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Suspect charged in Berkeley animal shelter arson
A 48-year-old man has been charged with arson, burglary and vandalism in connection with a fire at the Berkeley Animal Care Services shelter earlier this month, prosecutors said Wednesday. Peter Taraba was taken into custody on June 11, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said. No people or animals were injured in the June 6 […] The post Suspect charged in Berkeley animal shelter arson appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Suspect charged in Berkeley animal shelter arson, A 48-year-old man has been charged with arson, burglary and vandalism in connection with a fire at the Berkeley Animal Care Services shelter earlier this month, prosecutors said Wednesday. Peter Taraba was taken into custody on June 11, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said. No people or animals were injured in the June 6 […] The post Suspect charged in Berkeley animal shelter arson appeared first on Local News Matters .
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