(KRON) — When 21-year-old Colby Berry was launched from state jail, he was ordered to obey all legal guidelines and put on a GPS monitoring ankle monitor. The convicted Fremont felon was additionally assigned a probation officer.
Together with his new freedom, Berry continued committing new crimes, police mentioned.
“It’s disturbing that Mr. Berry had already been launched from jail after capturing at a residence in 2021,” mentioned Livermore Police Chief Jeramy Younger. “Whereas sporting an ankle monitor, he dedicated a number of violent crimes in Livermore.”
On a Sunday afternoon, Could 21, a number of 911 callers reported {that a} man was attacking ladies and making an attempt to steal their purses within the parking zone of Arroyo Procuring Middle in Livermore.
Berry tried to seize one girl’s purse and violently attacked her, police mentioned. The lady fought again.
“The suspect then attacked a second girl and stole her purse at gunpoint. Each victims are of their 20’s, one from Livermore and the opposite from Discovery Bay. The suspect took off in a getaway car,” the Livermore Police Division wrote.
After acquiring witness statements and reviewing proof, Livermore police recognized the purse thief as Berry. The ankle monitor tracked Berry’s location to the scene of the robberies on Could 21, police mentioned.
Berry was arrested inside a parole workplace in Oakland on Wednesday. Officers executed a search warrant of his dwelling and located a handgun presumably used within the robberies, police mentioned.
Berry was transported to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and he was booked on the next costs: Being a felon in possession of a firearm, violating parole, carrying a hid weapon, tried theft, theft, and assault with a lethal weapon.
“I hope the legal justice system will maintain him accountable for his continued violence,” Chief Younger mentioned.
The Livermore Police Division turned the case over to the Alameda County District Legal professional’s Workplace for prosecution. Berry remained behind bars with no bail Thursday afternoon, in response to inmate data.
