Berkeley PD: He was shot by the clerk he tried to rob at gunpoint. His DNA led the cops to him.
Police say DNA linked Armoni Traylor to an armed robbery attempt at Black & White liquors that left the cashier with a gunshot wound to the hand.
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Driver charged with hit-and-run injury crash in Berkeley
Witnesses followed the driver, Misty Bancroft, until police arrived to arrest her, court papers show.
Police arrest kidnapping, sex crime suspect near UC Berkeley
Police arrested Wilmer Guerra Peña, 28, on suspicion of kidnapping to commit a sex crime, assault with intent to commit rape and other crimes.
Berkeley man charged with sex crimes after undercover op
Randall Alston, a one-time murder suspect, was charged with groping a woman in Berkeley in March and then released on his own recognizance.
BPD: Catalytic converter thief dumped car, said it was stolen
The thief fled in his vehicle but eventually ditched it and ran. Police impounded the car and found four catalytic converters inside, BPD said.
Parolee charged with sexual battery of Berkeley shop clerk
Police say Lamonte Campbell walked around the counter and grabbed the woman tightly from behind, touching her private areas.
Homeless man charged with tear-gassing people in Berkeley
Police say Lucas Glassy pepper-sprayed two out-of-town visitors to Berkeley near People's Park where he lives.