Perhaps the crook had bad penmanship. A man quit an apparent attempt to rob a bank in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday after the teller was befuddled by his note, police said. The would-be bank bandit entered the bank in the unit block of Front Street around 10 a.m. and presented his note to the teller, police said. When she asked what the note was, the bummed bandit simply took it back and walked out. There has been no arrest.
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An armed robbery at a Mission district business Monday morning appears to have been an inside job, police said.An employee of a business in the 2700 block of Mission Street was arrested after cops discovered she was in cahoots with the masked crook that stormed in toting a knife and fled with “a large sum of money” about 8 a.m., police said.The employee, a 19-year-old woman, and the suspect, an 18-year-old man, were taken into custody by responding officers.
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Crooks and thugs choked, stabbed and stole in San Francisco crimes over the weekend.1400 block of Bush Street11:15 a.m. SundayA 29-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint in her own home, police said. The victim got a call about the suspect coming over, a woman in her 20s, who threatened the victim with a knife and took the victim’s cellpohone, shoes and cosmetics. Market and Seventh streets12:50 p.m. Sunday
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A woman was robbed and pepper-sprayed by two young girls in the South of Market area Thursday, police said. The victim was walking along the sidewalk in the 800 block of Mission Street around 6:15 p.m. when one of the teenaged girls peppers-sprayed her while the other snatched the woman’s phone, police said. The woman got her cellphone back after police detained the young crooks in training. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A 12-year-old boy was robbed of his bicycle at gunpoint in the Bayview-Hunters Point over the weekend, cops said. Two heartless villains felt they needed to bring serious heat against the child, who was riding his bike in the Alice Griffith Housing project around 6 p.m. Sunday, police said. One of the crooks pointed a silver handgun at the child. The other lifted his shirt to show him a black handgun in his waistband.
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A 30-year-old woman was punched and robbed in the Mission district after meeting a real creep at a nightclub early Tuesday, police said. The partiers shared a cab to Hidalgo Terrace and Dolores Street in the Mission around 2:25 a.m. As they were walking, the faux Don Juan dipped his grubby mitts into the victim’s purse, police said. When she asked him what he was doing, he punched her in the face and ran off with the purse.
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Angry, dim-witted criminals took center stage in San Francisco’s southern neighborhoods Saturday.Bayshore Boulevard and Arleta Avenue11:45 p.m. SaturdayA man allegedly trying to steal beer from a 7-Eleven fled when police arrived, dropping the booze and his cellphone. The forgiving clerk decided not to press charges since he got his beer back. But the suspect was still arrested on an outstanding warrant.Campbell Avenue and Rutland Street
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Two women — aged 56 and 76 — were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being assaulted at a residence in the Sunset district Thursday night.The suspect in the incident is an Asian male, who carried out the assaults during a home invasion and burglary attempt at a residence on the 1700 block of 20th Avenue, according to Sgt. Michael Andraychak of the San Francisco Police Department.
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A woman was robbed of her cellphone at gunpoint in Potrero Hill on Wednesday, police said. The 48-year-old victim was walking in the 900 block of Hampshire Street when she was flanked by two male suspects, cops said. One of the crooks was a teenager and the other’s age was unknown. The teenaged crook pointed a handgun at the victim and she dropped her cellphone to the ground, police said. The crooks snatched the cellphone and fled on foot.
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A wacky woman was watched by a witness as she used a Christmas tree to light a building on fire in The City's SoMa district Tuesday.
Unit block of Jennifer Place7:55 p.m. Tuesday
A 26-year-old woman was caught using a Christmas tree to set a building on fire, police said. A witness reported seeing the firestarter in the act and called police. The suspect was apprehended and arrested.
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