, police said. He handed over the case without argument. 

The suspects apparently thought the case contained bottles of liquor, said Berkeley Police Lt. Russell Lopes. The case was filled with bottled water, Lopes said.