Kwame Walker, 25, pleaded no contest to second degree robbery and was sentenced on Jan. 6, court records show. He was transferred to state prison a month later, and was given 115 days worth of credit for time spent in jail, court records show. Walker is a local rapper who uses the stage name Kwame Kayda and is also the CEO of an entertainment company known as Cold Hearted Entertainment, according to authorities.
Law enforcement sources said the victim, a 37-year-old man, was beside his truck by the pumps when the two male suspects approached and engaged him in an altercation. During the incident, police reported, one of the perpetrators pulled out a gun and opened fire, striking the victim in the leg, then snatched a gold chain from his neck. The two suspects, one of whom wore a green reflective vest, then took off from the scene inside a black SUV, police sources said.
The suspects two Vallejo men, a Pittsburg man and a San Leandro man were charged with a Jan. 14 incident where plainclothes officers allegedly witnessed the foursome leave a smoke shop, rob someone of an Acura, then drive to a gas station and commit an armed robbery. At that point, uniformed officers showed up and arrested the men, according to court records.
BROOKLYN, NY - An NYPD recruit is facing multiple criminal charges after being arrested in Brooklyn late Sunday afternoon, police said. Eray Celiksoy, 21, was arrested Sunday around 7:40 p.m. in Brooklyn's 61st Precinct, which covers the southern part of the borough, including Kings Bay, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach, according to the NYPD. Police shared few details about the incident that led to Celiksoy's arrest but said he has been charged with robbery, strangulation, and assault
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OAKLAND A city resident has been arrested and charged with using a pistol to beat a woman and rob her of $400 after paying her for sex, according to court records. Alexander Stovall, 43, was charged with robbery and assault with a firearm on Jan. 26. Authorities allege that nine days before the case was filed, Stovall met a woman on the 700 block of International Boulevard, an area known for prostitution, and paid her $200.
According to police sources, the victim, a 15-year-old boy, entered the Carey Gardens NYCHA apartment building located at 2832 West 23rd St. in Coney Island just before 5 p.m. on Jan. 17. The boy had scheduled a meet-up over social media to sell his jacket. Instead, sources said, he walked into a trap. Upon arriving at the location, cops said, four suspects ambushed the teen, demanding all of his belongings and threatening to stab him.
A 24-year-old man has been charged with robbing a local store owner, in an incident where the 72-year-old victim was run over by his assailants' car as they made off with $7,000 worth of cartons, court records show. Police describe them as a band of determined robbers who followed a man and his wife from a wholesale cigarette supplier in San Leandro to a parking lot in Concord.
Prosecutors say Reed was among a group of teenagers who confronted a fellow T rider at the State Street stop around 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 14. The young people allegedly accused the man of photographing them, which he denied, but the altercation didn't end there. According to prosecutors, Reed split from the others and took the man's cellphone from his hand, throwing it on the ground several times until it shattered.
A situation with unruly teens on their bicycles turned scary on Saturday afternoon, as KTVU reports that a group of minors beat and robbed a man on the 900 block of Beach Street in Fisherman's Wharf, near the SF Maritime National Historical Park. The attack reportedly occurred at around 2:50 pm Saturday, and was initiated, of all reasons, because the man apparently told the teens to slow down on their bicycles.
The striker - still looking for a more permanent home - was the victim of a robbery in his hotel room near the Fiera Milano City Exhibition Centre. Only this morning, January 17, did the German notice several valuables stolen from his safe, worth €500,000. La Gazzetta dello Sort report that luxury watches and jewellery were among the items taken. One or more individuals broke into his room between Wednesday and Thursday, while he was away for the Como match, and forced open the safe.
BROOKLYN, NY - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a robbery that left a 10-year-old victim shaken but unharmed on Christmas Day, according to the New York City Police Department. Police said the incident occurred around 5:52 p.m. on Thursday, December 25, in front of 1534 42nd Street within the 66th Precinct. The victim was walking when the suspect approached, grabbed him by the arm, and forcibly took imitation or play money from him before fleeing southbound on 42nd Street.
Police have released images of suspects wanted in connection with a knife attack on a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a robbery on the London Underground. Another passenger tried to help but was attacked by the group, who slashed him with a knife and left a cut above his eyebrow. The group then fled Northwick Park Underground station having stolen the man's bag.
EAST PALO ALTO - A Peninsula man was arrested in connection with a robbery in East Palo Alto and an attempted robbery in Palo Alto on Sunday, according to authorities. The robbery happened at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto and the attempted robbery happened near the intersection of Lytton Avenue and Webster Street in Palo Alto, the East Palo Alto and Palo Alto police departments said in a joint news release. Both incidents were reported around 10:15 a.m. Sunday.
Tyrone Richards, 31, and Anton Clarke-Butcher, 24, have each been charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of administering a noxious substance after an incident at the London airport on Sunday, HM Courts and Tribunal Service staff said. They are due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Five people were taken to hospital, all of whom have since been discharged.
Alameda County prosecutors have struck plea deals with two alleged robbers, both of whom were accused of luring their victims into a false sense of security with the help of a suspected prostitute. In one case, Nicholas Lewis, 31, was sentenced to nine days he already served in jail plus probation after pleading no contest to grand theft. In another, Luis Silva, 24, also pleaded no contest to grand theft for a two-year probation term, court records show.
Police are appealing for information after a man was pushed down the stairs and robbed at Waterloo station. The man was walking towards the Bakerloo Line platforms when he was attacked and had his wallet stolen by a group of men at around 6.20am on Friday, November 21, police said. Detectives have released images of four men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. CCTV images show four black men wearing thick winter coats with their hoods up.
Footage posted online showed a man being hit with a trouser belt and reportedly forced to transfer money from his bank account. The incident is said to have taken place at The Tannery in the city's Bath Lane on November 21. On the same night, officers were told a group of men had then visited a second address 13 miles away in Harborough District and demanded those inside transfer money to them and hand over designer clothing.
