Neither rain, nor sleet nor thugs.
A postal worker was almost robbed of her mail near Hallidie Plaza on Friday, police said.
The 49-year-old female civil servant’s letters were snatched out of her hand at Eddy and Mason streets about 12:20 p.m., police said.
The victim gave chase and attempted to get the mail back but was pushed by the thief, described by police as a woman in her 20s, who fled with the mail to a nearby Muni bus.
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Here's one shotgun offense that fell short.Two hooligans walked away empty-handed after their attempts to rob some men near the Civic Center today were foiled by fleet feet, police said.The duo, one of which was armed with a shotgun, approached the victims on the 1100 block of Market Street at about 3:55 a.m. They first cornered a 36-year-old man and demanded his cellphone. When they pointed the shotgun at him, he ran away, police said.
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A woman was zapped in the face with a stun gun during a “brazen” daytime attempted robbery at Haight and Divisadero streets Tuesday, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said Thursday.
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Two robberies were committed just minutes apart in the Mission District near Dolores Park early Friday morning.
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Don’t come between a man – or fetus – and his e-book.The victim of an attempted robbery Sunday thwarted three thugs by going “into a standing fetal position” and tightly guarding his e-book, police said Wednesday.He was clutching the device so tight, the suspects failed to swipe it and fled instead.The robbery occurred in the 600 block of Mason Street just after 2 p.m., the victim told police.maldax@sfexaminer.com
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