armed robbery

Berkeley police are currently investigating a series of robberies beginning in mid-March, five of which were within a few blocks of each other on Southside near the UC Berkeley campus.

According to KRON 4, the suspect is described as a light-skinned man in his 20s with short dark hair, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 175 pounds.

The Berkeley Police Department responded to a report of an alleged armed robbery at the intersection of Durant Avenue and Dana Street about 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to a Nixle alert.

Berkeley Police Department issued a crime alert Wednesday reporting a string of six attempted and completed robberies over the course of several weeks that officers believe may be related.

Two separate incidents — an armed robbery Saturday morning and an aggravated assault Sunday morning — took place at Grizzly Peak over the weekend, according to UCPD crime alerts.

Berkeley Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Telegraph Avenue on Thursday night.

Two UC students were robbed Wednesday night near Clark Kerr Campus, campus police reported.

A 29-year-old man, unaffiliated with the campus, was the victim of an armed robbery that occurred Tuesday evening east of the Greek Theater.

A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint and temporarily kidnapped early Thanksgiving morning near the UC Berkeley campus.

A woman was robbed at gunpoint on the 2600 block of Derby near Willard Park on the evening of Friday, Nov. 1.