Jesse Grant

After Berkeley Police Department officers examining parts of a partially untested rape kit, the Alameda County District Attorney’s office levied new charges earlier this month against Keith Asberry, who has already been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and murder 

The five men were put on trial for misdemeanor charges after allegedly assaulting Donald Trump supporter Daniel Quillinan during the “March 4 Trump” rally in 2017.

A preliminary hearing for a December murder in West Berkeley wrapped up Tuesday with phone records, DNA test results and testimonies from one defendant’s close family and friends.

In December, 18-year-old Khalil Phanor, 20-year-old Carl Young and 19-year-old Gregory Foote allegedly murdered and robbed Middleton in a parking lot located on University and San Pablo avenues. According to 29-year-old Rebekah Cleberg, Middleton’s fiancee, the crime occurred after she and Middleton planned to trade Young a pound and a half of marijuana for $3,200.

Thursday marked the second day of a preliminary hearing for the December murder of 36-year-old Kamahl Middleton in West Berkeley and included testimony from police and further testimony from a surviving victim of the incident.

Two men charged with murdering a Berkeley resident in February of last year pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter last week in Alameda County Superior Court.