Three young women were arrested following a series of cellphone robberies in San Francisco on Tuesday, one in which a rain boot was used as a weapon, police said.
A 12-year-old girl was among the victims in six heists carried out by the same suspects in multiple San Francisco neighborhoods, police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said Wednesday.
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She wasn’t waiting for thug and a lady, she was just waiting for a friend. A woman was robbed of her cellphone downtown Tuesday while waiting to meet a friend, police said. The 28-year-old victim was on the corner of Third and Mission streets around 7 p.m. when a man and woman approached, grabbed her cellphone and ran, police said.
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Three women were assaulted and robbed of their cellphone in separate incidents over the weekend. Another woman was robbed of her purse. 1200 block of Market Street9:05 p.m. SundayA 29-year-old woman was robbed of her cellphone, police said. The woman was shoved by a thug in his 30s who grabbed her phone and fled on foot. Post and Mason streets9:55 p.m. Sunday
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A woman was robbed of her cellphone at gunpoint in Potrero Hill on Wednesday, police said. The 48-year-old victim was walking in the 900 block of Hampshire Street when she was flanked by two male suspects, cops said. One of the crooks was a teenager and the other’s age was unknown. The teenaged crook pointed a handgun at the victim and she dropped her cellphone to the ground, police said. The crooks snatched the cellphone and fled on foot.
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Prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against a driver who they say was using his cellphone last week when he allegedly struck and killed a man on a street median, then fled the scene.
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More robbery reports on Muni vehicles over the weekend continue disturbing trend.Third and Evans streets10 p.m. FridayOne of three teenage girls snatched a cellphone from a 34-year-old man’s hands on the T-Third line. The victim chased down and tackled the punk. He was pepper-sprayed, but he won back his phone.Gough and McAllister streets11:28 a.m. Sunday
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A man was robbed of his cellphone on the 38-Geary Muni bus line by a gang of hoodlums Saturday, police said. The 20-year-old victim was sitting on the bus in the area of Gough and Geary streets around 10:30 p.m. when the four crooks attacked. Police described the criminals as three men and one woman all in their 20s. The hoodlums grabbed the victim’s cellphone and ran off the bus, cops said. The victim chased after them and the crooks punched him to the ground and fled.
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An updated policy on when BART should shut down cellphone service — replete with new recommendations from the Federal Communications Commission — was approved unanimously Thursday by the agency’s board of directors.The BART board had been discussing an official resolution since Aug. 11, when the agency drew international criticism for its decision to scramble cellphone service in an attempt to thwart a planned protest.
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A fine-tuned policy to guide BART on when it should shut down cell phone service in its transit stations will be up for approval on Thursday.
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In a strange case of mistaken identity, a man was robbed at gunpoint Monday in his own Parkmerced residence after a friend let the crook in, cops said. The 20-year-old victim was at home with a friend in the 100 block of Tapia Drive around 7 p.m. when he heard a knock on the door. The friend answered the door and a man in his 20s outside asked for “Jim,” police said.
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