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Spat Takes Nasty Turn 

A couple’s argument inside a moving car took a dangerous turn just before 1:30 Monday morning when the male driver opened his female companion’s door and threw her out of the moving car along the 2200 block of San Pablo Avenue. 

Berkeley Fire Department paramedics rushed the woman to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries, and police busted the 39-year-old driver on a felony charge of battery with serious bodily injury, said Berkeley police spokesperson Joe Okies. 

I saw, iPod, I stole 

A music-loving bandit spotted a pedestrian absorbed in the tunes streaming from his iPod near the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street Monday noon and decided he wanted the device for himself. 

After strong-arming the expensive item away from its owner, the speedy teen fled. 

Spousal Abuse 

Seventeen minutes later, Berkeley police arrested a 43-year-old woman on charges of spousal abuse and corporal injury to a cohabitant after they were summoned to a residence in the 2000 block of Delaware Avenue. 

Knife-Wielder Sought 

Police arrived at a home in the 1500 block of Sacramento Street at 6:15 p.m. Monday, where the occupant told officers that during an argument with a visitor, the man brandished a kitchen knife at him when asked to leave. The visitor eventually dropped the knife and fled, and officers have yet to make an arrest. 

Hot Goods, Burglar Tools 

Police arrested a 26-year-old man on charges of possession of stolen property and burglary tools at 3:21 Tuesday morning after they stopped to question him outside the Steam Works in the 2100 block of Fourth Street. A records check yielded an additional charge of probation violation, said Officer Okies. 

Arco Heist 

A middle-aged man claiming to have a gun in his pocket robbed the Arco Station at 833 University Ave. about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. After handing over the contents of the till, the station clerk pursued the robber on foot, losing him before officers arrived. 

Assault by Auto 

Police are seeking three teenage girls who were in the car that tried to run down a pedestrian near the corner of Sacramento Street and Alcatraz Avenue just before 5:30 Wednesday afternoon. 

The would-be victim ran after the car, losing it near the corner of 65th and Dover streets.