Police Search Rockridge For Attempted Robbery Suspects

ROCKRIDGE, CA — Police from Berkeley and Oakland conducted an extensive search for two attempted robbery suspects in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland Tuesday evening, but the suspects remain at large.

Around 5:30 p.m. Berkeley police responded to the 2800 block of Piedmont Avenue on report of an attempted robbery.

A Berkeley Police officer saw the suspects fleeing the scene in a dark sedan and pursued them. The suspects abandoned the vehicle in the 5600 block of Oak Grove Avenue in Oakland after getting involved in two minor collisions on the way.

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Officers from both departments set up a perimeter and conducted a search, but they were unable to locate the suspects.

The first suspect was described as a black male between 15 and 20 years of age and standing roughly 6 feet tall. There was no description available for the second suspect.

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Anyone with additional information is asked to contact robbery investigators with the Berkeley Police Department at (510) 981-5741.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock