Alameda police officers used the help of two witnesses to arrest four people for allegedly stealing from a TJ Maxx store Sunday, Dec. 15. Bruce Davis, 60; Tiffany Thurman, 40, Elton Hankins, 56; and Shirley Johnson, 32; were all charged with felony grand theft and second-degree burglary.
Investigators from the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department (EBRPD) and the Alameda Police Department (APD) consulted with the Alameda County District Attorney’s (DA) Office on the current investigations relating to attempted sexual assaults and sexual harassment in the area of Robert Crown Memorial State Beach.
On Dec. 20, 2016, in anticipation of Donald Trump’s taking office as President of the United States, the City Council directed staff to analyze the potential and realistic financial impacts of declaring Alameda a sanctuary city and to draft legislation supporting such a declaration.
Alameda Police Department (APD) needs the community’s assistance identifying three suspects who have burglarized a business at South Shore Center several times. Police described the suspects, pictured above, as being in their late teens to early 20s. APD asks anyone with information is asked to contact the Property Crimes Unit at 337-8340.
On Monday, Dec. 30, 2015, members of the Alameda Police Department (APD) arrested Tito Jones, Jr. at the Safeway store at Alameda Landing. According to the Manteca, Calif., police department, on Oct. 16, 2015, Jones, Kenneth Gatison, Jr., and Ryan Matlock broke down Timothy Spino’s front door in Manteca.
Family and friends told the Manteca Bulletin that the trio then shot Spino in the torso in front of his girlfriend and son. The Bulletin reported that first responders tried to revive Spino at the scene, but he died at the San Joaquin County Hospital.
Just after 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, a caller to the Alameda Police Department dispatcher said that there was bag containing dynamite next to a tree on the 700 block of Lincoln Avenue. APD alerted the Alameda County Sheriff Department Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squad.
