Diamonds are a crook’s best friend.
A man swiped a diamond ring worth thousands of dollars from a jewelry store clerk’s hand at Westfield San Francisco Centre on Monday, police said.
Before the theft, the crook had whipped out his credit card as if he’d intended to buy the ring, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
But the lying lover had hot feet. He ran out of the store toward Mission Street around 4:30 p.m., and has yet to be caught, police said. Read More
Rampant shoplifting at Westfield San Francisco Centre is straining police resources and has top brass considering adding a substation at the mall.
Cops respond to San Francisco’s central mall up to three times a day and as many as five times on a Saturday to cite or arrest thieves who tried to flee with loot from the mall’s 170-plus stores, according to the Police Department. Read More
Like driving a red Lamborghini, sex in public is a good way to attract police attention. One frisky couple illegally merged last week, according to cops.Around 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 6, cops came upon two people “who appeared to be engaged in sexual activity in public” in the 400 block of Stevenson Street, which is near Westfield San Francisco Centre. Read More
A man who made 911 calls containing threats to bomb San Francisco City Hall and the downtown Westfield Centre shopping mall has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, according to federal prosecutors. Read More
