Get robbed by a judge at an ATM downtown

OAKLAND – A retired Alameda County judge was robbed at gunpoint after exiting an ATM in downtown Oakland on Wednesday, officials said.

The robbery occurred around 5:05 p.m. Wednesday at Block 1900 on Franklin Street. Authorities said she had just used a bank ATM and was walking to her car when a man with a gun confronted her and took her phone, wallet and bag containing cash. was robbed.

The robber fled in a waiting vehicle and was last seen heading north on Franklin Street at 20th Avenue. Police believe the same suspect was involved in another armed robbery of a man who had just made a deposit at a bank in the 2000 block on Franklin Street around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. A man lost his mobile phone, wallet and other personal items in a robbery.

Auckland police recently warned of an “increase” in ATM robberies in the city. Two such robberies occurred on Monday evening.One is outside Montclair Bank and the other is on Lakeshore Avenue near Trestle Glen.

The judge is retired but still attached to the Oakland court, according to the county’s current roster of judges. She is the second judge to be robbed in downtown Oakland this month. June 1, Three masked gunmen robbed a judge of a Rolexwallet and iPhone in a garage in Arco Park near 13th and Madison Streets, just a few blocks from the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse.

Oakland Police and CrimeStoppers are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of the robbers involved in Wednesday’s incident.

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