Crime & Safety
Suspected BART Station Car Burglar Caught
An eyewitness alerted police. Service was briefly stopped at the Ashby station to prevent the suspect from boarding a train to escape.
BERKELEY, CA - Service at a Berkeley BART station was briefly suspended this morning after a witness reported seeing a person breaking into a car and then heading into the station.
BART officials first reported the incident at the Ashby BART station on Twitter at 11:23 a.m.
After the witness report, BART officials suspended service at the station in order to help authorities catch the suspect, according to a BART watch commander.
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Authorities were ultimately able to detain the suspect and are continuing to investigate the incident, the watch commander said.
Normal service at the station has since resumed.
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--Bay City News; Image via BART Police
