The woman doused with gasoline and set on fire by her angry boyfriend in the Bayview district Sunday afternoon remains in critical condition but is expected to survive, police said Monday. Police are still on the hunt for her boyfriend, Dexter Oliver, 22, who reportedly attacked 25-year-old mother of three Starr Lamare over a dispute about laundry.
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The City is throwing the book at an Occupy San Francisco protester accused of throwing bricks at fellow activists, the District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
Jesse Nesbitt, 34, will be held to answer all felony charges he faces in connection with a protest in May in which members of Occupy took over a vacant Tenderloin building.
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Police are hunting for a crabby cabbie who reportedly attacked a passenger with an unknown object over the weekend.The attack reportedly happened when the victim was dropped off at First and Harrison streets. After being paid, the driver “got out of the cab and began yelling at the victim,” police said, “then began swinging an unknown object.” The attack left the 33-year-old victim with “minor abrasions to his arm,” police said. No arrests have been reported.
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A woman was reportedly fetching her keys to open her front door in the Outer Richmond district Saturday evening when four vicious thugs held her and a man up at gunpoint.The robbers ransacked the place and stole cash, diamond earrings, a smartphone, a tablet and a watch, police said.No arrests have been reported. Two of the four men had guns, but the victims, a 35-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man, were not injured, police said.
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A woman who found herself suddenly surrounded by young ruffians on a Muni bus Saturday night dug into her purse in search of her cellphone, hoping to dial 911, but ended up punched and robbed of the bag.The 39-year-old woman reportedly fought back and managed to hold on to her cellphone during the robbery at McAllister and Fillmore streets, but she was punched in the face. No arrests have been reported.
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A man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend did not let a protective order — or her second-floor window — stop him from seeing her.
Mitchell Hoyt, 23, pleaded not guilty Thursday to seven charges related to stalking his ex. He was arrested inside her San Francisco apartment Tuesday, authorities said.
According to a police report, Hoyt and his girlfriend broke up in September after he punched her in the face. She then got the protective order to keep him away.
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A man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend did not let a protective order — or her second-floor window — stop him from seeing her.
Mitchell Hoyt, 23, pleaded not guilty Thursday to seven charges related to stalking his ex. He was arrested inside her San Francisco apartment Tuesday, authorities said.
According to a police report, Hoyt and his girlfriend broke up in September after he punched her in the face. She then got the protective order to keep him away.
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A San Francisco man was fatally shot in Hayes Valley on Tuesday night, just two blocks away from where an innocent bystander was wounded in November, police said.
Byron Beasley, 24, was found in the 700 block of Grove Street about 7:50 p.m. He had been shot in his torso and leg, and died later at a hospital.
Police said the suspects might have been driving a white vehicle. No motive for the shooting is known, and an investigation is ongoing.
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A brazen Bayview shoplifting suspect who allegedly commanded her accomplice to douse a security guard with pepper spray Friday got away with it — for a little while, anyway.
The woman was eventually arrested after police found the getaway vehicle, towed it and passed along a message through her acquaintance that she would need to come to the police station to retrieve it.
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A 37-year-old man’s attempt to retrieve his stolen cellphone near the Academy of Art University on Friday ended badly, police said.
The man had reportedly been riding Muni near Mission and New Montgomery streets about 8:05 p.m. when one of two thieves snatched his phone. The victim gave chase, police said, but the second suspect knocked him down before fleeing with his accomplice.
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