Crime & Courts

Evidence from 2005 leads to new charges against Santa Rita Jail inmate

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The Alameda County District Attorney's office added new charges against Keith Asberry, alleging that the discoveries made from an untested rape kit linked him to a sexual assault that occurred in 2005. Asberry had already been arrested on suspicion of both murder and sexual assault.

After Berkeley Police Department officers examining parts of a partially untested rape kit, the Alameda County District Attorney’s office levied new charges earlier this month against Keith Asberry, who has already been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and murder 
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City, Pride 2021

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Berkeley police officers don LGBTQ+ Pride pins, locals disapprove

Berkeley police department, or BPD, announced in a press release on June 1 that officers can wear queer pride pins to “support” the queer community.

Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, announced in a press release June 1 that officers will be allowed to wear queer pride pins — a decision made in “commitment to, and support of,” the LGBTQ+ community.
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