On January 30th, 2016 at 11:00 am, the El Cerrito Police Department, with the assistance of Antioch Police Department SWAT Officers, announced the arrest of two Antioch residents after serving a high risk search warrant in the 2900 block of Larkspur Dr.
According to El Cerrito Police, the warrant was in response to a armed robbery that occurred in the 1700 block of Lexington Ave at 6:09 pm where the victim was walking south on the BART path when she was approached by the suspect.
The suspect brandished a handgun, threatened to shoot the victim, and demanded her cell phone. The suspect fled northbound with the victim’s cell phone. The suspect was described as a 20-25 year old black male, 6-04, 175, dark clothing, shoulder length dreads, smooth skin, and medium complexion.
An investigative lead came in days later when we found out that the cell phone belonging to the victim had been sold to a business in Solano County, which buys used cellular phones. That business provided information about the female who sold them the cell phone and a male that was with her at the time, who was similar in appearance to the suspect in the above listed case.
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After further investigation, search and arrest warrants were obtained. The address to be searched was in Antioch, CA. The Antioch Police Department provided assistance by way of their SWAT team serving the warrant on January 30th.
The APD detained a total of seven people in the home. All were detained without incident, each was compliant and cooperative. The El Cerrito Police Department interviewed them and determined that five of them had no involvement with this investigation and they were not arrested.
However, two of the people in the home were arrested for their involvement in robbery.
Kalani Thomas-Spikes, a 20 year old female, living in Antioch was booked for:
- Possession of Stolen Property
- Conspiracy
- Robbery
Jemani Nash, a 26 year old male, living in Antioch was booked for:
- Conspiracy
- Robbery
- An outstanding arrest warrant from an unrelated robbery case in Alameda County
At this time, the El Cerrito Police Department will not be releasing photographs of the suspects. They are continuing to investigate as the suspects are possibly involved in other similar crimes.
On Saturday, Antioch Police released the following information:
On January 30th, 2016 at 11:00 am, the El Cerrito Police Department, with the assistance of Antioch Police Department SWAT Officers, served a high risk search warrant in the 2900 block of Larkspur Dr.
The search warrant was the culmination of the El Cerrito Police Department’s investigation into two armed robberies that occurred in their city during the month of January.
During the service of the search warrant, Antioch SWAT Officers detained 5 subjects, two of whom were ultimately arrested by El Cerrito Detectives.
No further information was provided.
2 comments
Great job PDs! Pics later would help as these folks will likely be back in our community later.
By the time we got there, SWAT had already moved onto a call across town.. looking back, we should have snapped a photo of at least the El Cerrito Police vehicle on scene.
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