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Unknown thug stabs man and flees

A 32-year-old man was stabbed and searched Thursday, but the assailant didn't take anything, police said. An unknown suspect approached the man at 5th and Market streets around 3:30 a.m. and stabbed him with an unknown weapon, cops said. The suspect then went through the victims pockets but didn’t take anything, police said. The suspect fled on foot. The victim was treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, cops said. Read More

Suspects plead not guilty in Potrero Hill murder over cell phone dispute

A San Francisco boyfriend and girlfriend each pleaded not guilty at their arraignment Friday for their alleged involvement in murdering a man in The City’s Potrero Hill neighborhood Sunday night. Read More

Three injured in shooting in Oakland on Thursday

Three people were injured in a shooting in Oakland on Thursday evening, a police spokeswoman said.The shooting was reported at 5:02 p.m. in the 5500 block of Scoville Street, Oakland police Officer Holly Joshi said.Three victims were hospitalized with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, Joshi said.No arrests have been made and no suspect information was immediately available Thursday morning, Joshi said. Read More

Residents Haight broken windows

An Upper Haight resident had had enough. Outside his home in the 1300 block of Waller St., a car alarm had been blaring for 45 minutes. It was 7:15 a.m. Wednesday. So the resident went out to the car and found an intruder sleeping inside it, cops said. He coaxed the 27-year-old San Francisco man from the car and locked it - even though it wasn't his car. Then the intruder became angry. Read More

SF chef to eat prison food

A San Francisco chef-restauranter was served six months in federal prison and another six months of home confinement on Thursday for lying on his income tax returns. Suriya Srithong, 60, pleaded not guilty on Oct. 6 to filing false federal income tax returns for his South of Market eatery, Suriya Thai Restaurant, according to United States Attorney Melinda Haag. Read More

Couple caught drunken driving with kids in car carted off to jail

A married San Carlos couple was slapped with jail time for drinking and driving with four young children in their minivan on the way home from a booze-fest at the beach last month. Read More

Illegal pot deal turns violent after price squabble

A pot buyer was beaten up for disputing the cost of the marijuana he illegally tried to purchase in the Upper Haight on Tuesday, police said. The 33-year-old man was hospitalized after the deal went up in smoke near Alvord Lake in Golden Gate Park around 2:30 p.m. The female dealer’s “cohorts” attacked and beat up the buyer, police said.Police responded and searched the area, arresting a 49-year-old man for the assault, police said. Read More

Woman sentenced to 5 years for role in Redwood City fatal gang shooting

A woman charged with supplying the gun used to fatally shoot a teenager at a party in Redwood City in 2004 was sentenced to five years in prison in San Mateo County Superior Court on Wednesday.Ana Cervantes, 26, pleaded no contest Wednesday morning to two felony charges of accessory to murder in connection with a gang shooting that occurred at a quinceanera, or 15th birthday party, at Red Morton Park on April 17, 2004, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Read More

Woman assaulted during store robbery

Gun-toting thugs punched and kicked a woman while she was on the ground during the robbery of a Mission district store on Tuesday, police said.The violent heist occurred at a shop near 24th Street and South Van Ness Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Two goons pushed a 34-year-old woman to the back of the store. Then a 38-year-old man walked into the store, and he also was ordered to the back of the store, police said. Read More

Three busted in knife-point robbery of $50

A $50 heist landed three people in jail Wednesday.The suspects, two men and a woman ranging in age between 55 and 67, held a man at knife-point inside a room in the 800 block of O’Farrell Street around 12:15 a.m., police said.A 67-year-old man is accused of wielding the knife. The suspects stole a wallet from the victim, a 47-year-old man. The victim managed to leave the room and fetch police. Read More
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