Teen Wounded In Shooting Early Sunday
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HERCULES (BCN)
Police are searching for suspects who shot at two teens after robbing them early Sunday, leaving one with serious injuries.
The teens, 16-year-old twin boys, were in front of their home in the 1900 block of Pheasant Drive about 1:30 a.m. when three suspects approached, according to a release from Hercules police.
All three suspects reportedly carried handguns and were wearing black clothing and black ski masks, police said.
The suspects demanded the twins property and took a necklace and wallet. As they fled, the suspects fired at the teens, hitting one of the brothers in his right upper arm and back. He is in serious but stable condition, police said Monday.
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A 16-year-old boy was reportedly shot and injured by masked robbers at his home in Hercules early Sunday.
Officers responded to the home in the 1900 block of Phaesant Drive at about 1:30 a.m. on a report of a shooting and contacted two victims: one who was not injured and another age 16, who was suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper body and arm, police said. The victim was transported to a local trauma center. On Monday, he was reported to be in serious but stable condition, police said.
The victim who wasn’t injured told police they were in front of their house when they were robbed at gunpoint by three males they did not know who were wearing black clothing, ski-masks and were all armed with handguns.
The Berkeley police officer who shot her gun, striking a vehicle linked to a robbery call last summer, was found to have committed no crime, but violated the department’s deadly force rules and was fired, Berkeleyside has learned.
Officer Cheri Miller’s gunfire struck the getaway car but hit no one inside it, the police investigation found. One month after the shooting, Berkeley Police Chief Andrew Greenwood who retired Friday found that Miller had violated BPD’s use-of-force and vehicle pursuit policies when she fired her gun, according to records released by the department in response to a Public Records Act request from Berkeleyside.
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Hercules police arrested two suspects in a multi-million-dollar scam targeting Home Depot stores in which the suspects allegedly stole items from stores and returned them at other stores for cash.
Home Depot believes one of the suspects stole $4.5 million from its stores across the west coast over the past four years, according to the Hercules Police Department.
A Hercules police detective told KTVU (Ch. 2) that officers were informed the suspects, which stole “everything from smoke alarms and dimmer switches,” could be coming to their city. On Friday “an officer was flagged down by Home Depot loss prevention,” the news outlet said. An officer located a suspected vehicle, a 2006 Ford Econoline Van, backed into a parking stall at 1500 Sycamore Ave., across from the Home Depot, police said.
Suspects held in Home Depot scams along West Coast
Suspects held in Home Depot scams along West Coast
A crew of thieves that targeted Home Depot stores along the West Coast was arrested by Hercules police, bringing to an end a multi-million-dollar fraud ring, authorities said Monday.
HERCULES, Calif. - A crew of thieves that targeted Home Depot stores along the West Coast was arrested by Hercules police, bringing to an end a multi-million-dollar fraud ring, authorities said Monday.
The suspects would steal everything from smoke alarms and dimmer switches, then go to another store to return the merchandise for cash, said Connie Van Putten, a reserve Hercules police detective.