A suspect was arrested in connection with multiple stabbings near the 16th and Mission BART Station Saturday, which sent three people to the hospital, two of them critically injured and the third with minor injuries.

As KGO reports, the stabbing occurred at 3030 16th Street a little before 5 pm Saturday, just down the block from the 16th Street Mission BART Station.

Per the Chronicle, three ambulances, a paramedic supervisor, and a fire engine were called to the scene. Police have not provided further details, including the identity of the suspect.

Report of Person With Knife at 16th Street BART Station @CitizenApp

2000 Mission St 4:58:04 PM PST

“Through the course of the investigation officers located the suspect and developed probable cause to arrest him,” the SFPD wrote in a statement to KRON4.

Two of the victims were listed in critical condition after arriving at the hospital, as KTVU reports. The third victim's injuries were said to be minor.

The San Francisco Police Department is asking the public to come forward with any additional information by calling 415-575-4444 or texting a tip to TIP411 and beginning the message with “SFPD.”

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This strange and performative video has been going around from the American Canyon Police Department, showing a police officer dressed as Santa Claus putting a suspect in handcuffs.

I guess the American Canyon Police Department is pretty focused on their social media content creation these days. Or else someone in the department just thought it would be clever to have an arresting officer dress in a Santa suit to make this arrest last week, because the crime involved the theft of Christmas trees and wreaths from a local Safeway store.

The video, posted to Facebook, is set to the soundtrack of "You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch," even though it doesn't seem like the suspects in the case really deprived anyone of their Christmas. They just, allegedly, tried to steal $2,400 worth of Xmas decorations from a grocery chain that they were probably intending to resell somewhere to make some quick cash.

The suspects, according to the ACPD, were identified as 39-year-old Joshua Gonzales and 29-year-old Kayla Daniels, both of Vallejo.

According to investigators, Safeway produced surveillance video showing the suspects pulling up a pickup truck to the store on the night of November 27 and loading it up with 24 small Christmas trees and two crates of wreaths. After the crime was reported on December 1, American Canyon police served a search warrant at the couple's home in Vallejo on December 4 and arrested them both on suspicion of grand theft and conspiracy.

And it appears that Gonzales, whose face is not shown in the video, became the unwitting supporting player in the department's video about the arrest.

The two dozen trees, and the wreaths, were all reportedly returned to the Safeway in American Canyon.

Novato police arrested 33-year-old David Slattery Friday morning after he crashed his car into the Islamic Center of North Marin and allegedly attacked someone inside the mosque.

As KTVU reports, an officer was patrolling the area when he heard a crash on the 7000 block of Redwood Boulevard around 11:30 am Friday and ran to investigate, according to a press release from the department.

As the Chronicle reports, the officer witnessed the driver entering the mosque after he crashed a car into the exterior of the building. The driver then allegedly attacked someone in the building while speaking incoherently before the officer intervened.

KTVU reports that the victim of the attack was treated at the hospital for minor injuries. Slattery was arrested and charged on suspicion of felony assault, burglary, and vandalism. His bail is set for $50,000, per KTVU.

Police say they weren’t able to determine whether the incident was a hate crime, as KTVU reports.  

Image: Novato Police Department

Related: SF Mosque Attendees Harassed With Hateful Acts on Christmas Eve

• San Francisco-based GVA Capital has been fined $215 million for managing investments on behalf of sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov through shell companies and proxies. The venture firm used some of the funds to back startups and purchase a former Russian Hill church for a failed “Startup Temple” project. [SF Standard]
• A former Nvidia fraud prevention manager has been charged with submitting 167 fake insurance claims totaling over $100,000 to the company’s health plan. Prosecutors say she altered documents and fabricated services over a three-year period. [NBC Bay Area]
• A Flywheel taxi flipped onto its roof Friday morning near Van Ness and Fell in San Francisco’s Civic Center. The driver and passenger escaped without serious injuries, and police say no drugs or alcohol were involved. [Chronicle]
• Deshaun Mays, 43, has been charged with murdering Sir Jewel Brooks during a May 23 brawl in East Oakland. Mays has prior convictions, and Brooks had previously survived a 2022 shooting on a BART train and was a witness in another East Oakland homicide that same year. [East Bay Times]
• Sunday Streets launches its new season this Sunday in the Tenderloin, transforming Golden Gate Avenue into a car-free community celebration with live music and performances and family friendly activities. [KTVU]

• Once valued at up to $3 million, some California cannabis retail licenses are now being given away for free as market oversaturation, high fees, and competition from illegal sellers render them virtually worthless. [SFGate]

National:

• Four detainees escaped from the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, during a revolt over hunger and poor conditions—a detainee at the facility told his wife a fight broke out because they hadn’t eaten in 20 hours. Legal visits with migrants have been indefinitely suspended at the facility. [BBC]
• Viswashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash that killed over 240 people, says he simply “walked out” after finding a gap in the wreckage near his seat. Though badly injured, Ramesh escaped the burning plane on instinct—while his brother, who was sitting just across the aisle, did not survive. [NPR]
• Anker is recalling over 1.1 million PowerCore 10000 portable chargers due to fire and explosion risks linked to overheating lithium-ion batteries, with reports of injuries and property damage. [CBS News]

Video of the Day:

• YouTubers Sam and Victor recently visited San Francisco and shared some top-notch scenes from their five action-packed days here, including stops at the de Young Museum, Amoeba Records, Transamerica Pyramid, Heath Ceramics, and lots of cafes.

Need Last Minute Plans?

• Check out Last Week, This Week for a couple suggestions, plus there’s the Juneteenth Father’s Day Festival in Bayview on Sunday, the weekend-long SF Jazz Festival, and the tail-end of National Parks Week.

Image: Leanne Maxwell/SFist

Marine vet Nathan Hoang died in Hayward police custody after being sedated with midazolam during a mental health crisis. His case, disclosed 6 weeks later, raises concerns over sedative use and police response to psychiatric emergencies.

According to Bay Area News Group, Nathan Hoang, a 41-year-old Marine Corps veteran and father of six from Hayward, died in police custody in March, nine days after a paramedic injected him with midazolam—a controversial sedative linked to several in-custody deaths across the country. The incident, which remained unreported by police for six weeks, began when Hoang—suffering from a mental health episode possibly exacerbated by methamphetamine use—mistakenly broke into a home on Virginia Street, believing his children were in danger. Officers responded, tased and handcuffed him, and placed him on a gurney, after which the paramedic administered the sedative. Minutes later, Hoang became unresponsive and was declared brain dead.

Hoang, who served two combat tours in Iraq and suffered from PTSD, had long struggled with mental health issues. His ex-wife, Cynthia Fernandez, emphasized that Hoang was a devoted father and a kind-hearted person who experienced psychotic episodes where he believed his family was in danger. She believes he was in one of those episodes the morning of his arrest, searching for his children.

The use of midazolam by first responders has drawn scrutiny in recent years. An Associated Press investigation found at least 94 deaths linked to the sedative between 2012 and 2021, 16 of which occurred in California. Medical experts say that midazolam can cause or exacerbate breathing and heart failure in already distressed individuals, especially when used outside hospital settings without appropriate safeguards. National medical associations have warned against using sedatives for behavioral control outside of clinical environments due to the risks involved.

Multiple investigations are now underway, including by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, Hayward Police Department, and an independent firm of force experts. Police Chief Bryan Matthews cited the “sensitive nature” of the case as the reason for the delay in public disclosure. Legal experts suggest that Hoang’s death may give rise to civil rights claims, as chemical restraint without medical necessity or consent may violate constitutional protections under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Hoang’s death echoes similar fatal encounters involving veterans with mental illness, raising broader concerns about how law enforcement handles mental health crises and the risks of sedative use during arrests.

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BART police arrested seven different people at five East Bay stations on Thursday night for a range of offenses, including illegal weapons, drug paraphernalia, and other disturbances, according to a statement from the department posted on Facebook.

At one point in the night, four patrol cars were lined up waiting to take those arrested to Alameda County Jail, KRON4 reported.

As the agency said in its statement, one San Francisco resident, 30-year-old Jasmine Hatter, was reportedly taken into custody by BART police after she threatened another person onboard a train and brandished a knife near Castro Valley Station. Another San Francisco resident, 30-year-old Christopher Harris, was also arrested for creating a disturbance while under the influence of alcohol on a train near Lake Merritt Station. Harris also apparently attempted to bite an officer while he was being detained.

A 31-year-old Oakland resident, Antianelle Bigsby, also reportedly caused a disturbance for other passengers Thursday night on a train near Lake Merritt Station, and was found to have two concealed fixed-blade knives upon being detained.

Four other people were arrested and found to have open outstanding warrants. Union City resident 28-year-old Matthew Hendry was booked for fare evasion at MacArthur Station, and Eureka resident 35-year-old Charles Lemmon was found with drug paraphernalia at Ashby Station. South San Francisco resident 32-year-old Oscar Rostran was also found with drug paraphernalia on a train near Fruitvale Station, and a search revealed he also was in possession of fentanyl. 41-year-old Lawrence Spragan was arrested during a welfare check at MacArthur Station.

Image via BART Police.

Thirteen individuals were arrested in a massive anti-human trafficking operation in Contra Costa County undertaken in late January, the Chronicle reported.

The Contra Costa Human Trafficking Task Force, which was founded in 2018, as well as several other East Bay law enforcement agency partners, carried out eight separate busts between January 23 and January 28. Authorities said they identified 30 survivors of human trafficking, all of whom were offered resources and services from specialized advocates.

“My office stands ready to evaluate these cases for prosecution and hold traffickers accountable for their exploitation of vulnerable members of our community,” District Attorney Diana Becton said in a statement.

The bust was reportedly aimed at cracking down on the illegal trade of human beings and the exploitation of vulnerable individuals throughout the county. The identities of those arrested were not yet publicly released.

Dozens of law enforcement agencies and nonprofits reportedly provided assistance, including the California Highway Patrol, International Rescue Community, California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, and more.

California has one of the largest concentrations of human trafficking survivors in the United States, according to the state attorney general’s office. Contra Costa County, which has a total population of about 1.2 million people, is no exception: A 2016 report on human trafficking there found that that year, there were about 110 human trafficking survivors (35 of whom were exploited children) in the East Bay county.

According to the report, 106 were survivors of sex trafficking, 11 were survivors of labor trafficking, and some were survivors of both — although it warned that the labor trafficking number is likely a severe underestimate, as labor trafficking is harder to identify than sex trafficking.

Image via Flickr/Alan Cleaver.

The bust this week was part of an ongoing investigation to intercept drugs funneling into the Tenderloin — and found meth, cocaine, heroin, a ghost gun, and tens of thousands in cash at multiple locations, according to authorities.

SFPD said in a statement Friday that its recent drug bust seized over 23 pounds of narcotics (including more than 21 pounds of fentanyl), paraphernalia, one ghost gun, and over $28,000 in cash from at least three locations in San Francisco and Oakland.

The Chronicle reported that three men and a teenager were arrested in connection with the investigation. The adult males were identified as 25-year-old, 29-year-old, and 32-year-old Oakland residents, as well as a 16-year-old juvenile.

SFPD had been working jointly with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to make these recoveries, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said, according to the Chronicle. The department’s statement also said that the bust was a result of long-term investigation based on a tip about a drug trafficking operation. It added that the individuals arrested were part of a larger drug trafficking organization operating in the area.

The men were reportedly booked into the San Francisco County Jail and face charges of conspiracy as well as multiple narcotics- and gun-related felonies.

Jenkins said that when the men were arrested, they had almost 6 pounds of fentanyl on them at the time. In addition, at the locations searched by police, officers found ammunition, a hydraulic press to produce pills, packaging materials, razor blades, blenders, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and containers of mannitol, a substance often combined with fentanyl in pills, the Chronicle reported.

Image via SFPD.

Former San Francisco Department of Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru was reportedly arrested Wednesday morning following a strange-sounding incident at the SF-Marin Food Bank warehouse in the Dogpatch neighborhood.

A longtime volunteer at the food bank, Nuru was apparently working with other volunteers when he brandished a knife, prompting police to be called. The incident happened around 11:15 a.m., as ABC 7 reports, and was confirmed by the SF-Marin Food Bank's communications director, Keely Hopkins.

Nuru also allegedly "tried to steal a bag of potato chips," but then "said he was kidding."

Hopkins told ABC 7 that no one was hurt, and the volunteers were all sent home for the day.

Update: The Chronicle adds a victim's report to the bizarre incident, and it describes a situation in which the victim was approached by a suspect with a knife who demanded his belongings. The victim left the area and called police, and described the suspect as "potentially a mentally disturbed person." The victim added that the suspect, identified as Nuru, "pulled the knife on him for no apparent reason."

Update 2: KQED's Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez posted to Twitter and sheriff's department records now confirm that as of 4:44 p.m. Nuru was booked in county jail for second degree robbery.

This is the first report of Nuru being in the public sphere in many months, nearly a year and a half after he and a co-conspirator were indicted on federal corruption charges in January 2020. Since then, the federal probe has ensnared multiple city employees and city contractors, with some pleading guilty to fraud and bribery and agreeing to cooperate with federal prosecutors.

Most recently, just last week, two Oakland businessmen, Alan Varela and William Gilmartin III, agreed to plead guilty, admitting to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for providing Nuru with $20,000 in meals and a $40,000 tractor to use at his vacation ranch in Colusa County. These gifts were in exchange for inside information in their bid to build an asphalt recycling plant in San Francisco.

The probe has led to the resignations of multiple city department heads, including Nuru, former Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly, and his wife, former City Administrator Naomi Kelly.

The case against Nuru remains under investigation, and the breadth of the charges against him is still pending. He will likely face trial and/or prison time, though he is currently free on bail.

A year ago, the first man indicted alongside Nuru, SF restaurateur Nick Bovis, pleaded guilty, and he faces up to 20 years in jail and a $250,000 fine for each count to which he pleaded.

Related: Feds Charge Second Recology Executive For Bribery as City Controller Calls to End Their Monopoly

Happy Pride from the women of the SFPD!!! pic.twitter.com/ITyirrzc9r

— Teresa Ewins (@TLCapt) June 26, 2016

In the wake of the Orlando attacks, SF Pride organizers arranged for security screenings at the event's entry points and a San Francisco Police Department presence significant enough that multiple groups pulled out of the event, saying that they were "more afraid of police than terrorists." It will probably be a great relief to those groups that thus far, no reports have been made of violence at the hands of police officers — and arrests, at least on Pink Saturday, were actually down from last year.

According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Sargeant Michael Andraychak, the preliminary arrest numbers for Saturday in "the areas encompassing Tenderloin, Northern and Mission Commands" (aka the places most Pride action is happening) are as follows:

• Medical Calls Reported to SFPD: 5
• Public Intoxication: 11
• Misdemeanor Arrests: 5 including: 3 misdemeanor arrest warrants and 2 assaults
• Felony Arrests: 3 including: 2 felony warrant arrests and 1 case of criminal threats
• Sobering Center Patients: 12

According to last year's Saturday numbers, there were about 39 arrests, 20 medical calls, and 13 sobering center patients on the first day of Pride, alone.

Of course, there are numerous factors at play in addition to the metal detectors and cop presence: For example, the traditional Pink Saturday street party was replaced by a much smaller event at The Eagle; attendees weren't allowed to bring alcohol into the Civic Center event; and drones, which we all know are the root of all evil, were banned from flight over the celebration.

The heightened security was apparently viewed as a positive by attendees who spoke with local news outlets — one told ABC 7 "I feel pretty safe, I think that it needs to be implemented and I think it's a good idea," as CBS 5 reported that "The enhanced security didn’t mar the party atmosphere Sunday as the parade with men in glittery white wings walked on stilts and women in leather pants rode motorcycles in downtown San Francisco."

Assuming Sunday's numbers are similarly solid (they won't be released until this afternoon, Andraychak says), we can likely expect this level of security to continue in future — much to the mixed emotions of local politicians like Supervisor Scott Wiener, who told ABC 7 that "I don't like the fact that there are metal detectors going into Civic Center Plaza, but I'm not going to second guess the pride committee's decision to try to keep people safe."

After all, as SFPD spokesperson Officer Grace Gatpandan told KRON 4, “We’re not going to back down from more police, or more presence in these events."

"We’re here to keep people safe, and we’re going to do so in every way possible."

Related: (From 2015) Pride Saturday's SFPD Activity By The Numbers
Pink Saturday Officially Cancelled This Year
All Civic Center Pride Attendees Must Pass Through Metal Detector, Undergo Weapons Search
Saying They're 'More Afraid Of Police Than Terrorists,' Black Lives Matter Pulls Out Of SF Pride

Nearly everyone had a great time at Outside Lands, right? Especially this guy. But some folks had a little too much fun (or tried to) and the numerous San Francisco Police Department officers patrolling "on foot, mountain bicycles, motorcycle dirt bikes, Harley Davidson traffic motorcycles and mounted horse back" (in the words of SFPD Sergeant Michael Andraychak) nabbed them. Here are the law and order stats at Outside Lands, by the numbers.

• 5: The number of people nabbed for "peddling without a permit" (in this case, scalping wristbands)
• 3: The number of those people who were in Fantastic Negrito's camp, causing a cancellation of his Outside Lands show
• 77: The number of people cited for trespassing at a paid event (in other words, gate crashing)
• $197: The fine for trespassing at a paid event
• $135: The cost of a one-day ticket to the festival
• 1: The number of SFPD officers allegedly knocked unconscious by 24-year-old Zachary Holland, who reportedly knocked a cop over as he tried to gate crash the fest
• 3: The number of folks busted for "Alcohol/drinking violations"
• 2: The number of "Miscellaneous Municipal Code Violations" for which festival attendees were cited
• 1: The number of folks caught for public urination
• 26: The number of speeding tickets issued to drivers in the festival area
• 18: The number of festival-area drivers police ticketed for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk
• 16: The number of citations issued for drivers who blocked an intersection or a crosswalk in the festival area
• 19: The number of citations issued to drivers who allegedly impeded the flow of traffic in the festival area
• 46: The number of "miscellaneous vehicle code violations" SFPD wrote tickets for near the fest
• 15: The number of drivers ticketed for double parking near the festival
• 18: The number of "miscellaneous parking violations" police cited drivers for near the festival
• 1: The number of wristband scalpers who were reportedly kidnapped and robbed outside the festival

All arrest and citation statistics: SFPD.

See all of SFist's Outside Lands 2015 coverage here

Though San Francisco Police Department Chief Greg Suhr told the Chron that Sunday's Pride celebration and parade was "off the hook," he didn't mean that in an law-breaking way — the event that he described as “without a doubt, the largest Pride celebration ever" was without major incident.

Arrest statistics for Sunday's event reflect that relative lawfulness. (Perhaps the presence of aspiring horror movie villian "Sweepy" kept folks in line?)

According to SFPD spokesperson Officer Carlos Manfredi, all the Pride-related police activity happened downtown, in the area of the parade and the Civic Center celebration. You already saw Saturday's stats, now here are Sunday's police activities by the numbers:

• 9: The number of people arrested for felonies.
• 4: The number of people arrested for misdemeanors
• 11: The number of people arrested for public drunkenness
• 2: The number of handguns seized
• 90-100: The number of medical calls made from the scene of the event

Previously: Pride Saturday's SFPD Activity By The Numbers
One Injured In Shooting At Civic Center Pride Celebration

According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Officer Carlos Manfredi, Saturday was a busy day for police officers watching over the throngs of folks celebrating Pride. In addition to last night's shooting, Manfredi says that there were a lot of arrests both at the Civic Center event as well as at and following Dyke March in the Mission.

Let's take a look at the numbers, shall we?

• 3: The number of arrests for felonies at the Civic Center celebration
• 2: The number of arrests of people with outstanding felony arrest warrants
• 9: The number of arrests and citations for Civic Center celebration misdemeanors
• 1: The number of robbery arrests in Dolores Park
• 10: The number of public drunkenness arrests at the Civic Center event
• 16: The number of public drunkenness arrests at the Mission event
• 1: The number of resisting arrest for public drunkenness charges in the Mission
• 20: The number of medical calls made from the Civic Center celebration
• 13: The number of people who used the Civic Center "sobering center"
• 4: The number of handguns seized at the Civic Center celebration
• 3: The number of juveniles busted for possession of M-80 fireworks in the Mission

Stay safe and behaves yourselves today, everyone!

Related: One Injured In Shooting At Civic Center Pride Celebration

If the SF Giants win tonight, there will be much cause for rejoicing. After all, this will be their third National League pennant, and their next stop will be the World Series. Hooray! But San Francisco has a not-so-great track record when it comes to sports success celebrations — and the San Francisco Police Department says they're ready for any unpleasantness caused by a few bad apples.

Though the majority of the city's horrible sports-related rioting came after the Giants' 2010 and 2012 World Series wins, SFPD Chief Greg Suhr isn't taking any chances this evening. According to KCBS, all SFPD officers have canceled their days off and are ready to make sure any impromptu street celebrations of a pennant win stay safe and legal.

Police have certainly been on alert in the area around AT&T Park throughout the playoffs, conducting "crime suppression" patrols, breaking up a fight at 9:53 last night, and arresting three other drunk people shortly thereafter, SFPD spokesperson Sergeant Monica MacDonald says.

But Suhr isn't taking any chances with San Franciscans who might get a little too happy tonight (if we win! No jinxies!), saying “Certainly nobody wants to wake up tomorrow morning, just because they celebrated the Giants game, in jail with a case pending...Let’s act like we’ve been there before, because we have been.”

NCLS Game 5 begins at 5:07 tonight at AT&T Park. If we are victorious, then World Series games are scheduled at AT&T on Friday, October 24, Saturday, October 25, and, if necessary, Sunday, October 26, according to the SFMTA.

The three-day-long food/music/comedy fest known as Outside Lands is over, and the west side of San Francisco is quiet once again. Now that the dust has cleared, let's look at some of the preliminary numbers from the event, shall we?

• $115: The cost of a single-day pass to Outside Lands
• $595: The cost of a three-day VIP pass to the event
• 7: The number of stages at the fest
• 100+: The number of artists who performed during the three-day event
• 65,000: The approximate number of people who attended the festival each day
• 140: The total number of people cited by SFPD for trying to sneak into the fest without a ticket during the three-day event
• 12: The number of people who were "uncooperative" when taken to the fest's sobering center, and were therefore cited for public intoxication
• 10: The number of people cited for selling tickets to the fest without a permit (aka "scalping")
• 1: The number of people arrested for felony robbery at the fest
• 1: The number of people arrested for felony narcotics at the event
• 1,500: The number of empanadas sold by Sabores del Sur during the festival
• 2,000: The number of waffles sold by Suite Food Waffles during the three-day event
• 1000 lbs: The amount of cheese consumed at Cheeselands
3000: The number of jalapeños Freshroll used in sandwiches they served during the event
• 600 lbs: The amount of pulled pork Rib Whip served during the festival
• 2000 lbs: The amount of pastrami Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen used at the fest
• 2000 lbs: The amount of french fries Wise Sons sold
• 55 gallons: The amount of Russian Dressing Wise Sons spread

Sources for facts and figures: Outside Lands, SFPD, and S.F.'s Outside Lands music festival food sales bigger than ever, August 11, 2014, SF Business Times