A 52-year-old man was carjacked by a gun-toting hooligan Wednesday morning, cops said. The victim was approached at Landers and 15th streets by a man in his 30s who pulled out a gun and asked for the keys to the victim’s 1993 cream-colored Toyota Camry, police said. The victim complied and the carjacker fled with the Camry, cops said. No arrest has been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com Read More
A man and a woman in their 20s asked a man for money Wednesday and when he said no, they punched him in the face and took his cash anyway, cops said.
The man was approached by the creepy couple around 4 a.m. One of the creeps asked for the victim’s money and when he didn’t comply, the thug punched him in the face, the San Francisco Police Department said.
The woman then went through the victim’s pockets. The couple fled with his cash and other items, police said. Read More
A 39-year-old man was robbed of his cell phone and wallet by gun-toting thugs Tuesday, police said.
The man was approached at Howard and Langton streets around 10 p.m. by two men in their 20s, cops said.
One of the hoodlums brandished a gun while the other went through the victim’s pockets, the San Francisco Police Department said.
The bandits fled in a white, late model Saturn sedan, cops said. No arrests have been made. Read More
A man who was shot in San Francisco’s Diamond Heights neighborhood on Monday has succumbed to his injuries, police said today.The Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Parrish Broughton, 20.The shooting was reported at 1:17 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Diamond Heights Boulevard and Gold Mine Drive. Read More
A man posing as a law enforcement officer robbed a man in San Francisco’s South of Market area on Tuesday night, police said.The robbery was reported shortly before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Seventh and Stevenson streets, according to police.A white man in his 30s driving a dark Volvo SUV stopped it at the intersection and called out to the 34-year-old victim, requesting that he walk over to the car, police said. Read More
The elderly man found dead inside a North Beach jewelry store Tuesday night was the store’s owner and he may have been robbed, a neighbor who knew him well said Wednesday morning. Read More
Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at a North Beach jewelry store Tuesday night.
Cops discovered the body while conducting a well-being check at Lyn F. Magnuson Design Co. at Mason and Lombard streets around 8 p.m. Magnuson lived and worked on the property, according to his web site. Read More
A 15-year-old boy was arrested for hawking marijuana in the Upper Haight neighborhood on Saturday, police said.The teen was cited at Haight and Shrader streets around 7:25 p.m.The boy was released to his mother, police said.maldax@sfexaminer.com
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Teenagers with a reckless desire to enter a library in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood flashed a pistol to make their point on Thursday, police said.The punks tried to enter a public library that was under construction in the 1800 block of Page Street around 2:50 p.m. Two construction workers tried to stop them, and at one point one of the teens showed the men “the butt of a pistol,” police said.The youngsters fled, but cops chased them down nearby, police said. Read More
Some high-profile local names were dropped from the list of 24 police chief candidates this week as the Police Commission began interviewing potential replacements for former Chief George Gascón. Read More
