Three shotgun-wielding suspects robbed a couple of men at gunpoint Tuesday night on 19th Avenue near the Stonestown Galleria, police said.Just after 8 p.m., two men in their mid-20s were walking near the intersection of 19th and Eucalyptus avenues when the three suspects — all males between 18 and 24 — approached them armed with shotguns.
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A 54-year-old man was stabbed in the chest early Tuesday morning, police said. A resident in the 300 block of Brazil Street called 911 around 12:30 a.m. after the stabbing victim knocked on his door requesting assistance, cops said. Officers responded to the scene but the victim would not cooperate or provide any details on his attacker, they said. He was treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.
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A Bernal Heights resident who made the unfortunate mistake of answering his door Monday was robbed by two suspects at gunpoint.At about 9:30 p.m., the victim heard some knocks on the door of his apartment in the 100 block of Highland Avenue, according to the San Francisco Police Department.
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In October there were five reported rapes and that number increased to nine in November. This uptick, however, is not the sign of a serial rapist, the San Francisco Police Department said Monday amid questions about why there was an increase in such crimes. “I can assure you we do not have a serial rapist,” Captain Mike Biel told the Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee.
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A 48-year-old “extremely intoxicated” man was robbed of his wallet Thursday night by four hooligans downtown, cops said.The man was walking along a street some time between 9 p.m. and midnight when he was jumped by four men ages 20 to 30, police said.The victim could only remember wrestling with two of the hoodlums before his wallet was stolen and they fled, cops said. The victim is now in stable condition and no arrests have been made.
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Charges against a San Francisco chef were all cooked up by police, a jury decided this week.Police arrested Matthew Martinez, 28, on Oct. 6 after an undercover officer posing as a drunk asked him to buy a cigarette, according to the Public Defender’s Office.
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Two people delivering Chinese food on 1000 block of Wisconsin Avenue were robbed by three men in their 20s Thursday night, police said.The victims, a 28-year-old man and 24-year-old woman, were parking to make their delivery at 8 p.m. when the suspects approached brandishing a gun, cops said.They stole one of the victims’ iPhone as well as cash and some computer parts before fleeing, police said. No arrests have been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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Two days after a man was assaulted and robbed on an N-Judah train, another public transit passenger was victimized by armed assailants while riding Muni on Thursday night.
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A business at Haight and Webster streets was robbed Wednesday night, police said. Six black men, between the ages of 18 and 24, entered the business around 6:15 p.m. and were told by the 28-year-old merchant they were closed, cops said. One of the crooks pulled out a gun and threatened the victim while the others tied him up and robbed the store, police said. The victim wasn’t injured and no arrests have been made, cops said.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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The lawyer for a former SFPD cop accused of taking bribes for passing grades on a taxi test says don’t be so quick to judge him guilty. We were unable to get a comment in Thursday’s print edition, but here’s a quote from Paul Makaveckas' lawyer, Randy Knox:
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