3 escape after armed takeover robbery at Colonial Donuts on Lakeshore in middle of the night. Oakland Police Dept. on the case. “One word that best describe my feelings right now would be defeat,” woman whose family owns shop tells me. “I hope we can rise from this and... stay strong”show more

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca This actually makes me physically sick.

Preble Jefferson can see 5 seconds into the future. When government agencies become aware of his skill, he'll do whatever it takes to protect his family. “Calling this a thriller is a bit reductive...The most interesting novel I’ve read in a long time.” --JDC

“It’s really tough owning a small business in Oakland right now. This is the worst my parents have seen things. It’s just heartbreaking to see the state of where Oakland is & we are really asking city leaders & @MayorShengThao for help.”

UPDATE: @colonialdonuts on Lakeshore robbed yet again. “Absolutely ridiculous. Feeling so defeated & when it’s supposed to be the best time of the year. Nothing to be cheerful about right now?” Woman whose family owns shop tells me. @oaklandpoliceca

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca UPDATE: @colonialdonuts robbed of entire cash register before dawn, in 3rd incident since June and just hours before previously skedded presser to denounce local leadership. “I’m so mad! This is infuriating,” woman whose family owns shop tells me. @oaklandpoliceca

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca UPDATE: @colonialdonuts on Lakeshore robbed in March for the 4th time since June. Family that runs shop was hesitant about sharing. “I feel like a broken record if I keep publicizing that we got robbed again,” victim tells me. @oaklandpoliceca

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca This is a neighborhood institution. So sad.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Now when all these businesses become cashless what these bums gon do then ?

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca these business owners are the most open & welcoming in operation, allowing homeless folk in for coffee & donuts on cold rainy nights! they are some of the best of #oakland

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Disgusting. That poor, traumatized worker just trying to do his job. Praying that these perpetrators are arrested quickly and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca That’s called a Sheng Thao Special!

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Family just trying to make a living making donuts. Three thugs stealing their livelihood. Will be interested to see if these useless crooks are caught and punished.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Behind and around the corner from @colonialdonuts is Trestle Glen and the neighborhood where a series of robberies took place last month.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca 12:49 am, shouldn’t be too many vehicles on this particular street at this time so collective surveillance from intersections and area businesses as well as cell phone/tower hits should produce some leads

@BerkeleyScanner @colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Oakland never quits. Pamela Price is a criminal’s dream come true and things are going to get worse.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Are these criminals stupid or running out of places to rob. Seriously, a donut shop?

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca POS

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca City is held hostage by a flawed model of human nature.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca All hail Wakanda

@BerkeleyScanner @colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca I’ll be stopping by this week and purchase.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca What will the city do once every small & large business has been forced out

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca You know what? The shop owners who built and grew this business and whose lives were threatened are the victims of injustice at the hands of those armed thugs.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Wow, I use to go there all the time when I lived in Oakland. Oakland seems to be on a downward spiral.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Restorative justice if they're caught so they can rinse and repeat.👍

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Asshole even took the tip jar

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca 3 young kids in balaclavas walk in and I immediately exit out the back and call for help. no good.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Pamela Price 'n' Sheng Thao say that's what Wokeland is all about

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Just another night in Oakland. Keep voting deep blue!

@Match_Analysis @colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca absolutely disgusting! Until Oakland leadership and the community push for punishments that make criminals think twice before terrorizing our community this will not end! I am sure leadership has other priorities and are working on some photo ops to show how great Oakland is...

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca More white supremacy?

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca These 🥷 low robbing a donut shop go get a job

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca Takeover robberies. So much vm can go so horribly wrong.

@colonialdonuts @oaklandpoliceca I wonder what will happen when they realize that people like you constantly advertising what an easy place this is to rob for the past week is what has led to the inordinate number of robberies. And when Oakland realizes you doing this for three years is what's led to upticks