Homeless Man Charged In 2 Berkeley Robberies

BERKELEY, CA — A homeless ex-felon was charged this week with four felonies for two armed robberies in Berkeley earlier this month, according to police and prosecutors.

Patrick Lamon William, 25, who allegedly has prior convictions for armed robbery and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, is being held at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of $565,000 bail and is scheduled to return to Alameda County Superior Court on Jan. 16 to
finalize his legal representation and possibly enter a plea.

William is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and attempted robbery for an incident near the corner of Shasta Road and Sterling Avenue in the Berkeley hills at 3:20 a.m. on Dec. 13 in which he and an accomplice allegedly robbed a man.

Berkeley police allege that William and 28-year-old Kimisha Leandra Walton of Oakland met with the victim outside his home and at gunpoint one the suspects took the man's cellphone and wallet and hit him over the head with a gun, knocking the man to the ground.

William and Walton then drove away after they kicked the man several times, police said.

Walton was arrested in Contra Costa County on Dec. 19 and William was arrested in Oakland on Sunday, according to police.

Investigators said they don't think the robbery was random because the victim was formerly acquainted with Walton and he appears to have been targeted.

William is also charged with one count of robbery for an incident in Berkeley on Dec. 1, according to court records.

Walton is being held at the Santa Rita Jail in lieu of $125,000 bail and is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 2 for a pretrial hearing.

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— Bay City News; Image via Renee Schiavone, Patch