OAKLAND OFFICERS ARREST SUSPECTED IDENTITY THIEVES – On January 2, 2016, 9:20PM, OPD officers conducted a traffic enforcement stop for a vehicle code violation. During their investigation they discovered multiple stolen credit cards, checks, gift cards, and personal documents. Both occupants of the vehicle were arrested at the scene. Officers and investigators believe the items were taken in recent burglaries.
Identity theft prevention tips (http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak041883.pdf ) can be accessed on our Safety Tip webpage (link under Our Services on the OPD homepage).
OPD OFFICERS MAKE NEW YEAR’S EVE ARREST FOR CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE – On December 31, 2015 at 9:15PM, officers responded to the 1200 block of 90th Avenue on a report of a ShotSpotter activation. When they arrived, they located three individuals: two male adults and a juvenile. Officers arrested one male and one juvenile for illegally discharging a firearm within city limits. The other adult was released at the scene. Two firearms were recovered as well as multiple casings. This arrest was made by a Special Enforcement Team specifically assigned to respond to ShotSpotter activation and associated gunfire and fireworks on New Year’s Eve.
ALAMEDA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CHARGED ELLA COLEMAN, 24, OF OAKLAND WITH MURDER OF EMERYVILLE BUSINESS OWNER ROYCE V. VAUGHN - On December 21, 2015, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged Ella Coleman, 24, of Oakland with the murder of Emeryville business owner Royce V. Vaughn, who died May 29, 2015. The Oakland Police Department initially arrested Coleman on August 25, 2015 on an unrelated robbery charge, and Coleman later admitted to driving over Vaughn in an interview with Oakland Police investigators.
BACKGROUND: On Friday, May 29, 2015, just after 11:00 PM, while in the 800 block of 28th Street, Vaughn was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. When OPD officers arrived on scene, they found him on the street, unresponsive. Medical personnel pronounced him deceased. (Original press release: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/pressrelease/oak053439.pdf.)
