A thug had a stun gun and knife while robbing a 21-year-old woman of her purse and shoes in Portola on Saturday, police said. The victim was not seriously injured during the robbery at San Bruno and Bacon streets.At around 6 a.m., the suspect, a 23-year-old man, put both the knife and stun gun to the woman’s throat and demanded her stuff, police said.
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A woman was robbed at knifepoint of $80 in a South of Market area parking garage Wednesday, police said. A thug put a knife to the 44-year-old victim’s side and demanded her purse in the parking garage at Fourth and Mission streets around 7:10 p.m., police said. The woman complied and the crook, described as a man in his late 20s, fled, police said.No arrest has been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A man was pepper-sprayed and robbed of his camera on Saturday in the South of Market area, police said. The 20-year-old victim was walking around 5th and Mission streets around 10 p.m. when he bumped into one of three men, aged 18 to 25, cops said. One of the three pepper-sprayed the man, another punched him in the face and the third thug took the camera from the victim’s hand. The three thugs fled the scene. No arrest has been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A pizza deliveryman was robbed and carjacked while dropping off a pie near Potrero Hill on Sunday, police said.The 45-year-old victim told cops he was delivering to an address in the 900 block of Florida Street at around 3:40 a.m. when three thugs attacked him.
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Two thugs threw powder in a man’s face and robbed him at gunpoint in the Mission on Wednesday, cops said. The 38-year-old victim was walking in the 400 block of Capp Street around 11 p.m. when he was approached by the thugs, one of which drew a black handgun. The other thug threw an unknown powder into the victim’s eyes and knocked him to the ground.
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A cab driver was robbed at knifepoint in the Western Addition on Thursday, police said. The 70-year-old cabbie picked up the thief, described as a man in his 50s, and drove him to the intersection of Sutter and Baker streets around 1:50 a.m., police said. The passenger then pulled out a knife, put it to the cabbie’s throat, and demanded cash. The cab driver complied and the thug fled on foot, police said. No arrest has been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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Two 25-year-old men were robbed by five unknown males on Twin Peaks on Wednesday morning, cops said. The group of hoodlums approached the victims at 3 a.m. and demanded they empty their pockets. While the victims complied the suspects rooted through the victims’ car and stole its speakers. The victims also lost their cellphones and cash. No arrests have been made. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A woman had her purse snatched while riding a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus in The City’s Bernal Heights neighborhood on Thursday night, police said.The robbery occurred at about 9 p.m. near the intersection of Mission Street and Richland Avenue.The 46-year-old woman was sitting on the bus with her purse on her lap when a suspect approached and took it from her, according to police.
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Four crooks were arrested following a gunpoint heist in a Richmond district business on Friday, police said.Police say the same number of suspects entered the business in the 2000 block of Clement Street around 12:45 p.m., brandished handguns, and fled with a gold watch, cash and a bracelet. The victims were two men in their 60s.Three men between ages 18 and 23, and a woman in her early 20s, were detained shortly after the heist, police said.
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Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed a Redwood City gas station on Sunday night.The man entered the 76 gas station at 1603 Broadway St. at about 8:30 p.m., Redwood City police Sgt. Kevin Dolezal said. He brandished a silver handgun and demanded that the attendant hand over money from the cash register, he said.The attendant gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash, and the robber ran away and got into a small green car, Dolezal said.
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