Ahh, a peaceful Muni ride, listening to tunes on your iPod.
Not quite.
A 19-year-old woman was rudely ripped from her listening pleasure Monday after a 20-year-old brute yanked the iPod from her hands, police said.
The woman was sitting on a Muni bus at Geneva and San Jose avenues when the hoodlum snatched the popular device, cops said.
Cops put an early end to this robbery spree.
Two men in their 20s were robbed of their cell phones and iPods in separate incidents Monday night by the same group of goons, cops said.
At around 10:30 p.m., a 28-year-old man in the area of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Woodside Avenue was approached by two suspects, ages 17 and 20, who demanded his goods, police said.
The hooligans drew their guns on the victim, who turned over his property.
A woman says a creep snuck into her home Monday and swiped the MacBook computer that had been next to her as she slept in bed.
The 19-year-old woman told cops the disturbing burglary occurred sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. in the 300 block of Arballo Drive, which is near Lake Merced.
The woman said she simply went to sleep and placed the computer next to her bed.
A thieving thug hurled a tip jar inside a Tenderloin restaurant Monday, injuring a person, but only after pocketing the tips, police said.The suspect waltzed into the eatery on the 900 block of Larkin Street, swiped the tip jar, pocketed its money, and then hurled the jar at a person who chased after him around 7:20 p.m., police said.A 53-year-old male victim suffered minor injuries after being struck by the jar. The suspect was described as a white man in his 20s.
The hunt continues for this man’s killer.The Mayor’s Office is shelling out a $100,000 reward for the capture and prosecution of the man who shot 35-year-old Edgar Alfonso Ibarra dead in the 1200 block of Hampshire Street on Nov. 28, 2006.
Two victims had little to give thanks for after being assaulted and robbed Thursday, police said. A 19-year-old man was punched in the face and lost his cell phone after a robbery in the 1800 block of 25th Street just after midnight, cops said. The victim complained of pain to his cheek, but refused medical attention, cops said.
Correction: This story originally reported that the First Republic Bank at 3533 California St. was robbed. The First Republic Bank was not robbed Nov. 26, a different bank in Laurel Village was robbed that day.
Two men battled with a box cutter and folding knife at a Thanksgiving party in the Mission district Thursday night, police said.The men were recovering at the hospital following the blade brawl near Mission and 18th streets around 10:30 p.m., police said.After an argument, a 26-year-old man slashed a 23-year-old man in the chin and left arm with a box cutter. Defending himself, the victim stabbed the suspect with a folding knife, police said.
Police are asking for help in catching a carjacker who stole a car in the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo and lead police on a high-speed chase.
The suspect – described as a Hispanic male in his 20s, roughly 5 feet 8 inches tall – approached a vehicle in the parking lot above Sears around 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14.
A 40-year-old man who was stabbed near AT&T Park Wednesday morning has refused to cooperate with cops, police said.
The victim was transported to the hospital around 2:15 a.m., police said. His injuries were not life threatening.
The attacker was described only as a 30-year-old white man. The victim was “very uncooperative” with police after the attack, police said.
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