A man who kicked out the window of a police car and ran away in handcuffs was arrested blocks away and taken back into custody Sunday morning, according to police.Brian Jenkins, 33, allegedly had been using a razor blade to deface posters at Zeitgeist in the Mission district after being denied entry into the closed bar. Bartender Ben Rubin told The San Francisco Examiner he called police about a “squirrelly” man lurking when he tried to open around 9 a.m.
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It’s not often that a modern American band will refer to itself by that dated old UK term from the ’90s, “shoegaze.” But that’s exactly how San Francisco outfit Young Prisms have tagged themselves on MySpace, and it’s an apt description for their dreamy, ethereal drone-rawk, heard on songs like “Sugar” from their upcoming “Friends For Now” debut (out Jan. 18 on Kanine).
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After leaving his parked car unlocked in The City, an Oakland man said he returned to find a man sitting inside the vehicle Sunday — and wearing his boxer shorts and pants, police said.
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A roommate tiff turned bloody in the Mission district Wednesday, cops said. One of two 27-year-old men living together slashed the other in the neck with a three-inch knife after an argument, police said.The pair lives in the 3400 block of Mission Street, and cops responded to the residence around 9:40 p.m., police said. Cops arrested the suspected attacker, they said.
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A 34-year-old woman was robbed while texting in the Mission district Wednesday night, police said.The woman was walking in the 3200 block of 24th Street around 7:30 p.m. when a 16-year-old Hispanic boy allegedly ran toward her and knocked the phone out of her hand, cops said. The punk scooped up the phone and ran, police said. The woman chased after the suspect and was soon joined in her pursuit by police officers, who made the arrest, cops said.
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A battle is brewing citywide about small parklets creeping into the streets and the issues surrounding them, including the loss of parking spaces.
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San Francisco prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file murder charges against a man arrested in connection with his domestic partner’s death at their Mission district apartment earlier this week.Oliver Carter, 32, was found dead inside an apartment in a residential hotel in the 400 block of Valencia Street just before noon on Monday, according to police.
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Staff and wire reports
12/14/10 3:01 PM
The death of a 32-year-old man in his Mission district apartment is being investigated as a homicide, and police have already nabbed a suspect.
Police found Oliver Carter dead in his apartment in the 400 block of Valencia Street at 11:55 a.m. Monday.
Homicide investigators are not discussing how Carter died, but a suspect in the case was arrested Monday, Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.
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Three punks beat and robbed a 29-year-old man in the Mission district early Monday morning, cops said.The victim was near the intersection of Hoff and 16th streets around 12:40 a.m. when the hooligans put him in a chokehold, police said. They kicked him, searched his pockets and stole his cell phone and wallet, cops said. Responding officers managed to arrest one of the suspects at the scene. The other two escaped, fleeing on foot, police said.
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Staff and wire reports
12/10/10 5:40 PM
A San Francisco police officer shot someone in the Mission district’s Garfield Park after trying to detain the suspect for drinking in public, police said.
The officer and the suspect were both taken to San Francisco General Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The officer was attempting to detain someone for drinking in the park at 26th Street and Treat Avenue at about 3:20 p.m., police Officer Albie Esparza said.
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