Stolen iPhones, child abuse among string of recent incidents reported at El Cerrito Plaza - KRON4

EL CERRITO, Calif. (KRON) — El Cerrito Plaza has experienced a drawstring of crimes implicit the past 2 weeks, and galore of them were centered astir 2 concern successful the plaza, according to a caller acceptable of Nixle releases from El Cerrito Police Department.

The 2 businesses see the Ross Dress for Less located astatine 2000 El Cerrito Plaza and the Lucky supermarket located astatine 1000 El Cerrito Plaza. A 3rd business, the AT&T store located 4010 El Cerritto Plaza was besides impacted.

Dec. 1

At 9:42 p.m. connected Thursday, Dec. 1, constabulary were informed that a fishy had entered the Ross and collected $50 worthy of merchandise earlier exiting the store without paying. The fishy is described arsenic a White antheral with tattoos connected his face. Police accidental helium was wearing a skis mask, achromatic puffy jacket, grey pants and grey Nike shoes with a greenish swoosh and laces.

Nov. 25

Around 6:30 p.m., officers received a study from an worker astatine Lucky claiming that a “chronic thief” was wrong of the store. The worker tried to halt the fishy from leaving the store with the merchandise, but helium was pushed to the crushed and punched. He suffered a chopped supra his oculus and scrapes connected his knuckles. After an serviceman arrived connected scene, the fishy was detained and recovered to person a no-cite warrant retired of San Mateo County. He was booked by ECPD and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.

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Nov. 23

The incidental that caused the astir harm occurred astir 3 a.m. connected Nov. 23, erstwhile constabulary accidental a fishy shattered the solid connected the beforehand doorway of the AT&T store. According to police, suspects made disconnected with 4 Apple watches and 4 iPhones worthy astir $6,000.

Two incidents were reported astatine the Lucky determination connected Nov. 23. The archetypal was a kid maltreatment incidental reported astatine 8 p.m. A 3-year-old kid was with her parent and her mother’s cousin, who is described arsenic a 37-year-old Berkeley man. After the kid was near unsocial with her mother’s relative for a mates moments, she returned with hoodie strings tied tightly astir her neck. The parent accused her relative of tying the strings astir the child’s neck. After she recovered abrasions connected her child’s neck, she called the constabulary to record a report.

At 10:06 p.m. connected Nov. 23 a unfortunate reported that she had near her wallet astatine Lucky, and she aboriginal recovered her cards had been used.

Nov. 21

The archetypal transgression was reported conscionable earlier 8 p.m. erstwhile constabulary accidental 4 suspects went into the store and worked arsenic a squad to bargain merchandise. Two women pushed a cart done the store portion they filled it with astir $500 worthy of items and past near it adjacent 1 of the doors. In an effort to origin a distraction, 1 of the women paid for a fewer items portion 2 men ran retired with the cart, loaded merchandise into their vehicles and past left, according to police

The aforesaid evening, astir 10 p.m., a fishy reportedly shattered the model of a victim’s conveyance successful the parking batch successful beforehand of Ross. The proprietor was informed, but they were not capable to travel to the country to find retired what had been stolen.