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Suspect in Nob Hill apartment complex homicide held on $3M bail

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Bail was set at $3 million Tuesday for the man accused of shooting to death a 24-year-old neighbor last weekend during a dispute at their Nob Hill apartment complex. Read More

Woman accused of kicking toddler in Golden Gate Park was too angry for arraignment

The suspect charged with viciously kicking a toddler for no reason at a Golden Gate Park playground Monday did not appear for her arraignment Thursday because she was reportedly too busy yelling and screaming in her holding cell. More details have been released about the epic meltdown in which 24-year-old Sabryna Bell allegedly terrorized multiple children and their parents at the Koret Children’s Quarter Playground. Read More

San Francisco parking scammer appears to be at it again

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Impersonating a Fisherman’s Wharf parking lot attendant has apparently become an addiction for George Anderson. The 50-year-old serial con artist who’s made plenty of headlines for duping parkers was reportedly arrested again in February only four days after being released from jail for three previous offenses. Read More

Telegraph Hill sexual assault victim praised for courageous actions

Jovan Jones
A woman who was stalked and sexually assaulted inside her Telegraph Hill apartment last weekend is being lauded by prosecutors for her bravery in helping police catch the suspect. Read More

Man charged in connection with sexual assault in San Francisco

Jovan Jones, the man arrested last weekend for allegedly breaking into a Telegraph Hill apartment and sexually assaulting a woman, will be arraigned this afternoon, Assistant District Attorney Alex Bastian said. Read More

Shopkeeper crusades to fight crime with cameras

Traci Teraoka
Rob her once, shame on you. But if you rob Presidio Heights shopkeeper Traci Teraoka twice, you might as well smile for the cameras. The owner of Poetica Art and Antiques at 3461 Sacramento St., recently launched an effort with police to convince fellow neighborhood merchants that installing cameras is worth the expense. It only took one shoplifting incident, Teraoka said, before she was convinced she needed extra eyes on her store. Read More

Homicide prosecutions occurring more swiftly under District Attorney Gascón

Before he was elected as San Francisco’s district attorney, George Gascón promised to resolve all the homicide cases that had languished in the courts for years, prolonging the horror for victims’ loved ones. When he made the pledge, 14 murder cases remained unresolved even though the defendants had been arraigned at least four years earlier. Three more cases subsequently reached that unsavory milestone. Read More

Prolific stalker Greg Hayes sentenced to 28 years in slammer

The man who has claimed to own Hayes Valley reportedly launched into a bizarre courtroom tirade Wednesday while being sentenced to nearly 28 years in the slammer for stalking a woman he had dated for just two weeks. During the noisy court proceeding, four bailiffs were needed to hold down a hollering 40-year-old Greg Hayes, prosecutors said, and a judge had to speak over him in order to sentence him. Read More

Man facing life in prison for 1981 rape, murder in Parkmerced

Lance Ford is expected to receive life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced Wednesday for the horrific 1981 rape and murder of 24-year-old Parkmerced resident Annie Barcelon. Read More

‘Ailing’ con man jumps $1M bail, hits road

A high-rolling con artist who faces 35 years in prison for a San Francisco real estate scam is now a fugitive, prosecutors said, after he posted a $1 million bail and then apparently disappeared before the guilty verdict in the case was handed down Wednesday. Read More
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