Crime & Safety

[Correction] Four Armed Robberies within 11 Days in El Cerrito

The latest crimes reported by El Cerrito police on crimereports.com show four armed robberies during March 20-30, in addition to numerous break-ins, car thefts and assaults, including one that injured a child.

Correction, April 9, 6:30 p.m.: El Cerrito police today said only two of the four crimes reported as "armed robbery" on crimereports.com for March 20-30 were armed robberies using a firearm. The other two were strong-arm robberies, police said.

There were four armed robberies between March 20 and March 30 in El Cerrito, according to police reports on crimereports.com.

The four robberies follow an attempted armed robbery on March 13 when a gunman accosted a man waiting in his car at a stoplight on San Pablo Avenue near Moeser Lane.

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Attempts Friday to get information from El Cerrito police on the four recent robberies were not successful.

Other recent crimes include a child injured in a "family offense" on April 3, three other assaults, four car thefts and several cases of breaking and entering.

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Below are crimes listed as of Friday night on crimereports.com, the official outlet used by the city's police department to report crime, for March 28-April 6. The list also includes some crimes from earlier dates that had not reported when our last police blotter was published March 28. The crimes listed in bold in the list below are those for which we've requested additional information from police. We will post any additional information we receive.

The times, descriptions and locations in the list are exactly as they appear on crimereports.com.

Armed Robbery


03/30/2012 00:30:00 SAN PABLO AVE & JEFFERSON AVE
PC 211 ARMED ROBBERY

03/29/2012 16:20:00 500 Block ASHBURY AVE
PC 211 ARMED ROBBERY

03/27/2012 17:35:00 11500 Block SAN PABLO AVE
PC 211 ARMED ROBBERY

03/20/2012 19:05:00 5900 Block CUTTING BLVD
PC 211 ARMED ROBBERY

Family Offense


04/03/2012 06:50:00 1000 Block NAVELLIER ST PC 273(d) Corporal Injury to a Child

Assault


04/01/2012 00:01:00 1600 Block LEXINGTON AVE
PC 243 E1 BATTERY/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

03/20/2012 01:00:00 6000 Block CENTRAL AVE
PC 243 A BATTERY

03/15/2012 12:19:00 1000 Block NAVELLIER ST
PC 243 A BATTERY

Breaking and Entering


04/04/2012 13:15:00 9800 Block SAN PABLO AVE

PC 459 BURGLARY



03/28/2012 13:45:00 500 Block ASHBURY AVE
PC 459 BURGLARY

03/27/2012 12:45:00 1000 Block EL CERRITO PLZ
PC 459 BURGLARY

03/26/2012 14:53:00 9900 Block SAN PABLO AVE
PC 459 BURGLARY

03/23/2012 20:45:00 1000 Block EL CERRITO PLZ
PC 459 BURGLARY

03/22/2012 12:26:00 1000 Block LIBERTY ST
PC 459 BURGLARY

Theft of Vehicle


04/01/2012 23:24:00 800 Block ASHBURY AVE
VC 10851 VEHICLE THEFT

03/28/2012 15:10:00 5800 Block SAN DIEGO ST
VC 10851 VEHICLE THEFT

03/28/2012 13:27:00 700 Block LIBERTY ST
VC 10851 VEHICLE THEFT

03/26/2012 16:08:00 6500 Block STOCKTON AVE
VC 10851 VEHICLE THEFT

Grand Theft


03/30/2012 19:30:00 POMONA AVE & EUREKA AVE
PC 487 GRAND THEFT

Theft from Vehicle


03/26/2012 08:44:00 11800 Block SAN PABLO AVE
BURG/AUTO BURGLARY/AUTO (EC)

03/15/2012 03:10:00 6800 Block LINCOLN AVE
BURG/AUTO BURGLARY/AUTO (EC)

Theft – Receiving Stolen Property


03/26/2012 10:26:00 11500 Block SAN PABLO AVE
PC 496 RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY

Weapons Offense


04/02/2012 08:54:00 1600 Block ARLINGTON BLVD
PC 12020 POSS/MFG/SELL DANGEROUS WPN

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