Wednesday, Feb. 8
A student and her companion were spoken to for sleeping on the romantic second-floor balcony of the ASUC and for littering.
A stolen white 2003 Toyota Prius, license plate 5BIZ366, was found in front of 2315 College Ave.
A man evidently in the habit of moving his large Isuzu diesel truck every few days to avoid being ticketed found that its $6,000 engine had disappeared.
Five minutes was all it took for a backpack and $1,370 worth of stuff including a MacBook Pro laptop to vanish from a woman's side over the lunch hour in Sproul Plaza.
A Pittsburg man passed out drunk in an apartment-building hallway in the 1200 block of Carrison Street.
A tan 1995 auto was last seen at 9 a.m. in the 1600 block of McGee Street.
A man with familial links to a drug house on Oregon Street in Castro Valley rush-hour traffic.
An Oakland motorist stopped at 6:04 p.m. at California and 62nd Streets and reeking of marijuana was arrested after he turned out to have 21 individually packaged dime-size press-lock bags containing suspected marijuana tucked into a coat on the back seat.
While a guy was playing basketball at the Recreational Sports Facility, someone stole his iPhone from courtside.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
The GPS system was stripped overnight from a van in University Village.
Don't you hate it when a stranger passes out drunk on your Milvia Street porch at 2 a.m.? When asked how much he'd had, the man told police, "Enough."
A man broke into a garage on the 1900 block of Oregon Street just before 3 a.m. and ran off with a Dewalt multi-cutter cold saw and circular saw.
A green GT Streamline bike, value $150, was stolen sometime between 10:15 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. from Eshleman Hall.
A People's Park denizen's switchblades were confiscated "for safekeeping."
Monday, Feb. 6
A car was broken into at the Upper Hearst parking lot sometime between noon and 9 p.m. for the sake of whatever inside was worth $88.
Somebody fraudulently charged $1,099.95 worth of stuff to the Early Childhood Education Program on Haste Street.
A man in the 2300 block of Channing Way who left a door unlocked over the weekend returned to town to find he'd been divested of a camera, iPad and laptop.
The thief or thieves who looted a flat-screen TV and other goodies in broad daylight from a home in the 1600 block of Tyler Street entered through an unlocked kitchen window.
Two bags and their contents, total value $1,551, were stolen from the Recreational Sports Facility locker room sometime between 11 a.m. and noon.
Two teenaged boys were foiled in their attempt to steal a woman's laptop from 184 Haas Pavilion.
A woman at Grant Street and Allston Way evidently thought the young man who asked to use her iPhone was only going to borrow it.
A young man was robbed at gunpoint on the 1700 block of Fairview Street, near Ellis about 9:20 p.m. by another man who took his backpack and all his stuff, then ran away.
Sunday, Feb. 5
A man with a knife divested someone of his or her cash shortly before 1 a.m. at Sacramento Street and Dwight Way.
Someone shoplifted headphones from a store in the 1600 block of University Avenue about 1:30 p.m.
Two vehicles were broken into this afternoon at the Smyth-Fernwald Apartments and a GPS was taken.
The stereo was stripped from an unlocked vehicle about 1:30 p.m. at Warring Street and Dwight Way.
About the same time, a vehicle window was smashed at 100 Seawall Drive and a computer and wallet inside were taken.
A vehicle lock was pried about 4:30 p.m. at Dwight Way and Prospect Street and a backpack taken.
The young man who broke the back door handle of a home in the 1400 block of Carleton Street about 5 p.m. was frightened away before he could steal anything.
About 10 p.m., a young man was seen running down the 2300 block of Haste Street with a bag he'd stolen from a car whose window he smashed.
Saturday, Feb. 4
A man and two teenaged boys were arrested for stealing a laptop and iPod about 1:30 a.m. from the 2500 block of College Avenue.
A man and two teenaged boys were arrested about 2 a.m. at College and Ashby avenues for beating someone with a stick and belt in an attempt to rob him.
A white guy in saggy jeans removed the coin holder this morning from an unlocked vehicle on Claremont Crescent.
The cash register of a business in the 2900 block of San Pablo Avenue was robbed by a middle-aged bald guy who works there.
Tools disappeared this evening from an unlocked garage in the 1200 block of Channing Way.
Same thing happened to an open garage in the 1400 block of California Street, except that a bike was also stolen.
Four young men tried without success to rob someone about 10:30 p.m. at University and San Pablo avenues.
Police are pretty sure they know who signed for someone else's package in the 1300 block of Carrison Street. that just happened to have a computer inside.
In separate incidents, two people's wallets were stolen in the ASUC this afternoon.
Friday, Feb. 3
Three men who stole a laptop and iPod in the 2500 block of College Avenue were arrested about 1:30 a.m.
A man lurking around the Ehrman Hall dorm at 3:16 a.m. was thrown off campus for seven days.
A woman who sassed police who asked why she was lurking around the Anna Head School was arrested.
The that honors slain Berkeley High graduate Meleia Willis-Starbuck was stolen overnight from College and Durant avenues.
Someone stole a $900 bronze finial from the north stairway of the Cesar Chavez Student Center on campus.
A man who shoplifted his morning beer in the 1500 block of Shattuck Avenue was arrested.
Police are pretty sure they know who stole the jewelry from the home in the 2100 block of Los Angeles Avenue.
Nearby in Lower Sproul Plaza, someone stole a MacBook laptop about 2 p.m.
Same thing happened in Upper Sproul about two hours later.
Four men tried and failed to rob someone around 6 p.m. in the 1700 block of Eighth Street.
The catalytic converter was stripped from a vehicle in the 2100 block of Essex Street.
The GPS was stolen from a vehicle in the 3000 block of Hillegass Avenue.
A teenager kicked in the rear door of a home in the 2900 block of Acton Street about 1:40 p.m. and stole a computer.
It's not clear who kicked in the side door of a home in the 1300 block of Russell Street about 3 p.m. and ransacked the computer.
A window was left open in the 6400 block of Mystic Street, and someone found his or her way in during the day and rummaged around.
The thieves in the 1000 block of Miller Avenue took the whole truck.
A black Amazon Kindle was found in the Recreational Sports Facility. UCPD has it if you can prove it's yours.
Thursday, Feb. 2
Shortly before 8 p.m., a gunman robbed someone in the 1100 block of University Avenue.
A Bowlesman's laptop tiptoed out the door while he slept.
A student's brown Coach wristlet was stolen in Barrows Hall.
A man and woman sporting on the roof of Doe Library were spoken to about it.
Someone looted $150 in cash from a Haas Pavilion office.
The registration sticker was stolen from a vehicle at Vine Street and Shattuck Avenue.
The day in bolt-cutter-assisted bike thefts: about 4:30 p.m. at Ward Street and Telegraph Avenue; 6:40 p.m. in the 2100 block of Allston Way.
A red 1997 Honda CRV is missing its forever home in the 3000 block of Ellis Street, while a green 1997 Accord is MIA from the 2300 block of Prospect Street.
A blue 2008 Yamaha motorcycle was stolen from Allston and Harold ways.
A vehicle parked this afternoon at 100 Seawall Drive with a camera, briefcase, iPad and wallet had nothing but a jumble of broken glass when its owner(s) returned.
Same thing happened to the stereo and tachometer left in the vehicle in the 2500 block of Durant.
The day in gym thefts: a backpack and $250 worth of stuff from RSF and a pouch and $120 contents from Hearst Gym.
The burglar or burglars of a home in the 1900 block of Chestnut Street just before 3 p.m. were foiled in the attempt.
