When the SFPD responded to reports of a home burglary in SF’s Ingleside neighborhood Sunday, they found an adult victim suffering from undisclosed injuries. The person later died, and police are now investigating the case as a homicide.

As Bay City News reports, officers from the San Francisco Police Department arrived at a residence on the 200 block of Granada Avenue, south of Ocean Avenue, per KPIX, around 3 pm Sunday when they discovered the victim was injured. Officers and paramedics began performing CPR and other life-saving efforts.

The victim, who was not the suspect, was then pronounced dead at the scene, per NBC Bay Area. No arrests have been made, and the case is being investigated as a homicide, per KRON4.

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A 22-year-old woman stands accused for her alleged role in an organized theft ring that plucked a total of $56,000 in merchandise from local Sephora and high-end sunglasses shops, and was on supervised release at the time of the thefts.

There is organized retail theft where people steal laundry detergent and shampoo to sell on Mission Street, and then there is organized retail theft where people steal more high-end stuff to sell on Amazon. The latest set of charges from the San Francisco DA’s office is one of the latter cases, as that office has charged 22-year-old Jayla Glaser with stealing $56,000 worth of merchandise during five theft incidents at SF luxury stores between August 2024 and February 2025.

The majority of these thefts happened at Sephora stores, mostly the one on Union Street in Cow Hollow. Glaser and an accomplice are accused of stealing about $13,000 worth of merchandise from that store on three visits between August 2024 and January 2025. They also allegedly hit the Two Embarcadero Center Sephora store on February 3, 2025, relieving that location of some $4,000 in cosmetics.

Their grandest haul is an alleged “$40,000 of luxury eyewear” from the Cow Hollow Veo Optics across from the aforementioned Sephora, on February 20, 2025.

Glaser is charged with one count of organized retail theft with intent to resell, four counts of second-degree commercial burglary, four counts of grand theft, and one count of petty theft with two or more priors (she was on supervised release at the time of these incidents). She’s been denied bail, and her next court date is April 4.

As mentioned, Glaser had an accomplice, and it sounds like that accomplice is still at large. So the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with relevant information is asked to call the SFPD tip line at (415) 575-4444, or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: Alleged SF Sunglass Shop Thief Nabbed in Hawaii Faces Charges; Vacaville Sunglass Hut Burglar Convicted [SFist]

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A new coffee shop is slated to open in the former home of The Creamery at Fourth and Townsend streets, but the opening figures to be delayed, as the place was broken into twice on Sunday.

The storefront at 685 Fourth Street used to be The Creamery, serving coffee to the tech and Caltrain commuter crowds up until its August 2020 closure. Now it’s finally being replaced by a South Bay chain called Silicon Valley Coffee, which claims to “find and roast the best coffee in the world and use the latest coffee technology to help you create a perfect cup of coffee.”

But the opening of the SF Silicon Valley Coffee location may be delayed, as KPIX reports that the shop under development was broken into twice this week — within 24 hours.

The owners showed up on Sunday, only to find two strangers inside the place, and needles scattered about. So you know what was going on! The owners called the police, who arrived, but oddly did not make any arrests.

"Little disappointed, little shaken up," co-owner Matt Baker told KPIX. "We went home and came back the next morning just to find that we were robbed and everything we had back there was gone. Including our, ironically enough, our brand new security system."

The SF Silicon Valley Coffee location only figures to be a short-term tenant once they open anyway. They’re eventually going to have to close, as developers plan to break ground on a reported 1,000-unit apartment complex at the site, and Silicon Valley Coffee presumably got a deal. Though the way things are going in the housing construction business these days, their short term may get extended once or twice.

"This is an incredible opportunity," Baker told KPIX, with his chin up. "It's not every day an entire coffee shop, a restaurant, a giant patio in a prime location just lands in your feet and they ask you, can you help to make it better."

Related: Famed Leather Bar SF Eagle Robbed of $30,000 In an Alleged Inside Job [SFist]

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After an alleged three-robbery bender, a suspect evading SFPD totaled his car in a crash, lept 40 feet from a 101 overpass, and injured himself severely before being arrested and hospitalized.

Sometime around 2 am the morning of Thursday, November 7, a robbery crew allegedly busted into what SFPD describes as a "liquor store located on the 700 block of 22nd St." The crew was connected to two other robberies reported that evening, in Ingleside and the Mission. SFPD came to that conclusion after a pretty wild failed getaway attempt that involved a car crash and a suspect jumping 40 feet off an overpass, as the department announced Thursday.

The leap from the overpass did not translate into a successful escape, as the suspect suffered “life-threatening injuries caused by the fall,” according to SFPD. The suspect has not been named, but he was taken into custody and hospitalized. For perspective, below we see where the suspect made the ill-advised leap.  

SFPD responded to the 22nd Street corner store robbery, and did not arrive while the suspects were still in the act, but determined that the burglary involved “several vehicles.” One of those vehicles was traveling northbound on 101. SFPD pursued it at first, but it sped away at such high speed they declined to continue. That was probably the right call.

Because the driver managed to crash the car not far up the road from there.

“As the officers neared the collision, they discovered it was the suspect vehicle and observed the suspect jump off the freeway overpass and land approximately 40 feet below onto 15th and Vermont St.,” SFPD said in a release. “The adult male suspect was taken into custody and was transported to the hospital for life-threatening injuries caused by the fall.”

Officers found the suspected stolen merchandise, as well as a loaded firearm. All of the vehicles used in the robbery were determined to have been stolen, and all have been recovered. Though obviously, one of them is worse for the wear.

It's unknown how many suspects overall were part of the robberies, as only one has been apprehended, and the others are still at large.

If you have any information on this incident, you’re asked to call the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444, or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: One of Two Alleged Smoke Shop Burglars Charged With Murder In Wrong-Way Crash Near Bay Bridge [SFist]

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Just two blocks from where smash-and-grab burglars rammed a car into the Union Square Dior store two weeks ago, another set of would-be thieves smashed their car into the Louis Vuitton, but were foiled from actually stealing anything in their attempted heist.

The Union Square Louis Vuitton found itself unfortunately dragged into the national news during the notorious November 2021 smash-and-grab spree that also hit Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Yves Saint Laurent, and other storefronts. Two blocks over, smash-and-grabbers rammed a car into the Dior store  in an October 2023 burglary, and then another group of burglars drove a car into that same Dior store nearly a year to the day later.  

And now a mere 17 days after the latest Dior smash-and-grab. KRON4 reports that another group of would-be smash-and-grabbers rammed a Lexus into the Louis Vuitton store at Geary and Stockton streets. The attempted heist occurred at 4:16 am Monday morning.

And give credit to the SFPD, who had on-duty officers parked nearby on Geary Street at the time of the incident, who were able to prevent the thieves from stealing anything.  

So nothing was stolen, but the Louis Vuitton storefront has endured some pretty serious property damage. KPIX reports that the thieves ran to two other getaway vehicles and were able to escape the scene. Per KPIX, one car got away by driving “west on Geary Street and the other heading south on Stockton Street.”

There have been no arrests made, nor have any suspects been identified as of late Monday morning. KRON4 describes the ramming vehicle as a “possibly stolen Lexus car.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Francisco Police Department at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to “TIP411” and start the message with SFPD. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: Union Square Dior Once Again Rammed Into by Car in Smash-and-Grab Burglary [SFist]

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The Inner Richmond location of the California Street Cannabis Company was hit by burglars in the wee hours Thursday morning, who smashed through the front window with sledgehammers, and got away just as police were arriving.

California Street Cannabis Company opened their second location at Clement Street near Third Avenue in 2021, and it has been burglarized four times since. The latest of these robberies was Thursday morning at about 3:20 am, as KTVU reports that thieves busted through the front windows with sledgehammers in an incident captured by the store’s surveillance video.

That surveillance video is seen in the segment above. The segment also shows that the dispensary was open normal hours on Thursday, as workers install new windows while the store is operating. But the segment also shows five suspects gaining entry by smashing through the windows with sledgehammers and pry bars, and emptying shelves of cannabis.  

The shop’s owner saw this as it was happening in real time, as the security system notified his phone.

"I see that there's five dudes in a car, ransacking the place," owner Duncan Ley told KTVU. "They busted down the front window stole a bunch of product."

Police did arrive on the scene, though just as the burglars were getting away.

SFPD Captain Chris Canning said to the station, "Officers on patrol came upon what ended up being the end of the crime, and responded, attempted to coordinate an arrest of the suspects. Sadly, that wasn't successful."

Ley mentioned that another dispensary on Market Street was also burglarized Wednesday night or Thursday morning, but did not mention which dispensary that was.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at (415) 575-4444, or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: Thieves Use a Forklift to Break Into and Rob Oakland Cannabis Business [SFist]

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Nearly one year to the day after thieves rammed a car into the Union Square Dior storefront, another car pulled the same scheme just before 3 am Friday morning, and the suspects are still at large.

On October 12, 2023, two suspects drove a car through the Union Square Dior at Post Street and Grant Avenue, and made off with $270,000 worth of merchandise. And then this morning on October 11, 2024, KTVU reports that another car rammed into that same Dior, and three vehicles full of suspects were able to evade police and steal an undisclosed amount of merchandise.

In this case, the burglars did not ram their car into the front of the store, but instead the rear, while two getaway cars were waiting out front. The SF Business Times reports that police noticed three speeding cars at around 2:42 am Friday morning, and pursued one of them, but it sped off so quickly that police felt a chase would be too dangerous. The number of suspects is unknown, and it’s unclear whether they were armed.

“This kind of brazen crime will not be tolerated in our city,” SFPD Chief Bill Scott said in a statement to the Business Times. “Our investigators have numerous leads they are following thanks to the large amount of evidence we have available, including video surveillance and (Automated License Plate Reader camera) hits.”

Well, some suspects did get caught in last October’s Dior robbery, but only because they crashed their car during the getaway. A total of two suspects were arrested and charged in that incident, though several other accomplices got away.

The Dior store has been closed all day Friday, with repairs currently underway, with employees unable to confirm when the store will reopen.

If you have any information on this incident, you’re asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at (415) 575-4444, or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: Union Square Dior Store Rammed With Car In Burglary Heist, at Least Two Arrested [SFist]

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There’s a flurry of new proposed California legislative bills that would chip away at Prop 47,  including one intended to lock up people identified as “professional retail thieves.”

It’s now been nearly ten years since California voters approved the sentencing measure Prop 47, which generally recategorized theft charges for less than $950 of merchandise as a misdemeanor instead of a crime. And whether fairly or not, Prop 47 was being blamed for increasing crime almost immediately after it passed. Now ten years later, we do see that retail theft and robbery are still up across the state of California, according to the data below for the California Public Policy Institute.

Now even Democratic state lawmakers are rushing to either take Prop 47 back to the voters for another look, or tinker with it in the legislature. And the Southern California News Group reports on one of those new legislative measures, brought by three statehouse Democrats, which would zero in “professional retail thieves,” in the bill’s words, and make it easier to charge them with “intent to sell” the stolen goods.

“Organized retail theft is having a chilling effect on our communities,” one of the bill’s co-authors, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) told the News Group. “Crime, like everything, evolves. And criminal enterprises are using new and different ways to get around current prohibitions … It is our responsibility to ensure that our laws are addressing the situation at hand.”

The bill is called the California Retail Theft Reduction Act, and its main goal is to add up the value of thefts from different retailers and aggregate them all into a grand theft charge.

It would also allow police to make arrests based on witness’ sworn testimony or on smartphone video recordings of a theft. And in keeping with Prop 47’s desire to lower the prison population, it does offer alternative programs to jail.

This is one of many current state bills that hope to crack down on retail theft and undo some elements of Prop 47. Another Democratic bill called AB 1772 would require jail time for anyone convicted of a third theft, though that bill would have to go before California voters if passed. Meanwhile, Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) has a proposed bill called AB-2438 that would increase charges if the suspect acted in tandem with at least two other people to commit the crime.

The last statehouse push to chip away at Prop 47 was a 2022 measure that would have lowered the felony threshold from $950 to $400. That bill failed, though the political winds may have shifted since then.

Related: State Lawmakers Once Again Going After Prop 47 Amidst Retail Theft Blowback [SFist]

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We’re now ten years into the Prop 47 era, and a pair of state Assembly members have introduced new bills to make it more likely accused thieves get charged with felonies under the law’s guidelines.

Here’s a surprising statistic about theft and burglary in California. Property crime rates have actually gone down since that state passed the now often-derided Prop 47, which made property crimes more likely to be charged as misdemeanors instead of felonies (chart below, property crime is the red line). As the Public Policy Institute of California found this past October, property crime has steadily inched down most years since that law’s 2014 passage, and surprisingly, such crimes were substantially more frequent in the 1970s. But it’s also true that property crime has increased statewide in both 2021 and 2022, and in some jurisdictions, it’s gotten particularly bad.

So there is some public appetite towards revising Prop 47. And two California state Assembly members, both Democrats, have proposed two bills that would allow voter-approved changes to Prop 47 that would make it easier to charge accused thieves and burglars with felony charges instead of misdemeanors, according to KTVU.

"There's folks that commit this crime three times, four times, five times and it just continues to be a misdemeanor," Assemblyman Carlos Villapudua (D-Stockton) told KTVU. "Give prosecutors more arsenal to be able to convict and hold people accountable for these actions that they're taking,"

There is a popular misconception that Prop 47 ended all prosecutions of thefts of less than $950, which it did not. Instead, it made thefts of under $950 misdemeanor charges instead of felonies.

The bill from Villapudua and Assemblymember James Ramos (D-San Bernardino) would give California voters the option of passing a new law that added up the value of all stolen items, rather than pricing them individually. Moreover, the bill might also add in the value of properties stolen in a suspect’s previous convictions toward that $950 threshold.

There have been many attempts to overturn Prop 47 in  previous years' legislative sessions, and all of them have failed. The difference with this one is that it does not attempt to repeal Prop 47, and only changes how the $950 threshold is interpreted. Moreover, it just creates the possibility that voters can make these changes via a ballot measure.  

So this could be turning to an election issue sometime in the not-too distant future.

And, it should be noted, Villapudua is running for a state senate seat in Stockton — a decision he just made last month. Assemblymembers are not permitted to run for both offices, so Villapudua is putting his Assembly seat up for grabs in the hopes of moving over to the other chamber, and changes to Prop 47 could be just the sort of campaign talking point he needs.

Related: Spike In Car Break-Ins Has Many Blaming Prop 47 [SFist]

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In what’s fast becoming a copycat crime across the Bay Area, another ATM theft victimized a Bank of America at Balboa Street and 38th Avenue sometime after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

It’s a move we’re starting to see more of all over the Bay, that thieves with chains, trucks, and even stolen tractors are stealing entire ATMs full of cash, and demolishing storefronts in the process. In the last couple months, we’ve seen early morning ATM thefts at Clooney’s Pub on Valencia Street and K&H Liquors at the corner of 16th and Valencia, and a December report on KGO said that SFPD recorded 15 ATM thefts in 2023.

Now add another in 2024. According to KRON4, thieves rammed into a Bank of America ATM in the Outer Richmond early Wednesday morning, and took that ATM at 3701 Balboa Street filled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The Bank of America website says that particular location “has been temporarily closed.”

Much of the information on this Citizen app post has been confirmed by either SFPD or KRON4. The post describes a 3:50 a.m. Wednesday morning police call, and a vehicle description of an “older model, dark-colored Chevrolet Tahoe occupied by one or two people, (that) crashed into the Bank of America and stole an ATM.” The post adds that the Chevy Tahoe “has a roof rack and back-end damage, with the back trunk window busted out,” and that the vehicle “ was last seen traveling southbound on 39th Ave.”

The Citizen post also engages in some speculation that “Suspects have carried out a similar crime with a BOA ATM in Oakland,” though there is no confirmed connection between the two thefts.

Still, it’s fair to wonder if thefts are coordinated, given how this particular crime has caught on in California over the last year. That KGO report quotes the ATM Security Association’s David Tente, who says "We do see crime gangs coming in from Mexico and also the largest crime group for ATM crimes are from Romania." Romania?

If you have any information on this incident, you’re asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 415-575-4444, or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: Thieves Make Off With ATM From K&H Liquors at Valencia and 16th Streets [SFist]

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“Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear bike helmets,” declared Potrero Hill live music venue Bottom of the Hill, after a good samaritan on a bike somehow prevented hammer-wielding thieves from stealing the gear from a band’s touring van.

It is an all-too-common Bay Area occurrence that performers get gear stolen from their vans, or even the whole van full of gear gets stolen. And it appears one of those things was about to happen to a Minneapolis-based band called Yam Haus, this past Saturday, hours before they were set to play a show at Bottom of the Hill.

Two ski-masked suspects wielding hammers approached the van, and were seen peering into the windows. But SFGate reports that an anonymous bicyclist somehow scared off the thieves, and now the venue is offering a reward of tickets and more to whomever this mystery bicycle hero may have been.

Bottom of the Hill tells the tale in a Monday Facebook post, structured like an old-time Craigslist “Missed Connections” ad:

Missed Connections:

Us: SF rock venue with touring band van parked out front on Saturday, November 4, still daylight hours (fortunately the van was already emptied of gear)

Bad guys: saw Sprinter van full of instruments at a stop on the band's drive to our gig from another, and attached an air tracker to their van, which the band was alerted to by their phones. They were basically followed to our venue by thieves!

You: Riding by on your bicycle and had the courage to approach a trio of guys in ski masks with hammers intending to do harm to that van. You ran them off!

Us again: grateful for someone who cared enough to stop and help! Can we buy you a ticket to a show? We saw the security footage but couldn't make you out at all!

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear bike helmets which I guess could protect them from hammers?!

Thank you to our unknown helper.

Bottom of the Hill adds in a subsequent Tuesday comment: “Update! Sharky from Bandago says that’s one of his vans, actually! So he’ll sweeten the reward pot!!” (“Sharky” refers to SF Homeless Oversight Commission member and Creeper Lagoon frontman Sharky Laguana, Bandago refers to his van rental service.)

Per SFGate, there’s a little more to this story.  Members of Yam Haus reported getting AirTag alerts throughout Saturday, which they blew off. Their band’s photographer saw “a gold-colored car” from which the suspects approached the van carrying hammers. But the bike rider came along, and the photographer “heard an impact” and a yelp from one of the masked men. The suspects retreated back to their vehicle, and the bike rider simply kept pedaling along.

This could have ended worse for the band Yam Haus, in fact, it has before. As SFGate adds, “The last time Yam Haus performed in the Bay Area, somebody stole their belongings from their van.”

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A brazen snatch-and-grab sunglass theft operation that hit several stores in SF and the East Bay has brought three-year prison sentences for two Contra Costa County men in their early 20s.

You’ll notice the above headline says “snatch-and-grab,” which is a different term from the expression smash-and-grab that we see all too frequently in Bay Area News these days. A smash-and-grab involves forceful entry, like breaking through a storefront’s windows (sometimes with a car!). A snatch-and-grab is more the flash mob-style burglary, where a group of suspects walks into a store like normal customers, then simultaneously grabs the loot in a way that overwhelms staff because there’s too many burglars to stop.

And that is the category of theft for which SF DA Brooke Jenkins just got two separate three-years prison sentences for a couple of Contra Costa County men. The pair admitted to being involved in a high-end sunglasses theft ring where they and others would charge into Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, or Veo Optics stores in SF, grab as many pairs of shades as possible, and hop into a waiting getaway car. The pair were part of this operation that reportedly spanned from November 2021 through July 2022.

Delandro Belvine-Brown (22) of Antioch and Sean Raquel Jevonce Simon, Jr. (24) of Richmond both pleaded guilty to robbery and were sentenced to three years apiece, according to a Thursday morning announcement from Jenkins’s office.

“Retail theft continues to have a major impact on San Francisco’s business community and the city’s economic livelihood,” Jenkins said in a press release. “These crimes demand accountability and we need to send the message to others involved in this criminal enterprise that, with the support of our local law enforcement partners, our office will continue to pursue and prosecute those involved.”

The thefts reportedly occurred in both San Francisco and Brentwood, according to the release. It adds the two are identified using “store surveillance videos, social media posts, and mobile phone records.”

Both men are currently in custody and will be transported to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to begin serving their sentences.

Related: Surveillance Video Shows Women Brazenly Swiping $7000 Of Stonestown Sunglass Hut Shades [SFist]

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A brazen Thursday morning smash-and-grab at the Union Square Dior store was heavy on the smash, as burglars rammed a car into the store and stole a reported $270,000 in merchandise — but one of the getaway cars then crashed and the suspects in it were arrested.

High-end handbag shoppers, be aware that the Union Square Christian Dior store will be closed until at least Sunday, according to KRON4. But the circumstances behind that closure are pretty shocking. The Chronicle reports the store was hit by a smash-and-grab Thursday morning, where a car rammed into the front of the store at Post Street and Grant Avenue, bending the metal security gates and shattering the storefront’s glass. Thieves in three vehicles made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, but either two or three of the suspects were arrested when crashing their own car shortly after the heist.

Mayor Breed’s tweet above touts that SFPD officers “immediately made an arrest in this robbery when it occurred,” though leaves out the details that those suspects were arrested because they crashed their own vehicle, and most of the suspects remain at large. KTVU reports that “Up to 10 people were involved” in the heist, with three separate vehicles, including the one that smashed the window.

KTVU is also reporting that “police apprehended three” of the suspects, while other outlets like KPIX are reporting only two arrests. The latest statement from SFPD also describes two arrests.

The video above shows the aftermath. Per the Chronicle, police responded to reports of a burglary there at 6:49 a.m. Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said there were three cars, one of which smashed through the front window, and all were quickly filled with merchandise and fled.

Here’s a look at the loot recovered, which KGO’s Suzanne Phan reports is valued at $275,000, “according to a store employee.” SFPD has not verified that total. But they have verified that their most recent statement that one of the suspects’ vehicles was seen “entering a freeway on ramp,” and that “The vehicle crashed and all the occupants excited the vehicle and fled the area on foot.” That statement assets that two were arrested.  

If you have any information on this incident, you’re asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 415-575-4444, or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Related: Thieves Use SUV to Ram Metal Door of Oakland Dispensary, Clean the Place Out of Product [SFist]

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The SFPD made multiple arrests last week in connection with organized retail thefts in the city, but two incidents happened at the same store, the Lululemon at 2040 Fillmore Street.

Four people have been charged in two separate incidents of organized retail theft at the Pacific Heights Lululemon location, involving a total of over $22,000 worth of merchandise.

We heard yesterday from District Attorney Brooke Jenkins that two people, SF resident Shaka Jinks, 24, and San Mateo resident Breanna Jones, 18, had been charged with organized retail theft, grand theft, and second-degree commercial burglary, among other charges. Jinks and Jones are believed to have been part of a group of nine individuals who flash-mobbed the Lululemon on September 21, stealing a total of $7,290 worth of clothing items.

The SFPD arrested Jinks and Jones along with two juveniles shortly after the robbery, and the department posted photos of the seized merchandise.

The department had also just arrested three individuals in connection with another $100,000 worth of stolen goods.

On Thursday, the DA's office announced charges against two more San Francisco residents for a September 20 retail theft that apparently also occurred at that Lululemon store. 18-year-old Darrell Luckett and 21-year-old Corina Fitch have been charged with second-degree commercial burglary in connection with the theft of 136 pairs of leggings worth approximately $15,000.

"As our city continues to combat brazen retail theft, my office will work diligently to hold those who are arrested for these crimes accountable," said Jenkins in a statement. "We cannot ignore the impact that this type of crime is having on our retail businesses, their employees and everyday shoppers."

Both Luckett and Fitch, the DA's office said, were arraigned on Wednesday and were released on their own recognizance — despite prosecutors' motion to keep them detained. They've been ordered to stay 150 yards away from the Lululemon store.

Jinks and Jones were also released and ordered to stay away from the store. The DA's office noted that both were on release for separate crimes when they allegedly took part in the burglary last week.

A recent rash of thefts at the house boats and sailboats at the 13 marinas in Alameda County is overwhelming the small number of maritime law enforcement personnel there, as thieves sometimes commandeer and steal entire boats.  

The current Oakland property crime surge is covering new ground, or rather, going past where the ground ends and the waters of the San Francisco Bay begin. The Chronicle reports today on a wave of “pirates” committing brash burglaries on boats docked at these marinas, who often approach on smaller crafts with their bolt cutters, sometimes stealing supplies, sometimes stealing the motors or others parts, and in some cases even commandeering the boats and repainting them to make it look as if they are their own.

“It’s almost the Wild West,” Alameda’s Marina Village Yacht Harbor managing investor Steve Meckfessel told the Chronicle. “It’s almost as if you were on a ship and there are pirates out there, and there’s no government, no one to protect you.”

There are actually some people to protect them, but not many, and those few law enforcement personnel are overwhelmed. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office does have a Marine Patrol Unit, but it’s only a part-time patrol, and those officers have other duties as well.

The Oakland Police Department has only one maritime patrol officer, who acknowledged to the Chronicle a spike in thefts over the last six weeks. Encampments near the marina are growing, people have taken to living on makeshift boats, and according to the Chronicle, there was “even a former U.S. Navy vessel that appeared to house several people before it sank in December.”

The thieves aren’t just hitting the boats, but also maritime businesses along the marinas. Many of these business owners are forced to confront the encampments and docked stolen boats, where they sometimes find their own stolen items. But these situations could obviously turn violent, and vigilante justice is not an effective long-term solution.  

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission recently held a hearing on the matter, though that commission has no law enforcement authority.

“I’ve heard the voices of fear and terror,” Commissioner Rebecca Eisen said at that hearing, per the Chronicle. “We are obviously not a law enforcement agency, but we understand what we’re hearing. We’re going to work with others to figure out if there’s anything we can do to be helpful.”

There have been some recent efforts to sweep the encampments near the marinas, and Alameda County has offered a $10,000 grant to remove derelict boats, and Oakland City Council voted earlier this year authorizing police to seize illegally docked boats. But those strategies aren’t getting results quickly enough for the boaters, who have a sinking feeling that the problem will only get worse.

Related: Crime in Oakland Soaring Across the Board, According to New Statistics [SFist]

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