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The following is a summary of criminal activity in El Cerrito. It does not include all crimes. It also does not include non-criminal events such as missing persons, traffic collisions, non-criminal deaths, non-criminal disputes, nor many other police activities that do not result in arrest.

The following is a summary of criminal activity in El Cerrito from January 4^th to January 10^th .     
 
January 4^th
Battery-11300 Block of San Pablo Ave:
At 6:39 PM, an officer reports an unknown suspect got into an argument with the victim. During the altercation the suspect punched the victim.

January 5^th
Vandalism – 11940 San Pablo Ave (Tub Town):
At 10:04 AM, an officer reports a suspect broke the handle on a washing machine. 

Petty Theft – 5600 block of Central Ave:
At 2:51 PM, an officer reports an unidentified suspect stole a rolling cart off the porch of the residence.  

January 5^th  
Residential Burglary - 500 Block of Sea View Drive:
An officer reports multiple suspects entered the victims residence during the day and removed an unknown amount of property at this time.

Robbery – 11200 Block of San Pablo Ave.
At 8:53 PM, two suspects ordered food from the business.  After receiving the food, they fled without paying.  When the business owner attempted to stop the suspects the business owner was assaulted by one of the suspects.  The suspects fled in a vehicle prior to police arrival.
 
January 6^th  
Vandalism – 11450 San Pablo Ave (Safeway)
At 3:15 PM, an officer reports the suspect damaged property inside the business. Officers detained the suspect and accepted the citizen’s arrest. The suspect was booked at El Cerrito Police Department and released on a citation.

Battery – 430 El Cerrito Plaza (Foot Locker)
At 4:45 PM, an officer reports the victim witnessed a fight and an attempted stabbing with a knife. After the suspect attempted to stab the first victim, the suspect put the knife away and then kicked the second victim (the reporting party). The suspect left prior to officers arrival.
While on scene officers were unable to locate the victim of the attempted stabbing. The officer spoke with the victim who got kicked and the victim did not desire prosecution for the battery.

Petty Theft – 1000 Block of Contra Costa Drive:
At 3:22 PM, an officer reports the victims license plate was stolen between 12/31/25 and 01/07/26.

Commercial Burglary – 10636 San Pablo Ave
At 5:45 PM, an officer reports the victims locker was broken into and property was stolen. The victim later recovered some of the stolen property in Richmond.

Arson – 3400 block of Yosemite Ave.
At 4:47 AM, an unknown subject set fire to a porta potty.
 
January 8^th
Vandalism – 11821 San Pablo Ave (McDonald's)
At 09:08 AM, an officer reports a suspect vandalized the victims vehicle after a road rage incident. The suspect fled prior to police arrival.

Vandalism – 9900 Block of San Pablo Ave
At 11:00 AM, an officer reports an unknown subject vandalized a City of El Cerrito trailer within the last several days.

Vandalism / Auto Burglary – 1400 Block of Liberty Street
At 12:59 PM, an officer reports the suspect shattered all of the vehicle’s tires, smashed all of the vehicles windows and stole property from the vehicle.

Petty Theft – 1700 Block
At 2:49 PM, an officer reports the suspect entered and ransacked the victims vehicle. The suspect stole property and no forced entry was located.

Petty Theft – 11700 block of San Pablo Ave.
At 6:41 PM, the victim reported a package stolen.

Obstruction and Delaying a Peace Officer – San Pablo Ave / Central Ave.
At 3:32 AM, officers conducted a pedestrian stop on a subject.  The subject refused to identify themselves and was placed under arrest.  The subject refused to sign the citation and was later transported to the Martinez Detention Facility Martinez.

January 9^th  
Nothing to report

January 10^th  
Attempt Theft - 1700 Block of Liberty St:
At 12:56 AM, an officer reports a witness noticed the suspect inside the victim’s vehicle and confronted him. After a brief verbal altercation, the suspect fled the scene.

Driving Under the Influence/Unlicensed Driver- Cutting Blvd/Peerless Ave:
At 1:37 AM, an officer conducted a traffic enforcement stop and arrested the driver for driving under the influence and being unlicensed. The driver was booked at the El Cerrito Police Department. After booking, the driver was issued a citation and released to a sober friend.

Vandalism - San Pablo Ave/ Moser Ln:
At 7:00 PM, an officer reports an unknown suspect used an unknown object to damage the victim’s vehicle.