Robberies

Lost and found: Woman, 82, on being robbed in North Berkeley

Nancy Bickel was waiting outside for a friend on a recent morning when two young men pulled over and took her purse. This is her first-person account.

Woman coming home robbed on Roosevelt in central Berkeley

Several men approached the woman from behind on a flight of stairs and tried to take her backpack and cellphone, police said.

Man, 62, hurt in Berkeley Hills armed robbery by youth

Police said the man was knocked to the ground and hit his head, causing significant bleeding. He was taken to the hospital.

16 hours in Berkeley: 3 robberies and a hot prowl burglary

Robbers tore a purse from the hands of an 82-year-old woman. Other culprits ripped a cash register out of a McDonald's drive-through window.

Woman, 78, staves off robbery attempt by teen with BB gun

The woman used a stick to knock the BB gun from the teenager's hand. Officers arrested him in the area, police said.

UC Berkeley student tries to sell Nikes but is robbed at gunpoint

The victim, a Cal student in his 20s, had arranged to sell his Nikes — but the men who showed up to buy them robbed him instead, police said.

UC Berkeley students robbed at gunpoint while filming movie project on Fourth Street

The driver pulled up beside them and came to an abrupt stop, then three people with guns jumped out of the car, authorities said.