Crime & Safety
Berkeley Suspect Charged For Threatening 5-Year-Old Boy: Cops
The 27-year-old suspect with no known address was charged with with a felony for making criminal threats, police said.
BERKELEY, CA — A man who last month threatened a 5-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the incident, the Berkeley Police Department said.
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday charged the 27-year-old with no known address with a felony for making criminal threats, police said.
A mother and her 5-year-old son were walking on Telegraph Avenue near Ashby Avenue Aug. 30 at 8:30 a.m. when the suspect approached them, police said.
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The suspect started ranting incoherently and then grabbed the child’s wrist/jacket cuff, according to police.
The suspect threatened to harm the child when the mother tried to pull her son away from him, police said.
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Fearing the suspect was going to hurt them, the mother and son ran to the safety of a nearby grocery store and called for help, police said.
Responding officers spotted the suspect a few blocks away and arrested him, according to police.
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