Berkeley Police Log for Dec. 1- 7, 2011

Wednesday, Dec. 7

University of California police theorize that the student they shot Nov. 15 after he brandished a gun in the business school intentionally caused the events that led to his death.

City fire investigators say last month's Haste Street apartment blaze that destroyed several businesses and left 68 people homeless was caused by a malfunctioning elevator that had not been inspected for more than a year. The California Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees that job, pleads that it is "running about five months behind."

A woman in the 2800 block of Kelsey Street returned after a few days away to find a $1,500 Cannondale Synapse road bike stolen from her garage. Police think the thief or thieves got in through her gated but unlocked back yard.

A West Street woman learned that someone had charged $813.82 to her credit card.

Police say a 24-year-old Richmond man they found in San Pablo Park smelling of weed turned out not only to be in possession of nearly an ounce of weed, but also cash, Vicodin and written pay/owe sheets.

A guy slept on the steam grates south of California Hall.

Tuesday, Dec. 6

A 15-year-old caught trying to steal a bike from the racks off Spieker Plaza was cited and detained until his mother could come get him.

A Mazda Miata convertible was slashed overnight in the 1500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way for the sake of $5 in coins and a pair of sunglasses.

A woman parked near Cesar Chavez Park in the Berkeley Marina during the lunch hour, and returned to her car to find a window smashed and her purse stolen.

A bike whose $1,600 tires were perhaps overengineered for the task of conveying a 39-year-old guy to Dwinelle Plaza, particularly after dark, surprised said guy at 11:25 p.m. by standing there with the tires gone.

Monday, Dec. 5

A woman at Blake and Chilton streets who felt a knifelike object press into her ribs at 11:30 p.m. parted with her wallet and valuables as a consequence.

A student’s $10 bike seat was stolen early this afternoon from the Foothill Complex racks.

A short while later, an olive-green Cannondale hybrid bike vanished from the Recreational Sports Facility.

A student cable-locked his bike on Friday to a rack in the garage of his frat in the 2300 block of Piedmont Avenue. Sadly, the garage door may have been left open, because the bike was stolen over the weekend.

About 8 p.m., a gunman demanded and got all the cash that was in a sandwich shop in the 2600 block of Telegraph Avenue.

A woman who parked the family's Audi near their home at Ensenada and Tacoma avenues about 1:00 p.m. returned 20 minutes later to find the front passenger window smashed and her purse and iPhone gone.

Somebody spent his or her lunch hour stealing a maroon 21-speed Schwinn bicycle from University Village.

A man in the 1800 block of Walnut Street was hospitalized with a drug-related illness about 5:30 p.m.; his companion was cited for marijuana possession.

A student’s backpack and $790 worth of stuff was stolen just before 7 p.m. from Moffitt Library.

Sunday, Dec. 4

Four bums sleeping outside University Hall at 2 a.m. were spoken to about it.

A man riding a bicycle down the 1600 block of Ninth Street at 3 a.m. was seen opening car doors and apparently looking for something to steal.

Two men strongarmed someone out of a wallet at MLK Jr. Way and Adeline Street at 5:30 a.m.

Locks were cut this morning in the 2200 block of Dwight Way and the 2000 block of Lincoln Street and bikes taken.

Folks in the 1800 block of Sonoma Avenue found their garage-door lock cut this morning and three bikes taken.

Someone wielding a sharpened garden tool strongarmed someone else out of his or her keys in the 1200 block of Carrison Street about 10:45 a.m. Police are pretty sure they know who did it.

A purse left this morning in a vehicle in the 600 block of Bay Street was not there long.

A 2009 Honda Metro was stolen in the 2600 block of Dana Street.

A vehicle lock was cheated at Arch Street and Hearst Avenue, and a backpack taken.

A gentleman with a city traffic warrant and a gutful of booze was escorted from Channing Way and Piedmont Avenue to the city jail about 6 p.m.

Somebody stole a white 2006 Pontiac from the 2000 block of Ward Street.

A white Jeep Cherokee vanished from McGee Avenue and Berkeley Way, while a 1995 black Honda Civic is missing from the 2600 block of Dana Street.

Laptops were stolen this evening from the 2700 block of Bancroft Avenue and the 2300 block of Warring Street.

Saturday, Dec. 3

Police arrested a man they say robbed a guy standing at a bus stop at Shattuck and Center streets about midnight.

A student at I-House drank himself sick enough to require hospitalization.

Three other men without legitimate reason to be in I-House at 1:30 a.m. were told to move along; one of them lost his campus lurking-around privileges for seven days.

A young man and woman “disturbed the peace” that is Sproul Hall at 3 a.m.

A 49-year-old man found in the Oxford Tract with burglary tools, stolen stuff and drug paraphernalia was arrested at 3:32 a.m.

About the same time, a door in the 2500 block of Telegraph Avenue was kicked open and BB guns were stolen from within.

A vehicle window was smashed in the 1200 block of Euclid Avenue for the sake of the cell phone inside.

A middle-aged woman picked up someone’s iPhone during the noon hour in the 1800 block of Fourth Street.

About the same time, a vehicle at Allston Way and Oxford Street was stripped of its registration sticker.

An alleged marijuana dealer with a no-bail warrant from the California Department of Corrections was removed from People’s Park to jail about 5:30 p.m.

A man grabbed someone’s laptop in the 2700 block of College Avenue about 8 p.m., jumped into a waiting car and sped away.

A red and black men’s Diamondback mountain bike, value $200, was stolen from in front of the Unit 3 Ida Sproul dorm.

A silver Dodge van was stolen from San Pablo Avenue and Cedar Street.

Someone cut a metal bar in the 1600 block of Francisco Street and stole bikes.

Friday, Dec. 2

A sexual-battery suspect was arrested in the 2400 block of Bancroft Avenue about 12:26 a.m.

Two men in their early 20s stole a student’s iPhone from Fenwick Weavers Village sometime between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Yet more daylight car break-ins in the Lawrence Hall of Science parking lot:  sometime between 11 and 11:55 a.m., a 2007 Lexus was divested of $1,054 worth of stuff and a 2010 Honda Accord lost $40.

But a tan 1991 Honda Accord stolen in Oakland was found just up the hill at the Botanical Garden. License plate 2XGJ790; Hustead’s Tow has it if it’s yours.

Two People’s Park denizens who had 11 outstanding UCPD and city of Berkeley warrants between them were escorted early in the evening to jail.

A marijuana deal went bad in the 100 block of Seawall Drive about 6 p.m., and someone lost his money, car keys and weed.

A 1963 Alfa Romeo was stolen from Parker and Dana streets.

Someone pulled a gun on someone else about 8 p.m. at MLK Jr. Way and Delaware Street.

The door was kicked open to a home in the 1500 block of Fairview Street, and televisions taken.

Tools vanished from an unlocked vehicle at Allston Way and Acton Street.

Somebody stole a university laptop from Pauley Ballroom about 7:41 p.m.

A student’s purse and $502 worth of stuff was stolen in Memorial Glade about 9:45 p.m.

More door-kick burglaries: a laptop and cash in the 2900 block of MLK Jr Way and laptops and a stereo in the 2700 block of Dohr Street.

Folks at 2410 Warring were asked once again to please be quiet.

Thursday, Dec. 1

A group of young men, one with a knife, assaulted somebody in the 1900 block of Shattuck Avenue about 12:30 a.m.

An Asian couple in their mid-50s were detained at the Ida Jackson graduate residence on suspicion of strong-arm robbery; the man, who had previously been excluded from campus, was arrested and taken to Berkeley City Jail.

Someone who strongarmed someone else out of an iPhone in the 2200 block of Shattuck Avenue was arrested about 2:30 p.m.

Police are pretty sure they know who stole a 2012 Versa from the 1600 block of Woolsey Street.

A thief or thieves entered a home in the 3000 block of Acton Street through the doggie door, leaving with a computer, an iPod and jewelry.

Somebody pried open a door in the 1500 block of Belvedere Avenue and left with a TV and laptop.

That sign in the 2600 block of Telegraph Avenue did not walk away by itself.

A student reported the theft of his Powerbook G4 from Wurster Hall.

Vehicles in the 2600 block of Warring Street are missing their license plates.

A door was left open in the 2400 block of Piedmont Avenue, and three laptops walked out.

A door was left open in the 2500 block of Regent Street, and a 2008 BMW drove out.

Someone stole a $20 restroom stall bracket and hinge from Moses Hall.