Crime & Safety
2 More Robberies, on Same Day, in Creekside Park Area
Two days after a June 25 robbery at Creekside Park in El Cerrito, two robberies occurred in the same area on June 27 – one with a handgun at night at the park and a strong-arm robbery in the morning about a block away, police said.
June 27 armed robbery at Creekside Park
Two men armed with a handgun robbed a victim of car keys at Creekside Park in El Cerrito on the evening of June 27, according to the Albany police department's police bulletin.
Albany police were called in for mutual assistance at 8:52 p.m., the bulletin said. The location was listed as near where Belmont Avenue ends at the park, which sits next to Cerrito Creek just north of Albany Hill.
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The suspects were described as two black males in their 20s, one about 5 feet 8 inches or 5 feet 9 inches tall, medium build with a white hoodie and blue jeans and carrying a semiautomatic handgun, according to the Albany bulletin. The other was described as wearing a hoodie and jeans, with no visible weapon.
The pair were last seen running near Lassen Street and Santa Clara Avenue, Albany police said.
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Information on the crime on crimereports.com lists the time as 8:45 p.m., the location as the 3400 block of Belmont and the crime as "robbery firearm." No other are details are given on crimereports.com. Information about El Cerrito crimes on crimereports.com is supplied by El Cerrito police.
El Cerrito Patch has requested more information about the crime from El Cerrito police.
June 27 strong-arm robbery near Creekside Park
A strong-arm robbery occurred much earlier the same day, June 27, about a block away, according to crimereports.com.
The description on crimereports.com lists the time as 6:20 a.m., the location as Lassen Street and Santa Clara Avenue, and the crime as "robbery strong arm." No other details are given.
El Cerrito Patch has requested more information about this crime from El Cerrito police.
June 25 strong-arm robbery at Creekside Park
Two days before the two robberies on June 27, a strong-arm robbery occurred at Creekside Park, according to El Cerrito police.
A woman was walking in the park listening to music on her iPhone through earbuds when an unknown suspect forcibly removed the iPhone from her sweatshirt pocket and ran northbound on Belmont Avenue, according to a crime blotter from El Cerrito police published on Patch June 30. The blotter did not list the time of the crime.
The victim went to her home and called the police, the blotter said.
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