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March 18, 2009
Stay Away ... Please
Can cops keep an accused drug dealer from roaming the Tenderloin?
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October 7, 2009
Police declare air guns illegal; S.F. public defender, D.A., and state law disagree
Can cops keep an accused drug dealer from roaming the Tenderloin?
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October 9, 2009
Court Date Next Week For Man Accused of Hacking Dog to Death in San Francisco Church
Joseph ByrnesSF Weekly has documented the strange and sad saga of Joseph Byrnes, the San Francisco musician charged in August with hacking his dog to death with an axe in Bernal Heights' Immaculate Conception Church. Police claim they found Byrnes nude and slathered in the blood of his pit bull, ... More >>
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October 23, 2009
Alleged Witness Intimidator in 'Bamm-Bamm Bling' Murder Case Charged with Violating Probation
One of the alleged gang members arrested outside a San Francisco courtroom for what the the District Attorney's office describes as an act of witness intimidation has been charged with violating the terms of his probation on a past felony conviction. He could return to prison as a result, the man's ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Alleged Dog Slaughterer's Motion Denied, Case Headed Toward Trial
Joseph ByrnesThe San Francisco musician accused of hacking his beloved pit bull to death with an axe while nude in a Catholic church was yesterday denied in his bid to dismiss all charges and could face a jury of his peers perhaps as soon as December. Joseph Byrnes was arrested in August after wi ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Jury Convicts Attempted Murderer Despite Disappearance of Victim Allegedly Scared Off By Private Investigator
A San Francisco jury convicted Phil Pitney, 19, of attempted murder Thursday, even after the victim he shot at was a no-show for the entire trial -- apparently because he was threatened by the defense attorney's investigator.The Chron reported last week that Steve Vender, a private investigator w ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Once a joke, SFPD is actually solving murders these days
A San Francisco jury convicted Phil Pitney, 19, of attempted murder Thursday, even after the victim he shot at was a no-show for the entire trial -- apparently because he was threatened by the defense attorney's investigator.The Chron reported last week that Steve Vender, a private investigator w ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Grizzly Grotto Trial Had it All -- Even Tyson Beckford
When the voice of Tyson Beckford penetrates your head and tells you to enter a dangerous animal's zoo cage, things have become interestingThere's a fine line between bizarre and transcendentally bizarre, and the just-concluded court trial of Kenneth Herron blazed over it. Herron is the man who, f ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Alleged Defenestrator: It Was a Horrible Accident
The man accused of pushing his drinking buddy out of a fifth-story window in what police and the District Attorney call an attempted homicide had his day in court yesterday -- and many more appear to be on the docket. Tregg Smith, 40, has told police that he didn't mean to push his 32-year-old pa ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Accused Dog Killer May Be Headed to Behavioral Health Court
Joseph ByrnesWe've been following the sad tale of Joseph Byrnes, a San Francisco musician accused of hacking his pit bull to death in a Bernal Heights church. Back on Aug. 9, witnesses saw Byrnes striking his dog, Nickel, with a hatchet outside the Immaculate Conception Church. When police entere ... More >>
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November 16, 2009
Hearing Tomorrow On Whether Alleged Dog-Killer's Case To Be Heard in Behavioral Health Court
Joseph ByrnesA determination could come as soon as tomorrow on whether accused dog-killer Joseph Byrnes' case will be heard in Behavioral Health Court or regular criminal court. The San Francisco artist and musician is accused of axing his pit bull, Nickel, to death on Aug. 9 in a Bernal He ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Court Window Opens For Alleged Defenestrator
Tregg Smith, the man accused of tossing his drinking buddy out of a fifth-story window, will be back in court this morning. The 40-year-old has told police that he was only giving his 32-year-old friend a jocular slap last month -- but did so while the man in question was sitting on the ledge of ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Bike vigilantes: Victims strike back
Tregg Smith, the man accused of tossing his drinking buddy out of a fifth-story window, will be back in court this morning. The 40-year-old has told police that he was only giving his 32-year-old friend a jocular slap last month -- but did so while the man in question was sitting on the ledge of ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Breaking: Prominent S.F. Private Investigator Indicted For Allegedly Scaring Off Witness
A San Francisco private investigator who works with criminal defense attorneys has been indicted on a felony count of dissuading a witness, a charge stemming from his alleged efforts to scare off a star witness in an attempted murder case last month.Steve Vender, in a 2007 SF Weekly photographSte ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Murder Charge for Suspect in Pizzeria Stabbing
The office of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris announced this afternoon that a Hercules woman suspected of stabbing a Nob Hill pizzeria worker to death has been charged with murder.Maryam Achekzai, 25, has a violent history and has spent time in state prison, the San Francisco Chroni ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
Murder Most Foul Update: DA To Decide On Charges Tuesday For Alleged Tenderloin Killer
View Larger MapRepresentatives of the District Attorney's office will meet with homicide inspectors Tuesday to decide on charges for Patrick Sullivan, 46, the alleged knife-wielding killer responsible for the death of a San Francisco man this morning. The police arrested Sullivan in the wee hours at ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Kamala Harris Hasn't Made Friends With S.F. Cops -- But That May Not Cost Her in the End
Kamala HarrisIn many American towns, the debate over the merits of Chevy or Ford pickup trucks is no laughing matter. In a nerdier milieu -- one less likely to cause a bar fight at least -- Apple and PC partisans snipe at each other smarmily. And here in San Francisco, we have our own endless, ta ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Catch and release: Did the SFPD lose track of a star witness?
Kamala HarrisIn many American towns, the debate over the merits of Chevy or Ford pickup trucks is no laughing matter. In a nerdier milieu -- one less likely to cause a bar fight at least -- Apple and PC partisans snipe at each other smarmily. And here in San Francisco, we have our own endless, ta ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Grand Jury Wanted Further Probe of Defense Lawyer in Witness Intimidation Case
In today's print issue of SF Weekly, we report on suggestions in previously unreleased court documents that San Francisco police officers lost track of an important attempted-murder witness while trying to scrounge up dirt on a private investigator. But the cops' use of questionable spy games agains ... More >>
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January 1, 2010
Three Bay Rider Motorcyclists Charged With Attempted Murder and Gang Allegations In Broadway Stabbing
Three supposed members of the Bay Riders, a motorcycle club that police say is an affiliate of the Hells Angels, have been charged with assault and gang enhancements after one allegedly stabbed a victim during a brawl on Broadway Street in December. This is the first San Francisco case to br ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Faux S.F. Doctor Timothy Andersson Hit With 51 Felonies for 'Dangerous and Unecessary' Procedures
He had no license to practice medicine in California or the United States, and no affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco, as he claimed. But 66-year-old Timothy Andersson (who also went by Dr. Tanweer Ahmad Syed) saw scores of patients in ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Reality TV Contestant Jamal Trulove Found Guilty of Murder
Jamal Trulove, who enjoyed a brief bout of celebrity as an unsuccessful contestant on the VH1 reality TV show I Love New York 2 in 2007, was found guilty of first-degree murder in San Francisco Superior Court this afternoon.Jamal Trulove, a.k.a. 'Milliown'Trulove, known on the show as "Milliown," ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
DA Announces Charges Against Two Suspects in Weekend Murders
The suspects in two high-profile killings last weekend will be arraigned on charges of murder tomorrow morning in San Francisco Superior Court, according to the office of District Attorney Kamala Harris.Keandre Davis, 20, will face three charges related to a shooting outside the Suede nightclub o ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Medical marijuana growers score a defense
The suspects in two high-profile killings last weekend will be arraigned on charges of murder tomorrow morning in San Francisco Superior Court, according to the office of District Attorney Kamala Harris.Keandre Davis, 20, will face three charges related to a shooting outside the Suede nightclub o ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
DA Announces Sweeping Broke Niggas Thievin' Gang Indictment
District Attorney Kamala Harris announced today that 10 members and associates of the notorious Bayview street gang known as Broke Niggas Thievin' have been indicted by a San Francisco criminal grand jury for dozens of felonies, including three murder charges.The indictment came after three month ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
Stalker threatens D.A. (an opponent of the death penalty) with the electric chair
District Attorney Kamala Harris announced today that 10 members and associates of the notorious Bayview street gang known as Broke Niggas Thievin' have been indicted by a San Francisco criminal grand jury for dozens of felonies, including three murder charges.The indictment came after three month ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
S.F. Jury Buys Story of Meth-Addled Serial Thief Who Says He Was Just Good Samaritan
Hey, sometimes things aren't as they seem...Men and women are doubtless acquitted of auto burglary in cities across the U.S. every day. But we're guessing that few do so based on such marvelous exculpatory stories as 28-year-old San Francisco resident Weston Reynolds.Yesterday afternoon, Reynolds ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
S.F. Medical Pot Growers Smoked District Attorney
Behold -- medical marijuana exists. Someone tell the DA. Medical marijuana is not a novel concept for most San Franciscans, but it's still beyond the pale for jurists and barristers: Until this spring, a medical marijuana cultivation case had not been brought to trial in San Francisco. That "firs ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Jury Acquits Road-Raging Motorist Who Stabbed Police Officer
A San Francisco jury today acquitted a San Mateo man who stabbed an off-duty police officer in the city's Haight neighborhood during a "road-rage" incident.Nicholas Batchelor, a 28-year-old grocery store manager, was found not guilty on an array of charges -- including assault with a deadly weapo ... More >>
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March 26, 2010
Alleged Child Rapist Prof Kenneth Kyle Misses Arraignment -- For Good Reason
Kenneth KyleCal State East Bay Professor Kenneth Kyle, facing a pair of child porn-related charges, skipped his scheduled arraignment yesterday morning. A no-bail bench warrant was issued for his arrest -- but that's probably the least of his worries. On Wednesday, St. Louis County (Missour ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
To Catch A Bike Thief: Mission Police Snag 51-Year-Old Woman In Sting
'Fuck off, kid. This is my bike. Try and take it and I'll dust you.' The police have discovered the face of the city's bike thieves, and it belongs to a 51-year-old transient named Crystal. Don't laugh. If you mess with her, she'll "dust you." This all started with Malcolm McMahon, a City College ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Blood Simple: Plebotomist goes for the neck
'Fuck off, kid. This is my bike. Try and take it and I'll dust you.' The police have discovered the face of the city's bike thieves, and it belongs to a 51-year-old transient named Crystal. Don't laugh. If you mess with her, she'll "dust you." This all started with Malcolm McMahon, a City College ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
The Many Faces of Dr. Syed
A phony dermatologist misdiagnosed patients and stuck them with needles. It took four years for the medical board to figure it out.
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April 21, 2010
Prosecution Witness Unable To Testify Because He Was 'Covered in Feces'
Is No. 2 a reason to take the fifth?As SF Weekly wrote last week, the district attorney's office and public defenders actually agree on one thing: Ian Sedigh, a phlebotomist contracted with the police to take blood from DUI suspects, is a cause for concern. The public defender has complained abou ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Drug-Skimming Crime Lab Tech Deborah Madden Now Attorney General's Problem
The party at the SFPD drug lab may soon be overThe California Attorney General's office will handle any criminal charges filed against former San Francisco crime-lab technician Deborah Madden for her alleged role in tampering with narcotics evidence, District Attorney Kamala Harris announced toda ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Drug Policy: SFPD's buy-bust operations a costly flop
The party at the SFPD drug lab may soon be overThe California Attorney General's office will handle any criminal charges filed against former San Francisco crime-lab technician Deborah Madden for her alleged role in tampering with narcotics evidence, District Attorney Kamala Harris announced toda ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
A Lack of Conviction
As D.A. Kamala Harris campaigns to be attorney general, her success rate in felony trials has dropped below that of any big-city prosecutor in California.
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May 5, 2010
Crime-lab fiasco led to alleged drug dealers being freed
As D.A. Kamala Harris campaigns to be attorney general, her success rate in felony trials has dropped below that of any big-city prosecutor in California.
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May 13, 2010
Spokesman For Embattled DA Kamala Harris: I'm Outta Here
We won't have Brian Buckelew to kick around anymore ... unless we're judges and juriesAfter answering media queries on former crime lab tech Deborah Madden and her cohorts snorting the evidence and, ahem, some rather critical media coverage, the spokesman for embattled District Attorney Kamala Ha ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Teacher Accused Of Lewd Acts Is A Hit With Students Online
Accused of doing more than teaching music...A Visitacion Valley Middle School music teacher is accused of being the teacher from hell for three students whom prosecutors allege he touched and invited over to his residence. But in cyberspace, kids love him. On ratemyteachers.com, Terry Braye is cu ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
New Hamsterdam: A silver lining in S.F.'s crime-lab fiasco?
Accused of doing more than teaching music...A Visitacion Valley Middle School music teacher is accused of being the teacher from hell for three students whom prosecutors allege he touched and invited over to his residence. But in cyberspace, kids love him. On ratemyteachers.com, Terry Braye is cu ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Hate Expectations: Police and Prosecutors Are Quick to Claim the Presence of Racism — but Juries Are Not So Sure
Accused of doing more than teaching music...A Visitacion Valley Middle School music teacher is accused of being the teacher from hell for three students whom prosecutors allege he touched and invited over to his residence. But in cyberspace, kids love him. On ratemyteachers.com, Terry Braye is cu ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Banana-Sam's Brethren: Other Memorable Human-Zoo Creature Interactions
The zoo has Banana-Sam back in hand...The disappearance -- and all-too-convenient return -- of purloined San Francisco Zoo squirrel monkey Banana-Sam turned the eyes of the world toward San Francisco and its simian population. It seems the 2-pound monkey is unharmed after an unscheduled captivity ... More >>

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