Piedmont's Week: Racial Profiling Complaint, Grand Avenue Wine Store, Home Burglaries

These were among the most-read stories by Piedmont Patch viewers this past week:

Police Will Hire Outside Consultant to Investigate Complaint of Racial Profiling

A Piedmont resident has filed a formal complaint against the Piedmont Police Department after her sons and two friends were held and questioned by a PPD officer Sunday.

Grand Lake Business Battle: Artisanal Wine Shop vs. City of Oakland

A proposal for a Grand Avenue shop selling locally sourced wines and distilled spirits has run into obstacles with the Oakland Planning Department.

Police Blotter: 3 More Home Break-ins Plus One Attempt

The Piedmont police blotter from noon of April 22 through April 25 includes three more residential burglaries and an attempted break-in, the arrest of a man seeking entry to a home for sale and a wine that disappeared while unloading groceries.

Police Arrest 5 at Gunpoint in Car Reported Stolen

Piedmont police arrested a 19-year-old Oakland woman and four teen juveniles in a Ford Crown Victoria that police said had been stolen in Oakland. The woman began resisting in a patrol car and had to be placed under extra restraint, police said.

Police Blotter: Burglar Tries Door When Resident Home, Rec Center Theft

The Piedmont police blotter from April 26 through noon April 29 includes a Rose Avenue resident reporting a burglar trying to get in the rear door, kids drinking on the field house at Piedmont High and a theft at the Recreation Center.

And the week's most popular blog: Piedmont Police Humiliate and Harass 4 Piedmont Students on Private Property on a Sunny Afternoon in Piedmont by Ginger Wilson.

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