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Man pleases only self at Muni stop

What a jerk! A 35-year-old man was arrested on indecent exposure charges Wednesday morning after allegedly masturbating at a Muni shelter and a nearby hospital. About 9 a.m., police officers were called about a man exposing himself in the area of Commonwealth Avenue and California Street, near the California Pacific Medical Center campus. A witness said the man was seen masturbating on hospital property and told to leave.

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Driver splits after crashing silver pickup into Outer Mission home

Police are investigating a hit and run incident that occurred in the Outer Mission on Wednesday. About 7:40 p.m., police began receiving calls about a silver pickup truck that crashed into a house at Florentine and Morse streets. The pickup reportedly caused severe damage to the house before fleeing the scene, police said. The building was evacuated to ensure the safety of its residents.

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Woman shot in Western Addition

A hail of bullets in the Western Addition injured a woman and entered a nearby apartment Wednesday night, police said. The 26-year-old victim was walking in the 1600 block of McAllister Street about 10:15 p.m.when she was struck in the torso by a bullet, police said. She did not see the shooter, but multiple witnesses heard the shots and saw a man fleeing in a black car westbound on McAllister toward Broderick Street, Officer Gordon Shyy said.

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School burglarized after Facebook computer donation

A month after Facebook donated computers to a San Bruno elementary school that had been burglarized, three Fairfield men were arrested in connection with another break-in at the school Tuesday night. At 8:41 p.m., officers reportedly responded to a burglary alarm at El Crystal Elementary School at 201 Balboa Way and  discovered a window had been shattered and also a door forced open to one of the classrooms.

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Brave clerk scares off armed thug

A courageous corner store clerk in the Mission District called a gun-toting thug’s bluff Wednesday and thwarted the robbery, police said. About 6:30 p.m., a thug reportedly walked into the liquor store in the 3000 block of 26th Street while the clerk was restocking shelves. He pulled out a gun and demanded cash, police said, but instead of complying the clerk, a 47-year-old man, began hollering at the goon to leave his store.

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Arms but no hammer in Laundromat spat

It was a clean break. Two women decided not to press charges against each other after a brawl at an Oceanview laundromat last weekend. The dispute spun out of control when one of the women removed the other woman’s clothes from a dryer, police said. About 6:45 p.m. Sunday, police responded to the 200 block of Broad Street and spoke with one of the women, who claimed the other woman had pulled her hair and hit her in the face multiple times.

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Thief gives café patron literal pick-me-up

These thugs should lay off the caffeine. Two men have been arrested in connection with separate laptop robberies in San Francisco Tuesday, including a brazen heist at an Ocean Avenue café in which they allegedly threw a woman out of her seat before fleeing with her computer. Police were called to the coffee shop in the 1700 block of Ocean Avenue about 1:50 p.m. and spoke to the 22-year-old victim, who was not injured during the robbery.

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Cuddling stalker embraces guilt

A Burlingame woman who woke up in her bed to a stalker hugging her earlier this year might rest easier knowing the nutty ex-boyfriend pleaded no contest to the creepy charges on Tuesday. Jimmy Andres Rodas, 21, of San Bruno, pleaded to felony stalking and a misdemeanor count and faces as many as eight months in prison. He was ordered into domestic violence counseling and must have no contact with the victim for 10 years.

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Shooting after Bayview park drug spat

A 48-year-old man was shot in a Bayview district park Tuesday following an apparent argument over drugs, police said. The shooting was reported about 7:15 p.m. in a small park with a children’s playground at Palou Avenue and Phelps Street. It was not immediately clear whether anyone besides the suspect and victim were in the park at the time of the shooting.

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Thieving U.S. postal worker delivered to drug rehab

A former U.S. Postal Service worker in San Carlos who stole thousands of pieces of mail for their credit cards was sentenced Tuesday to a year in County Jail and three years of probation, and he also was ordered to enter a drug rehabilitation program.

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