Berkeley robbery probe nets unrelated armed suspect

Berkeley police arrested an armed man Saturday while searching for robbery suspects near Strawberry Creek Park, authorities say.

The man caught officers’ attention because he matched a robbery suspect’s distinctive description but, as it turned out, was not part of that crime, Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.

Anthony Earl Johnson, 24, did end up in jail in connection with the loaded gun police found in his backpack, authorities said…

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