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Robbery

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Crackdown Explained: Feds Are Saving the Children

    ​Melinda Haag finally gave us a reason. The United States Attorney for Northern California broke her media near-silence last week week, granting an extensive, exclusive interview to KQED in which Haag sought to explain the Justice Department's crackdown on medical marijuana.The reasons why Haag's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Richard Sprague, Man Who Died "Slow, Agonizing Death," Was Strangled

    ​Medical authorities determined that 47-year-old Richard Sprague was strangled to death as he walked through the Mission District to buy a pack of cigarettes. And while we now know how Sprague died, police still do not know who robbed and murdered him in the early-morning hours on Feb. 19. His mys ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    'Bluetooth Bandit' on the Lam

    Don't trust the man with a Bluetooth.​Police are hot on a case that has all the elements of a compelling caper. He has a distinctive name, a bizarre M.O., and a Keyser Soze-like quirk: He walks off with women's purse -- pigeon-toed.Police are calling him the "Bluetooth Bandit," naturally because h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Muni Driver Assaulted with Skateboard, Police Arrest Three Teens

    Skating right on down to juvenile hall ​Skateboarding might not be a crime, but hitting your bus driver with a skateboard is. Police booked three teenagers today on suspicion of assaulting a Muni driver after boarding a bus near Chinatown. According to police, the three teens got onto the 30 Stock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Jeff Adachi to Release More Video of Cops with Sticky Fingers

    Who is the cop and who is the robber? ​As of late, a series of videos has been making headlines more often for busting cops than for catching robbers. Today, public defender Jeff Adachi has gotten his hands on yet more surveillance that he says shows cops being the robbers. In the latest epis ... More >>

  • Film

    April 27, 2011

    "The Robber": Taut Austrian Thriller Shows the Thrill of Chase

    Who is the cop and who is the robber? ​As of late, a series of videos has been making headlines more often for busting cops than for catching robbers. Today, public defender Jeff Adachi has gotten his hands on yet more surveillance that he says shows cops being the robbers. In the latest epis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Victims Talk Criminal Out of Robbing Them

    Lose the red bow ... it's just not scary​Two men scared off a criminal as he attempted to rob them in broad daylight near Balboa Park this week. According to police, the duo was walking along Ocean Boulevard near Howth Street at about 3 p.m. on Thursday when another man walked up to them and start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Illegal Immigrants: More Hate Crime Victims Could Get Visas

    ​Last November, three white males attacked two Mexicans in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Those men are now facing felony assault and hate crime charges -- a relatively unreported case that District Attorney George Gascón will detail today. If there is a silver lining to this alleged hate crime, it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Muni Passenger Robbed While Sending Text Message

    OMG, watch your back!​So it's dangerous to drive and text, but apparently, it's no safer to tap away at the keys on your iPhone while riding public transit. Police have already warned of a new crop of easy targets for robbery: People walking, standing, or doing whatever while sending and receiving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Pizza Man Ambushed

    etsy.comFive jacked pizzas...​Being the pizza man ain't a picnic. The hours are long, the wages are short, and your only cinematic role model is Bill Maher. Also -- it's dangerous. We wrote about an instance in which a 60-year-old deliveryman was beaten up and relieved of his pizza earlier this mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Jacob Peter Schlildgen, 'Scarf Bandit' Busted: Suspected of Three Bank of America Heists

    Not our man...​San Francisco Police and the FBI are claiming that 43-year-old Jacob Peter Schildgren, arrested yesterday shortly after allegedly knocking over a Bank of America armed only with a "gray plastic bag,"  is the "Scarf Bandit" responsible for three BofA heists. A teller says Schild ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    World Series: Fans' Celebrations Didn't Tie Up Cops, Hospital

    Cops and hospital workers haven't seen many 'torture victims'​Whatever method San Francisco Giants fans used to exude joy at the team's postseason success this weekend, they did so in a manner that didn't induce a noticeable uptick at General Hospital or police stations. They may have fired off gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Heriberto Gonzalez Accused of Armed Recycling Robbery

    Hands off! These are mine!​Is Heriberto Gonzalez just an overemphatic recycler? Or a man who thinks that a three-inch steak knife entitles you to another man's bag of crap? Or both? That's for the courts to decide. Gonzalez was arrested for the attempted robbery of another man's  bottles and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    'Machine gun'used in 101 California Shootings seen in Potrero Hill

    Not quite the scene in Potrero, but close?​Alarm swept through The Snitch's world headquarters today, when we read a report in which San Francisco police warned of a suspect toting a "machine gun" in Potrero Hill.A 29-year old man was robbed at gunpoint at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on 23rd Street near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Marlena Waters Charged as Planner of Fatal Home Invasion

    ​Marlena Waters will today be arraigned on murder, robbery, and burglary charges for allegedly planning the fatal home invasion robbery that left 57-year-old Dennis Wayne Dixon dead last month. Alleged gunmen Eric Jordan and Gary Jones were already charged with murder after being arrested on the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Suspects in Armed Robbery Spree Arrested -- the 'Ponytail Bandits'

    Who has the presence of mind to notice a ponytail? ​A group of young Hispanic men police tabbed "the ponytail bandits" suspected of five armed robberies in one night were arrested shortly after their alleged crime spree. It turns out the suspects' white van was as distinctive as their hairstyles ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Steven Petrilli Found Guilty of Officer Nick-Tomasito Birco's Murder

    SFPDOfficer Nick-Tomasito Birco, killed in 2006​A somewhat bizarre trial four years after the death of San Francisco Police Office Nick-Tomasito Birco yesterday resulted in the murder conviction of one of his accused killers, Steven Petrilli. The 24-year-old was found guilty of first-degree murder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Steven Petrilli, Accused in Murder of Officer Nick-Tomasito Birco, Faces Trial Today

    Officer Nick-Tomasito Birco, killed in 2006​Four years after the death of San Francisco Police Officer Nick-Tomasito Birco, the trial of one of the men accused of his murder is scheduled to commence today. Steven Petrilli, 24, is facing murder charges stemming from a 2006 incident in which he alle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Two More Suspects Arrested in San Francisco IRS Shooting

    Don't mess with the IRS...​Two more alleged muggers are under arrest in the unusual case of an armed IRS agent shooting down her purported attackers. In addition to the alleged robber hospitalized Thursday morning after taking a bullet to the torso, San Francisco Police announce they've now arrest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    San Francisco's Most Stylish Bank Robber Arrested, Police Say

    Police believe they've nabbed this sartorially gifted bank robber​A woman who knocked over a pair of San Francisco banks while decked out in knockout attire that caught the eyes of witnesses has purportedly been arrested, San Francisco and Daly City cops report. The woman -- whose name has not yet ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Two ATMs Carried Off, Two Weeks. More Than a Coincidence?

    I'll take the ATM to go, please...​You'd think there'd be easier ways of robbing an ATM than carting the whole thing off -- it's a bit like stealing the tree to get the apples. But that has been the method of choice in consecutive weeks at San Francisco gas stations. In mid-month, unknown miscrean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    SFPD: DNA Links Dead Man to Murder of San Franciscan Charles McAleer-Bonilla

    Charles McAleer-Bonilla​The San Francisco Police Department is announcing that DNA evidence ties a suspected bank robber and kidnapper who recently died in a shootout with the Sacramento Sheriff's Department to the April stabbing death of San Franciscan Charles McAleer-Bonilla in Noe Valley.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    SFPD Seeking Suspect in Brazen Midday Bank Robbery

    ​Police are searching for the man who allegedly robbed a downtown bank in a lunchtime heist Monday.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Man Claims Home-Invasion Robbery -- Then Tells Cops He Shot Himself

    View Larger MapIf you peruse the police reports -- which we do -- you'll have noticed a spate of home-invasion robberies of late. Perhaps a man living on the 100 block of Tapia Drive in Park Merced, did too. Yesterday evening, police spokesman Samson Chan said, officers were called to his residence ... More >>

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    No ID Yet For Home-Invasion Shooting Victim, City's Sixth Homicide

    View Larger MapSan Francisco's Medical Examiner is not yet ready to release the identity of a man shot dead last night during a home-invasion robbery. The robbery and homicide occurred on the 2400 block of Moraga near 31st Avenue in the Outer Sunset. Police have told the media that other victims of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Suspect in Taxi Stabbing Given Away By Bloody, Ringing Phone

    Is Bruce there?​Bruce Lee Griffin, the suspect charged with attempted murder in the wake of his alleged beating, stabbing, and robbery of cab driver Balvinder Singh on Jan. 11, isn't going to be confused with Moriarty anytime soon. Police claim Griffin, 26, left his cell phone behind in Singh's ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Cabbie, Stabbed and Nearly Killed, May Have Been Lured Into Trap

    View Larger MapSan Francisco cabbies, Steve Anton says, know all about States Street. The site where cab driver Balvinder Singh was knifed, robbed, and nearly murdered last night is a place that raises red flags among veteran cabbies. "There's only one way in and one way out," says Anton, the co-own ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Benevolent Gun-Wielding Robbers Strike Excelsior

    Some licenses the mugger can keep...​A San Francisco man was robbed Monday in the shadow of McLaren Park by a miscreant toting a gun -- but said miscreant was also toting a heart. The victim told police he was standing with his key in the lock of his front door on the 1700 block of Burrows Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    More Robberies In Ingleside

    Yesterdayvia flickr by NeilwillUnlawful act​ SF Weekly reported an increase in robberies near the St. Mary's Park area, where in one case a lone gunman approached a man from behind, taking his cell phone and cash.Now police are alerting Ingleside District residents about an abrupt uptick in commer ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2009

    Bronson

    Yesterdayvia flickr by NeilwillUnlawful act​ SF Weekly reported an increase in robberies near the St. Mary's Park area, where in one case a lone gunman approached a man from behind, taking his cell phone and cash.Now police are alerting Ingleside District residents about an abrupt uptick in commer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Update: Have Fun Storming 'The Castle.' Weekend Home-Invasion Robbery Was at Infamous Bayview Site With Self-Evident Nickname; Arrests Made.

    View Larger Map Earlier this morning, we wrote about a weekend home-invasion robbery that may have lacked the home, invasion, or robbery. Police have called back and given us a few details to fill in the blanks. As to whether the building in question was a residence or "social club," this is explai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    SFPD: River Rock Burglar Suspects Arrested

     A pair of men police blame for a rash of smash 'n' grab robberies in the Chinatown/North Beach area were arrested early this morning by plainclothes officers. Nicknamed the "River Rock Burglar" because of his continued use of smooth, cobblestone-like rocks to smash store windows, the alleged t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    L-Taraval Thief Gives Advanced Course on How to Not Be a Successful Criminal

    Being overly specific when telling the cops what you didn't do is one hell of a giveaway...I've told this story before on this page, but, you know, it warrants repeating: When I was about two or so, my younger cousin and I were playing in a broom closet. My aunt opened the door -- and boy was she p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Man Beaten, Gnawed By Four Robbers -- Who Filch His Sweatshirt

    If you wear a sweatshirt like this, the SFPD cannot guarantee your safetyLike "stupid and clever" the line between "heroism and foolishness" is often very fine. A San Francisco man can ponder that after he chose to fight off a quartet of would-be robbers Tuesday morning and lost his shirt -- literal ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2009

    Trial by Fire

    A jury considers whether a store clerk in the Bayview acted in cold blood or in self-defense when he shot a woman he accused of shoplifting.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    A Murder Most Foul: Police Seek Public's Aid in Fatal Robbery

    View Larger Map The San Francisco Police Department has turned to the general public for any leads in solving an April robbery in SoMa that left a 63-year-old woman dead. On April 10 in front of 680 Folsom Street, an unknown man robbed Helen Canafax, described by police as "a popular and generous w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Laptop Stolen? The Police Might Just Have Found Your Man.

    If you're reading this blog post on a brand new laptop screen because your last one was jacked, read on.Five times between March 31st and April 8th, the crime went down like this: A Latin male suspect would stride into a coffee shop, grab an unsuspecting java drinker's laptop, and run out to an awai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    SF Cops Nab Dozens of Criminals in Citywide Sweep

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    RAT Entrap

    Police are luring the homeless into crime. Is this time well spent?

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Ingleside Police Department Has a Posse

    Police are luring the homeless into crime. Is this time well spent?

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2008

    Examiner Has a Female Problem

    Police are luring the homeless into crime. Is this time well spent?

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Let It Bleed

    Prosecutors' reluctance to charge murder suspects in S.F. leaves alleged killers on the street, flush with bravado

  • Culture

    November 9, 2005

    Myth Interpretation

    Two thieves, six actors, and one enduring Mission District legend

  • Music

    February 23, 2005

    Robbers on High Street

    Tree City

  • Film

    November 24, 2004

    What About Patty?

    Guerrilla recounts a legendary kidnapping without shedding any light

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Will the Soul-Jacker Go Free?

    State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

  • Music

    June 14, 1995

    Samples

    State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

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