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ID Theft; Car Burglaries: Danville, East Bay Police Log

A woman is accused of impersonating a pharmacist; a postal carrier was arrested, and other East Bay police, fire, and court news.

EAST BAY, CA – The following is a week's collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the East Bay.

Livermore Man Accused Of ID Theft In Soquel

  • Officials said residents called the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office after they spotted the man “acting suspiciously” in a neighborhood.

Ex-Con Sentenced To Prison For Fatally Shooting Dublin Man

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  • Dublin resident Jonathan Josiah Orbeton, 39, was eating pizza in Oakland when Damion Dupclay killed him, according to prosecutors.

2 Girls Grabbed On El Cerrito Path, One Choked: Police

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  • Police arrested a man they say is responsible for trying to sexually assault the girls.

Fake Pharmacist Filled Prescriptions At Fremont Walgreens: Report

  • The woman worked at 3 different Walgreens — in Fremont, Milpitas and San Jose — and all 3 could lose their pharmacy licenses.

Gunman Robs UC Berkeley Students On Campus

  • 3 students were at a basketball court when they were approached by a gunman Sunday night, police say.

10 Auto Burglaries At Tilden Regional Park

  • The burglaries happened on Tuesday and Wednesday. Park police have arrested a suspect.

Man ID'd In Deadly Crash On I-80 In Pinole

  • CHP investigators say the Audi "veered off the roadway and into the concrete sound wall, and subsequently overturned and slid across..."

Berkeley Grad Killed In Murder-Suicide

  • She had moved to Salt Lake City where she was a first-year medical resident at the University of Utah.

San Leandro PD SWAT Serves Warrant For SFPD

  • The warrant was related to a robbery in San Francisco.

Sex Abuse Probe: Former Fremont Priest Placed On Leave

  • Ordained in 2011, he has served at Saint Anthony Parish in Oakley and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Fremont.

2 San Leandro Men Murdered In Oakland In Separate Shootings

  • No arrests have been made, according to Oakland Police.

Postal Carrier Arrested — Threatened Man In His Own Home: Police

  • The Berkeley man was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats, as well as an outstanding warrant for animal cruelty.

Ex-Con Sentenced For Oakland Murder

  • The victim was a cybersecurity specialist who "was instrumental in finding and stopping malicious and destructive cyber criminals."

Walnut Creek Apartment Fire Extinguished

  • It happened in the Rossmoor neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

Judge Frees Woman Convicted In Newark Teen's Murder

  • A new state law aims to free those who did not actively take part in a killing. She was convicted of 2nd degree murder, acting as a spotter.

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