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Crime & Safety

Police Log: Fatal Fire; DUI Crash; Assaults; Gun Shots

Oakland seeks help finding homicide suspect, and more from Sept. 1 to 7.

The Oakland Police Department is seeking the public's help locating the
person possibly responsible for the Aug. 31 homicide of Corey Prentice, 48.  

The suspect is identified as Gary Shea, 50, 5’6" and 160 pounds, with brown eyes, medium dark curly hair and possible facial hair. Photo can be seen here. 

On Aug. 31 at 10:52 p.m., officers were called to a shooting on the 4800 block of Daisy Street. Victim Prentice was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. 

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Anyone with information is asked to contact Major Crimes Section-Homicide Investigator Leo Sanchez at 510-238-3821, or call the TIP LINE at 777-2805. 

In other San Leandro-area crime news:

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Saturday, Sept. 7
  • Hit-and-runs reported: 12:01 am. on 1000 Broadmoor Boulevard; 9:17 a.m. on 800 Billings Boulevard.
  • Shots fired: 12:11 a.m. on 900 block of Kramer Street; 11:43 p.m. along 100 Preda Street.
  • Speeding arrest 1:50 a.m. along 200 Floresta Boulevard.
  • Traffic-stop arrests: 2:35 a.m. Halcyon Drive at Herperian Boulevard; 7:28 p.m. Marina Boulevard at Neptune Drive; 10:43 pm. Dorothy Avenue at Donna Street.
  • Burglaries reported: 6:49 a.m. on 100 Pelton Center Way; 8:56 p.m. on 1200 Sweetwater Drive.
  • Battery arrest made 10:33 a.m. along 1900 Davis Street.
  • Lost pet reported 11:15 a.m. on 900 Arbor Drive.
  • Vehicles reported stolen: 11:35 a.m. Williams Street at Orchard Avenue; 1:51 p.m. on 5000 Loch Lane.
  • Forged prescription reported 12:04 p.m. on 600 East 14th Street.
  • Car break-ins: 3:05 p.m. and 4:04 p.m. on 2300 and 900 East 14th Street. 
  • Assaults with deadly weapons reported: 7:30 p.m. on 15200 Hesperian Boulevard; 8:35 p.m. on 800 Lewelling Boulevard. 
  • Stolen vehicle recovered 8:04 p.m. Broadmoor and Foothill boulevards.
  • Burglary arrest 9:59 p.m. on 14400 East 14th Street.
Friday, Sept. 6
  • Traffic-stop arrest 2:41 a.m. East 14th Street at Garcia Avenue.
  • Burglaries: 3:21 a.m. on 500 Lewelling Boulevard; 9:13 a.m. on 900 Davis Street; 3:38 p.m. on 400 Mitchell Avenue.
  • DUI vehicle accident 3:53 a.m. Melcher Street at Warden Avenue.
  • Vehicle reported stolen 7:36 a.m. on 500 Cove Court.
  • Lost pet reported on 14200 East 14th Street at 11:05 a.m.
  • In-custody arrests: 11:08 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. on 15500 East 14th Street.
  • Car break-ins: 3:58 p.m. on 2600 Merced Street; 7:56 p.m. on 600 Macarthur Boulevard.
  • Theft arrest 8:59 p.m. 1900 Davis Street.
  • Disturbance arrest 11:12 p.m. along 15000 Farnsworth Street. 

Thursday, Sept. 5
  • Stolen vehicles recovered: 5:13 a.m. Creekside Drive at Cove Court; 6:47 a.m. along 500 Victoria Court.
  • Vehicles reported stolen: 8:36 a.m. along 400 Whitney Street; 3:57 p.m. on 500 Floresta Boulevard.
  • Grand thefts: 9:07 a.m. on 2600 San Leandro Boulevard; 2:13 p.m. on 1400 Washington Avenue; 5:34 p.m. on 2000 Doolittle Drive.
  • Burglary: 12:36 p.m. on 500 Davis Street.
  • Car break-in: 2:57 p.m. on 15500 East 14th Street.
  • In-custody arrest on 1900 Davis Street 4:07 p.m.
  • Arrest after suspicious-person stop 9:07 p.m. 1200 Marina Boulevard.
  • Shots fired along 1200 block of Lucille Street 10:07 p.m. 
  • Help sought identifying body found in Hayward yard.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
  • Innkeeper reportedly defrauded 12:13 a.m. on 2600 Merced Street.
  • Pedestrian arrest 12:36 a.m. on 13700 East 14th Street.
  • Unattended death reported 3:36 a.m. on the 1400 block of Grand Avenue.
  • Burglaries reported: 7:10 a.m. and 9:12 A.M. on 100 Pelton Center Way; 10:43 a.m. on 900 Helen Avenue; 5:25 p.m. on 1000 Dillo Street.
  • Vehicle reported stolen 8:35 a.m. on 1700 Dilletta Avenue.
  • Assault with deadly weapon 10:04 a.m. on 900 East 14th Street.
  • Arrest following security check 12:06 p.m. on 1400 Washington Avenue.
  • In-custody arrests: 12:52 p.m. on 1900 Davis Street; 2:45 p.m. on 500 Bancroft Avenue.
  • Battery arrest 3:10 p.m. on 500 Lewelling Boulevard.
  • Arrests after suspicious-vehicle stops: 3:33 p.m. on 200 Marina Boulevard; 10:42 p.m. on 1900 Davis Street. 
  • Arrest for passing bad checks made 3:53 p.m. on on 1600 Washington Avenue.
  • Car break-ins: 7:46 p.m. on 2500 Merced Street; 8:38 p.m. on 14400 East 14th Street.
  • Traffic-stop arrest 9:45 p.m. Farnsworth Street and Fargo Avenue.
  • Stolen vehicle recovered, arrest made 10 p.m. along 800 Chetland Avenue.
  • Fatal mobile home fire.
Tuesday, Sept. 3
  • Vehicle reported stolen 7:58 a.m. on 2400 Polvorosa Avenue.
  • Vandalism: 7:59 a.m. along 400 Foothill Boulevard.
  • Identity theft logged 9:47 a.m. on 900 East 14th Street.
  • Grand theft reported on the 2400 block of Polvorosa Avenue 9:48 a.m.
  • Traffic-stop arrest 10:31 a.m. on Estabrook Street.
  • Unattended death reported 10:33 a.m. on the 2200 block of Sandpiper Court.
  • Burglaries: 10:52 a.m. on 200 San Leandro Boulevard; 11:57 a.m. on 2000 Doolittle Drive.
  • In-custody arrests: 1:04 p.m. on 15500 Hesperian Boulevard; 5:41 p.m. on 15500 East 14th Street.
  • Injury accidents: 2:05 p.m. on 2100 Marina Boulevard; 3:05 p.m. Washington Avenue at Williams Street.
  • Hit-and-run 2:23 p.m. Bancroft and Estudillo avenues.
  • Pedestrian arrest Cape Cod Drive at Aqua Street 5:19 p.m.
  • Car break-in: 6:38 p.m. on 1900 Davis Street.
Monday, Sept. 2
  • Vehicles reported stolen: 9:40 a.m. on 1900 Alvarado Street; 10:37 a.m. and 7:44 p.m. on 1900 Davis Street; 11:07 a.m. 1300 Wayne Avenue; 1:48 p.m. on 2400 Sweetwater Drive.
  • Arrest following suspicious-vehicle stop: 8:48 a.m. on 700 Marina Boulevard. 
  • Car break-ins: 10:03 a.m. along 400 Cape Cod Drive; 11:11 a.m. on 2400 Verna Court; 9:26 p.m. Monarch Bay Drive.
  • Lost pets reported: 10:11 a.m. on 200 Joaquin Avenue; 1:31 p.m. along 1100 Fargo Avenue.
  • Injury accident 2:27 p.m. Manor Boulevard at Farnsworth Street.
  • Battery: 4:53 p.m. on 1900 Davis Street; 4:53 p.m. along 13800 East 14th Street.
  • In-custody arrest: 4:16 p.m. on 15500 East 14th Street.
  • Disturbance arrest 5:55 p.m. along 1300 Washington Avenue.
  • Theft arrest 9:18 p.m. on 1400 Washington Avenue.
  • Burglary 10:42 p.m. on 15500 East 14th Street.
Sunday, Sept. 1
  • Stolen vehicle recovered 1:15 a.m. 108th Avenue and McIntyre Street.
  • Vandalism: 6:47 a.m. on 2000 Washington Avenue.
  • Car break-in: 8:50 a.m. on 1800 Fairway Drive.
  • Burglary: 11:58 a.m. on 2000 Doolittle Drive.
  • Vandalism: 12:01 p.m. on 300 Williams Street.
  • Vehicles reported stolen: 12:41 p.m. on 15300 Elvina Drive; 1:09 p.m. on 1200 Hays Street.
  • In-custody arrest 2:58 a.m. along 15500 East 14th Street.
  • Shots reportedly fired 3:21 p.m. on 900 Williams Street.
  • Battery arrests: 4:17 p.m. on 1200 block of 144th Avenue; 10:28 p.m. on 500 block of Callan Avenue.
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