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Terrifying mugshot shows homeless man who chased California college student into her apartment

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Farr, D. (2026, September 23). Terrifying mugshot shows homeless man who chased California college student into her apartment. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/us-news/scary-mugshot-shows-man-who-chased-uc-berkeley-student-to-apartment/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-23 · by Daniel Farr

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Kenneth Kenji Stine, 50, was arrested after police discovered an unrelated outstanding warrant following his alleged confrontation with UC Berkeley student Eden Winograd outside her off-campus apartment in Berkeley. The incident began on September 15 when Winograd reported that Stine followed and climbed over a security gate to pursue her. Video footage from the event went viral on TikTok, garnering over two million views. Police initially detained Stine but released him due to insufficient evidence for stalking charges. This led to public criticism of police response times and handling of the case.
Written by AI on 2026-09-23, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On September 15, a UC Berkeley student named Eden Winograd was walking her dog in Berkeley when she noticed a homeless man making strange gestures and running towards her. Terrified, she rushed back to her off-campus apartment complex around 8 p.m., where surveillance video shows the suspect scaling over the locked gate moments after she entered. Despite this frightening incident, Berkeley police initially detained the man but released him due to insufficient evidence for stalking charges. The suspect is identified as Kenneth Kenji Stine, who was later arrested on an unrelated warrant days after the encounter.

Winograd told NBC Bay Area and ABC7 that she felt unsafe and panicked during the chase, which led her to call police immediately upon reaching her apartment. Her post of surveillance footage on TikTok garnered over 2 million views, drawing attention to the incident. As of now, Stine remains in jail while prosecutors decide if additional charges will be filed based on his actions towards Winograd.

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“Article A describes the initial encounter and chase, while Article B reports on the arrest days later based on that incident.”
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Daniel Farr
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Berkeley Facebook NBC Bay Area TikTok UC Berkeley

Subjects

Stine PERSON · 8× Winograd PERSON · 8× Berkeley GPE · 2× TikTok ORG · 2× DARPA ORG · 1× Eden Winograd PERSON · 1× Facebook ORG · 1× Kenneth Kenji Stine PERSON · 1× NBC Bay Area ORG · 1× UC Berkeley ORG · 1×

Narrative

Kenneth Kenji Stine, 50, was arrested after Berkeley police found him and discovered an unrelated outstanding warrant, days after officers had detained him over the alleged confrontation with student Eden Winograd and then released him, citing insufficient evidence for a stalking charge.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-23
🔮 Investigators said they could establish that Stine ran in Winograd’s direction before entering the building, but could not definitively establish that he chased her.

Claims (23 extracted, 3 hedged)

Kenneth Kenji Stine, 50, was arrested after Berkeley police found him and discovered an unrelated outstanding warrant, days after officers had detained him over the alleged confrontation with student Eden Winograd and then released him, citing insufficient evidence for a stalking charge. asserted
officers → arrest → charge
Now Stine is sitting in jail on the old warrant while prosecutors decide whether his bizarre encounter with Winograd warrants new charges. asserted
encounter → sit → charges
The latest twist comes after Winograd posted security footage of the Sept. 15 incident, the video racked up more than 2 million views on TikTok. asserted
video → come → TikTok
Winograd said Stine ran toward her while she was walking her dog around 8 p.m. that night. asserted
she → say → p.m.
She raced back to her off-campus apartment building near UC Berkeley, but the man allegedly followed her and climbed over the security gate seconds after she got inside. uncertain
she → race → gate
“My heart sank. asserted
heart → sink → ?
I was out of breath,” she told NBC Bay Area. asserted
she → tell → Area
“I don’t want to be chased and have to watch someone claw their way up a wall to get into where I live.” asserted
I → want → wall
Winograd made it into an elevator and escaped to her apartment. asserted
Winograd → make → apartment
Police took more than an hour to respond, saying officers were tied up with other priority incidents, including a missing autistic child and a domestic violence call, according to a department statement. uncertain
officers → take → statement
The following night, Winograd spotted Stine sleeping near Berkeley Way and Walnut Street and called police. asserted
Stine → spot → police
Officers detained him, identified him and spoke with him, but released him while the incident was being treated as misdemeanor trespassing and the case was sent for review. asserted
case → detain → review
That decision helped turn the case into an online firestorm. asserted
decision → turn → firestorm
Frustrated by the response, Winograd posted edited surveillance footage to TikTok, including a slowed-down portion that appeared to show Stine pulling an object from his pocket. asserted
Stine → frustrate → pocket
Investigators said they could establish that Stine ran in Winograd’s direction before entering the building, but could not definitively establish that he chased her. uncertain
he → say → her
“You guys don’t do anything until it’s too late,” she said. asserted
she → do → anything
“This happens too often to too many people.” asserted
This → happen → people
Meanwhile, Stine has an unusually bizarre online footprint. asserted
Stine → have → footprint
He has written on Facebook about “hearing voices in my head continuously,” which he attributed in 2021 to what he claimed was a secret DARPA program capable of reading and transmitting people’s thoughts. asserted
he → write → thoughts
On YouTube, Stine calls himself “God” in one video, adding another strange layer to the online persona that has emerged as the case has drawn attention. asserted
case → call → attention
Berkeley police located Stine again Sept. 22 and discovered the outstanding warrant, giving officers the legal authority to arrest and book him into jail. asserted
police → locate → jail
He is not currently jailed on new stalking or trespassing charges connected to Winograd. asserted
He → jail → Winograd
He will remain held on the outstanding warrant while the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office decides whether to add charges stemming from the apartment incident. asserted
Office → hold → incident
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