A man suspected of rape in San Francisco's Hayes Valley this morning was already acquainted with the victim, according to police. Officers responded to the 1800 block of Market Street on the report of a suspected rape at about 3:35 a.m., according to police.They found a victim who said the alleged rapist was about 22 years old with a light complexion, weighing about 160 pounds and nearly 5 feet 10 inches tall. Read More
A “belligerent” Muni rider is facing battery charges after a bus driver was punched and a passenger head-butted in the Inner Richmond on Sunday.Cops were called to the 3900 block of Geary Boulevard around 1:40 a.m. The victims told the officers that a drunken 26-year-old man caused a scene on the 38-Geary Muni bus. Read More
A woman was followed to the front steps of her San Francisco home and robbed Thursday, police said.Around 12:10 a.m. in the 1000 block of Fell Street, the crook put his gloved hand over the woman’s mouth, warned her to be quiet and not to move. He then threw her to the ground and took her purse, Park Station police said.Cops are hunting the robber.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: San Francisco police have confirmed that the woman found dead in a Lombard Street hotel room Thursday is that of Riverside County resident Colleen Waterman. Read More
San Francisco city workers are required to disclose when they moonlight, but the departments whose employees are most likely to work elsewhere have no record of these potential conflicts of interest.
Since 2009, about 100 city employees have formally notified their superiors about other jobs. But employees of the Fire and Police departments have not done so once, according to city records. Read More
A woman was shot and injured in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to a fire dispatcher.Ambulances responded to reports of a shooting at 5001 Third St. at about 2:35 p.m., the dispatcher said.The woman was apparently walking into a store near Quesada Avenue and Third Street when she got caught in the crossfire of a suspect who was allegedly shooting at someone else, San Francisco police Officer Eric Chiang said. Read More
A registered sex offender has been warned by cops to stop disrupting children in a Bernal Heights schoolyard.Police were called to Paul Revere Elementary School at 555 Tompkins Ave. around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday on a report that a man was creating a disturbance. When cops arrived, the man was shirtless, according to Ingleside Station police. Read More
This reprobate didn’t speak but he carried a big stick. A 27-year-old man was struck in the head Wednesday by a 30-year-old man with a wooden stick, cops said. A motive for the attack was not immediately known.The victim was walking in the 2900 block of 18th Street around 2 a.m. when the stick-wielder attacked, police said. The hooligan fled on foot. The victim suffered a laceration on the top his head but refused treatment, cops said. Read More
The San Francisco Police Commission voted Wednesday night to set up a new team to handle crisis situations involving mentally ill suspects.The seven-member commission voted unanimously to create a crisis intervention team within the Police Department, which has dealt with two shootings of mentally ill suspects by officers in the past two months. Read More
A heartless thief pummeled a 43-year-old man with a metal pole and then stole his wristwatch in the Mission district Wednesday.The robbery occurred around 7:40 p.m. in the area of 16th Street and Julian Avenue, which is near a BART station, police said.The suspect fled after striking the victim. The victim, whose injuries were not life threatening, refused medical treatment, police said.There have been no arrests.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
