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Posted on 05/04/2025 10:43:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 28-year-old man from Berkeley was arrested Friday after he allegedly threw a live grenade from a moving car while attempting to flee from California Highway Patrol officers.
CHP officers attempted to stop the suspect, Carlos Kuceja, near 38th Street and Cerrito Avenue in Oakland around 3:30 p.m. Friday, after he was allegedly seen driving a stolen car.
“When the officers attempted to stop the vehicle, Kuceja fled, and a pursuit ensued,” CHP said. “The pursuit proceeded at slow speeds through Oakland and entered the city of Berkeley.”
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During the chase, Kuceja was seen throwing a bag from the driver’s side window near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Rose Street in Berkeley, CHP said. A nearby officer stopped to check the bag and found the grenade.
“Upon looking inside, the officer observed what appeared to be a grenade with the safety pin partially removed,” CHP said. “Officers immediately notified the Berkeley Police Department of their discovery and requested assistance in securing the area.”
Officers diverted traffic from the area and homes were evacuated as authorities worked to secure the grenade. The University of California Berkeley Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded to the area and secured the grenade and cleared the area by 5 p.m.
Kuceja ultimately turned onto a dead-end street and tried to escape officers on foot. Officers caught up with Kuceja and brought him into custody.
“After taking Kuceja into custody, officers secured the vehicle and began evacuating residents from the area,” Kuceja said. “The UCPD Bomb Team responded to the pursuit’s termination point and determined there were no additional explosives in the vehicle. Residents were allowed to return to their homes just after 5 p.m.”
Woman claiming to be with the government robbed gas station: PD Investigators searched a multi-unit home on California Street where Kuceja was living illegally, CHP said. No other explosives were found. Other homes in the building were evacuated and California Street was closed in front of the residence until the search was completed. Residents were allowed to return to their homes around 10:30 p.m.
Kuceja was booked into the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin for felony charges of possession and transportation of a destructive device, possession of a stolen vehicle, fleeing police and resisting arrest, the California Highway Patrol said.
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“You don’t see that every day.”
Maybe you and me, but considering the following, it does seem like a very common occurrence there:
“The University of California Berkeley Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded...”
Berkeley Democrats are shopping for a federal judge to grant the perp a quick release
Well they do run the Lawrence Livermore Lab where a lot of weaponry gets developed (along with a partnership with others running Los Alamos). A “nuke” EOD team?? 😳
A friend of mine from high school went to Berkeley and worked at the LLL developing nose cones for ICBMs.
Rocket propelled grenades?
Despite what you see in movies, if you’re 100 feet away, you should be okay. Just close your door and don’t sit near a window.
“a multi-unit home on California Street where Kuceja was living illegally”
Not clear what this means. Living there without paying rent and without a lease? Surely not living there illegally as an illegal alien, since Berkeley is a SANCTUARY city and thumbs its nose at state and federal immigration and naturalization law.
Carlos Kuceja
I give it a 99 percent chance that he is an illegal.
“Upon looking inside, the officer observed what appeared to be a grenade with the safety pin partially removed,”
Okay, he didn’t “throw a live grenade,” he threw a bag with a possibly real grenade inside of it.
And we won’t be told exactly what kind of “grenade” it was for a while, if ever.
The way things are shaping up, the next two years should be a regular riot unless efficient use of police brutality makes a big comeback.
You get what you vote for.
You get what you vote for.
I give it a 101% chance.
Try getting an eviction in SoCal. Next to impossible. Squatters have more rights than the actual property owners. You have to pay them ransom to get then out.
new idea* looks like a bomb threat got them all out...
Looks like California patriots need to acquire hand grenades for home defense.
UC Berkeley has an EOD team???
OK, this article is crazy. It’s not like the dude pulled the pin and threw the grenade.
Local police playing to type by overstating, or “crying wolf”?
If it wasn't in place when it was thrown, the cops could've rendered it safe by unscrewing the fuze - easily done.
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