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Alameda County judge robbed at downtown Oakland ATM - She is the second judge robbed this month
Jun 30, 2023
By HARRY HARRIS | hharris@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: June 29, 2023 at 12:16 p.m. | UPDATED: June 30, 2023 at 8:10 a.m.
OAKLAND — A retired Alameda County judge was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday after using an ATM in downtown Oakland, authorities said.
The robbery happened about 5:05 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of Franklin Street. Authorities said she had just used an ATM at a U.S. Bank branch and was walking to her car when a man with a gun confronted her and took her bag, which contained her phone, wallet and cash.
The robber fled in a waiting vehicle, which was last seen going northbound on Franklin Street at 20th Street.
Police believe the same suspects were involved in another armed robbery of a man who had just made a deposit at a bank in the 2000 block of Franklin Street at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. The man was confronted in the bank’s rear parking lot on Webster Street and had his phone, wallet and other personal items taken, police said
Recently, Oakland police have warned about an “uptick” in robberies at ATMs throughout the city. Two such robberies happened Monday evening, one outside a Montclair bank and the other on Lakeshore Avenue near Trestle Glen.
Although retired,
the judge is still assigned to an Oakland courtroom, according to the county’s current judicial roster. She is the second judge robbed in downtown Oakland this month. On June 1, three masked gunmen robbed a judge of his Rolex, wallet and iPhone inside the Alco Park garage near 13th and Madison streets, mere blocks from the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse.
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