Cops hope this newly released sketch will help haul-in the killer who stabbed 16-year-old Victor Zheng to death in The City’s Ingleside neighborhood last week.Zheng was walking with a friend in the 500 block of Holloway Avenue on Feb. 7 when the killer began punching him “without provocation,” police said. Read More
A woman who had her purse swiped from a bar near Union Square last week opted not to press charges after cops caught the thieves, police said.The woman was talking with a friend at the bar in the 400 block of Sutter Street when a suspect came up from behind and snatched her purse at around 1:50 a.m., police said.The woman chased the suspect out of the bar. The thief jumped into a waiting vehicle with three other people and fled, police said. Read More
A 47-year-old woman was robbed of her cell phone in a downtown cafe Monday morning, police said.The victim was sitting at a table inside the cafe in the unit block of Fifth Street when the thief — a man in his early 20s — swiped her cell phone off the table at around 9:45 a.m. She tried to fight for her phone back, but the suspect got away after a struggle, police said.There has been no arrest. The woman suffered minor injuries during the robbery, police said. Read More
A Muni fare inspector was assaulted while writing a citation on Thursday, police said.The female employee with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was struck by the male suspect just after 11 a.m. at Mission Street and Silver Avenue, police said.When cops responded, they saw two fare inspectors, including the one who was assaulted, holding the suspect down. He was struggling to break free, they said. Read More
Last week, police responded to a call at Paul Revere Elementary School about a middle-aged man who was creating a disturbance just outside the schoolyard. When officers arrived, the man was “running around” acting strangely — and was shirtless, police said. Read More
Not long after a creep broke into an apartment, jumped into a woman’s bed, assaulted her and took her Mac notebook, three more burglaries were reported across The City, police said. Read More
A 19-year-old man was shot in the leg while waiting for a bus Sunday night in the Silver Terrace neighborhood, according to police.The shooting was the second at the same intersection in one day.San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said the second shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Third Street and Palou Avenue. The 19-year-old victim was waiting for the Muni line when he heard shots being fired. Read More
A natural gas leak in the Outer Mission district Monday morning prompted a shelter-in-place advisory at two nearby schools, police said.School officials at Balboa High School and James Denman Middle School kept students indoors after a construction company ruptured a 2-inch high-pressure transmission gas pipeline, according to officials with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the fire department.The pipeline has since been capped, and no one was injured, authorities said. Read More
A burglar hopped into bed with his victim, assaulted her and then stole her computer in the Mission district on Saturday, police said.The greedy goon entered the 36-year-old old woman’s home in the 3100 block of 16th Street with a flashlight around 6 a.m., police said. The victim awoke to noises. The suspect jumped into bed with the victim, struck her and then told her to “shut up,” police said.The victim ran out of the apartment and called cops. Read More
Two people were arrested on hate crime charges Sunday after brawling with a 51-year-old San Francisco business owner, police said.The suspects hollered homophobic epithets while assaulting the business owner in the 2200 block of Market Street around 3:15 p.m., police said.According to police, the victim had asked the suspects, who were outside his business, to leave the property. The suspects refused, and an argument turned into an assault, police said. Read More
