A man was robbed in a Tenderloin hotel on Wednesday, cops said. The 26-year-old victim had picked up the suspect and brought him to a hotel in the 400 block of Eddy Street around 5:45 a.m. While the two were in the hotel, the suspect took the victim’s wallet and a scuffle ensued, police said. During the melee, a woman in her 20s entered the room. She left with the thief, who took the money and ran, cops said.
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Teenagers were stabbed in separate attacks that occurred within 20 minutes of each other in San Francisco on Tuesday, police said. The first incident occurred in the 400 block of Eddy Street around 12:30 a.m., police said. A 16-year-old boy was cut in the hand by a 21-year-old man he knew following an argument. The boy sustained cuts on the fingers of his right hand. He refused treatment. The knife-wielding man was arrested, police said.
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Booting nearly a dozen squatters from a vacant Tenderloin building Tuesday became a stomach-churning experience for San Francisco police.
"There was an overwhelming odor of urine and feces with a swarm of flies in the air, making it difficult to breath," they said.
The building in the 600 block of Geary Street had been a source of constant complaints, according to police.
Cops arrived around 8:15 a.m. after the building’s owner asked police to remove the squatters.
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A mattress that was set ablaze also burned a 33-year-old man’s carThursday morning in the Tenderloin, San Francisco said.
According to police, a man in his 40s lit a mattress on fire in the 400 block of Hyde Street around 2:20 a.m., they said.
The fire then jumped from the mattress to the victim’s car.
No arrest has been made.
rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A woman stabbed a man in the chest in the Tenderloin on Tuesday, police said. The 60-year-old victim and the 38-year-old assailant were arguing in the 300 block of Ellis Street around 3:30 p.m., cops said. The woman then stabbed the man and fled, police said. She was later arrested. The victim’s injuries were treated at the hospital and were not life threatening, cops said. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A man who accidentally bumped into a thug was slashed in the face in the Tenderloin early Friday.
The 28-year-old victim was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries following the abrupt attack at Jones and Ellis streets around 2:35 a.m., police said.
No suspect description was available at the time of this report. The thug fled on foot and there has been no arrest.
maldax@sfexaminer.com
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A 72-year-old man was struck in the head with a baseball bat for no apparent reason Sunday morning, cops said. The man was standing on the corner of Ellis and Taylor streets around 1:25 a.m. when a man in his 20s approached, struck the man with the bat and fled on foot, police said. Nothing was stolen from the victim. The man was taken to the hospital to be treated for a concussion. No arrest has been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A 40-year-old man was attacked in the Tenderloin on Thursday by a scooter-wielding hoodlum, cops said. The victim was standing on the corner in the 300 block of Ellis Street around 10:30 p.m. when three goons approached him. One of them hit the victim in the leg with a Razor scooter, police said. The suspects, described by police as men in their 20s, fled on foot.
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An enraged man smashed signs at a Tenderloin bus shelter with his cane after an argument with a Muni driver on Wednesday, police said.
Responding police found shattered glass scattered on the ground around the bus shelter on Eddy Street. Witnesses said the suspect, who lives in the neighborhood, got into an argument with a bus driver. After the bus left, he swung his cane at the bus shelter signs.
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A Telegraph Hill resident got quite a scare when he spotted an armed burglar hanging from a skylight in his bathroom Wednesday morning, police said.
The victim wasn’t harmed, and even though the burglar was carrying a gun, nothing was stolen during the attempted robbery in the 1400 block of Kearny Street around 4:15 a.m.
Instead, the burglar simply asked the resident if he could leave. The victim opened the front door for suspect, who fled, police said.
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