Crime & Safety

Sexual Battery Arrest At Berkeley Homeless Shelter: Cops

An 18-year-old man staying at the shelter was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

The youth shelter is located in the 1700 block of University Avenue in Berkeley, Calif.
The youth shelter is located in the 1700 block of University Avenue in Berkeley, Calif. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

BERKELEY, CA — An 18-year-old man staying in a Berkeley emergency youth shelter was arrested as a suspect in three alleged sexual assaults at that shelter, police said.

Police were called at about 1 a.m. on Monday, June 17 to a youth shelter in the 1700 block of University Avenue, on the report that a man there had assaulted a woman. Both were staying at the shelter, Berkeley police Officer Byron White said Sunday in an email.

The victim told police she had been grabbed and/or touched in a sexual manner on three separate occasions by the suspect. Police found Antonio Missail, 18, in the shelter, where he was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

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