A man was shot in the leg near Alamo Square on Monday night, police said.
The 19-year-old victim was walking in the 800 block of Fulton Street near Friendship Court about 10:45 p.m. when he was wounded by an unknown suspect from an unknown direction. A friend drove him to the hospital and the man is expected to survive.
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Two San Francisco brothers could learn something from the city of Philadelphia after they said to hell with love and got into a knife fight in Chinatown on Monday, police said.
Both men sustained minor injuries after they stabbed each other in the 700 block of Broadway about 7 a.m., police said. Both were arrested.
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This firebug was quite the “news”-ance.
A man tried to set a Glen Park business on fire early Tuesday morning by stuffing newspapers into the business’s mail slot in the 2900 block of Diamond Street about 3 a.m. before setting them ablaze, police said.
No serious loss or damage to the business was reported.
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Talk about a sense of entitlement.
A Richmond district woman was confronted by a drunken man who had come to the front door of her apartment in the 200 block of 19th Avenue about 10:30 p.m. Monday seeking $10, police said.
The woman said she had no money, but the man pushed his way into the apartment, police said. When he grabbed her, police said, she hit him with a chair and then used it to drive him out of the apartment. He fled in an unknown direction.
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A man was stabbed in the back during a fight in the Mission district Wednesday, police said.
The 23-year-old victim was arguing with another man in the 3000 block of Mission Street about 10 p.m., police said, when he was stabbed four times. The stabber fled, police said, and the victim’s wounds were not life-threatening.
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As if having a flat wasn’t bad enough. A man was robbed and pistol-whipped while he was changing a tire on his car near Potrero Hill on Wednesday, police said. The 35-year-old was at Evans Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street about 11:50 p.m. when a gun-wielding man in his 40s approached, police said. The crook took cash from the victim’s wallet and hit him in the head with a handgun, police said. The victim’s injury was not life-threatening, and no arrest has been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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This crook apparently gets a real kick out of crime. A woman was robbed at gunpoint in the Tenderloin on Wednesday, police said, but she was at least able to kick the crook in the gut before he fled. The incident happened in the 300 block of Post Street about 3:30 p.m., and the woman lost her cellphone and cash. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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Two young men were ganged up on and robbed at gunpoint by eight men at Mason and Eddy streets in the Tenderloin about 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said.One of the hoodlums held a gun on the victims while the others went through their pockets and took cellphones, a wallet, cash and a phone charger before fleeing, police said.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A sketch was released Thursday of a person of interest in the June 12 slaying of Steven “Eriq” Escalon, the latest example of violence targeting gay men. The man was reportedly seen getting into a cab with Escalon in front of a Castro district bar the day of his death.
In March, The San Francisco Examiner reported an uptick in crimes in which gay men are drugged at bars and then robbed at their homes by men who showed interest in hooking up. Police have said many of these crimes go unreported due to embarrassment felt by the victims.
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Talk about bringing your work home.
Timothy Hanretty, a former Portola Valley School District superintendent, pleaded no contest Tuesday to multiple felony charges involving millions of dollars he is accused of misappropriating from two school districts.
Hanretty bilked more than $100,000 from Portola Valley schools and misappropriated almost $2 million from the Woodside school district, where he also once worked, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said.
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A man was assaulted and stabbed in the Mission district Tuesday, police said. The 20-year-old victim was walking in the area of 14th and Minna streets about 6:50 p.m. when three men in a white mini van drove by, police said. The men got out of the van and attacked the victim, police said. One of the men stabbed the victim several times before the three of them fled in the van. The victim was taken to the hospital for his injuries, which were reportedly not life threatening. No arrests have been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A man was robbed of his cellphone while riding the F-Market line Tuesday, police said. The 51-year-old victim was texting on his phone in the 700 block of Market Street about 9:15 p.m. when a man aged 25 to 30 yanked the phone from his hands and fled the streetcar on foot, police said. The suspect chased after the crook a short distance, police said, but the crook knocked him to the ground and continued his escape. No arrest has been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A cabdriver who takes credit cards? In this case, it wasn’t for payment.
After arguing over fare payment at Hayes and Fillmore streets about 11:40 p.m. Saturday, a cabbie assaulted and robbed a passenger, police said.
The 30-year-old male victim was reportedly held at knifepoint before the driver robbed him of a cellphone and credit card, police said. The cabbie fled and no arrest has been made.
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A man was shot in his buttocks and stomach, and a bullet grazed his face, on West Point Road in the Hunters Point neighborhood early Sunday, police said.
A bystander took the 37-year-old victim to a hospital, but his injuries were not considered life-threatening.
There are no suspects in the shooting at this time, police said.
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A 40-year-old man was walking near City Hall on Saturday night when he was stabbed by two men who had asked what his gang affiliation was, police Officer Gordon Shyy said.
The victim said he told the men he was not a gang member and that’s when they stabbed him and fled, Shyy said. The man was hospitalized and originally said to be in serious condition, but as of Monday afternoon he was stable.
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