The man arrested in Berkeley’s first homicide of 2025 was acting in self-defense after police agencies in two cities refused to help him, according to his attorney.
Raymond Johnson of Downey in Los Angeles County is facing charges of murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in a three-person stabbing melee with a man and a woman he says stole his delivery van. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The stabbing at the intersection of Russell and Acton streets on the afternoon of Jan. 18 left the woman, Lauren Janet Nunez-Antonio, dead…