A 19-year-old Berkeley man is being held without bail in connection with an alleged break-in at a Hyde Street home in Oakland, where prosecutors say he threatened the resident and entered after she opened the door. According to The Mercury News and court records, he faces felony charges of burglary and criminal threats. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 23.
Police allege that the man threatened to break down the door and harm the resident if she did not let him inside. East Bay Times reported that she told investigators she opened the door after he allegedly pointed a gun at it. Once inside, he allegedly went to a closet and took a pair of sneakers after asking, “Who do you think wears size 12 sneakers?”
Identified Through Witness Account
The suspect was later arrested in San Francisco, based on the resident’s identification and a witness statement, according to the same account. Prosecutors filed felony charges of criminal threats and burglary on August 10. The case also includes an allegation that the victim was vulnerable.
Under California law, first-degree residential burglary is a felony punishable by two, four or six years in state prison and is classified as a serious strike offense, according to Shouse Law Group. Criminal threats may be charged as either a misdemeanor or felony; a felony conviction can carry up to three years in prison and also qualifies as a strike, according to Power Trial Lawyers.
Enhancements Could Add Years to Any Sentence
California Penal Code section 667.9 provides a possible additional one-year enhancement for specified crimes, including first-degree burglary, against a person age 65 or older or a person with certain listed disabilities when the condition was known or reasonably should have been known, according to Justia. Separately, using a dangerous weapon during a felony can increase a prison sentence by one year under state law, according to the Law Office of Ann Gottesman.
As an in-custody defendant, the man has a statutory right under California law to a preliminary hearing within 10 court days of arraignment unless he waives that time, according to Esfandi Law Group. Whether he will waive that right ahead of the September 23 hearing is not yet known.
Case Lands Amid Broader Drop in Oakland Burglaries
The break-in comes as Oakland has reported a sharp decline in property crime citywide. Per a report from CBS San Francisco, the Oakland Police Department reported a 54% drop in residential and commercial burglaries during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, with reported burglaries falling from 2,424 to 1,124. Overall major Part I crimes fell 29% and violent crimes dropped 22% over the same stretch, according to the department.
Even so, Oakland police have reported broad declines in major crime, as reported by Piedmont Exedra. Oakland Crime Watch provides yearly crime trends for the city, according to Oakland Crime Watch.
What Oakland’s burglary data show
The available statistics are citywide rather than specific to the Hyde Street area. According to ABC7 San Francisco, Oakland Police Department data showed burglaries declined 42% in 2025 compared with the prior three years. The California Department of Justice cautioned in its 2025 report that Oakland police did not submit crime data in 2024 because of a cyberattack, complicating comparisons across years. ABC7 also reported criticism that lower reported figures may partly reflect changes in whether residents report crimes, so the trend should not be treated as a complete measure of victimization.
Those official numbers provide a citywide measure of crime.
