Crime & Safety

El Cerrito Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested

A man walking along Manila Avenue was robbed.

EL CERRITO, CA — An 18-year-old Hayward man was arrested for an armed robbery in El Cerrito, ECPD report.

The robbery happened on May 23. A man was walking in the 7200 block of Manila Avenue when he was robbed of his cell phone. The suspect fled in a vehicle, which had been reported stolen to the Hayward Police Department.

ECPD detectives identified the suspect, who was arrested the same day as he was identified. Another agency picked him up.

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The man was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on charges from the El Cerrito case.

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