Arrests

Police: Alert witness helped avert stabbing on Center Street

Police say Dawn Carraway ran toward a stranger, holding a knife in her hand, and planned to stab him from behind in the neck.

Intruder surprises Cal students inside Dwight Way apartment

He is being held at Berkeley Jail on $152,500 bail and is scheduled for arraignment Friday.

Felon charged with shooting at off-duty Berkeley police officer

Authorities believe Marzel Parker used an automatic weapon based on "audio recording from nearby security video and the volume of rounds fired."

Berkeley police: Man arrested after threatening toddler at park

Abdurrahman Butler made a hand signal in the shape of a gun and pointed it at the child, saying, "I'm going to kill you," his nanny told Berkeley police.

Police: DUI driver hits Emerson Elementary School in Berkeley

The driver appears to have backed into a doorway leading to a stairwell on the Garber Street side of the building. No one was hurt in the crash.

The Berkeley Scanner shooting and gunfire map for 2022

Three people were killed and 16 wounded in shootings in Berkeley in 2022, making it much more violent than the prior year.

Police: Woman fired gun after trying to give child marijuana

Tiffany Payne fired her gun into the air and threatened the child's mother saying, "the next one is for you,'" Berkeley police wrote in court papers.