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Impatient crook gets frustrated by the holdup during his holdup

Apparently it was the crook who was being held up. A robber threatened to shoot a store clerk in Lower Pacific Heights on Wednesday for being too slow at handing over the cash, police said. Read More

Suspect cited for secretly filmed toilet tapes

A man accused of secretly filming inside a bathroom at a Pacific Heights business Sunday was cited for misdemeanor illegal videotaping and released, police said.But the probe into the creepy toilet taping is not over, as investigators are trying to determine the extent of the crime, a police official at the Northern Police Station said.The District Attorney’s Office has taken on the case, the official said. Read More

Northern Station captain asks San Francisco drivers to be more courteous

Angry driver
The police captain of San Francisco’s Northern Station has a message for nutty drivers.“I have been getting lots of complaints of people driving like jerks,” Capt. Ann Mannix Tweeted on Friday. “Please be more courteous out there.”Northern Station cops monitor areas including Western Addition, Pacific Heights, Japantown, Polk Gulch, Russian Hill and the Marina. Read More

San Francisco police warn merchants about counterfeit crooks

San Francisco police are warning merchants about crooks paying for goods with counterfeit money.“Especially if you own a small business,” Northern Station police captain Ann Mannix recently Tweeted.Mannix pointed to the recent arrest of a woman who had 29 fake $20 bills on Fillmore Street.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More

San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr holds meeting on officer-involved shooting

Officer-involved shooting
San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr will be holding a community meeting today to discuss Wednesday’s officer-involved shooting on Gough Street that injured a wanted parolee.The meeting is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Northern Police Station at 1125 Fillmore St. Read More

Thief claims 'it was beyond his control to not steal' bike at SF public library

A man recently arrested for stealing a bike during a police decoy operation at San Francisco Public Library told cops he couldn’t help himself.“The suspect said that the bike lock was so cheap and the bike was so expensive that it was beyond his control to not steal it,” Northern police Capt. Ann Mannix said during a Wednesday police meeting on crime trends. Read More

Possibly intoxicated woman arrested for kicking, urinating on car

Urine trouble, lady!A woman was allegedly arrested Tuesday for kicking and urinating upon a brand new car that was parked directly in front of the police station at Turk and Fillmore streets.The owner was sitting in the car, talking on a cellphone at 10 p.m. when the deranged woman, a complete stranger, attempted to get in via the rear passenger door, police at Northern Station said. Read More

Cab driver knocked out by customer over fare dispute

A San Francisco taxi driver was knocked out with a metal sign during a spat with a customer over cab fare Friday morning, police said.Police took a 46-year-old man into custody following the hack attack at Turk and Larkin streets around 3 a.m.After arguing over the fare outside the cab, a brawl broke out. The customer got a hold of a metal sign on the street and struck the cabbie in the head with it, knocking him unconscious, cops said. Read More

Cops say driver who struck cyclist not at fault but arrest her for fleeing

Cops are scratching their heads about a driver who allegedly struck a cyclist in the Western Addition and fled — even though the accident was not her fault.The driver even got out of her car to help the cyclist after Wednesday’s accident at the intersection of Fillmore and McAllister streets around 5:50 p.m.She fled before cops or an ambulance arrived, police at Northern Station said.It was not immediately clear whether drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash. Read More

Rash of Subaru break-ins rouse suspicion

Does a burglar have a bone to pick with Subaru?During a 24-hour period starting Thursday, at least five Subaru cars were broken into in San Francisco, according to Northern Station Police Capt. Ann Mannix.It is not known whether the same burglar was responsible for all the break-ins. The only pattern is that they were all Subaru cars, Mannix said. Read More
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