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
It’s been a busy year so far for the Police Commission. Decisions have been made on studying the use of Tasers and a plan has been put into motion to avoid fatal standoffs with the mentally ill. Read More
An officer went up to a 50-year-old man sitting in a stolen car and asked: Whose car is this?The man replied, “I borrowed it.”The cop then asked the man: Why are you on probation?And the man replied, “For borrowing cars.”The man was arrested and charged with vehicle theft in the 200 block of Third Avenue at around 12:10 p.m. on Feb. 22, police said.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
The installation of PG&E Smart Meters was protested by a small group in San Francisco's Marina district Monday, a protester said.About eight people gathered at about 10 a.m. around a truck from Wellington Energy Inc., the company that Pacific Gas and Electric contracts to install the SmartMeters, organizer November Alexis said. Read More
A punk peeved over the placement of a potted plant in his building terrified his neighbor with some kind of “club” device Saturday morning, police said. The suspect didn’t strike anyone, but he was irate enough to frighten the neighbor and alarm others in the unit block of Valley Street, police said.The suspect dropped the club, and fled. Cops did not locate him, police said.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
A 15-year-old tagger tried to strike a deal with a cop who allegedly caught him vandalizing a mailbox in the Outer Richmond district.“I’m sorry, can I rub it off?” the boy told the cop the afternoon of Feb. 21. But the solution wasn’t that simple. A witness told the officer the boy’s graffiti was not only splattered on a mailbox, but on cars, newspaper stands and buildings in the area of 21st Avenue and Balboa Street, police said. Read More
