Crime & Safety
ID Theft; Car Burglaries: 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.
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- Dublin resident Jonathan Josiah Orbeton, 39, was eating pizza in Oakland when Damion Dupclay killed him, according to prosecutors.
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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..."
- 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.
- 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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