SF News Man Charged In Union Square Shooting Death Of the five San Francisco teens detained in the shooting death of Mechthild Schroer, 50, one has been arrested. Police have booked and charged 18-year-old Phillip Stewart, of San Francisco, with murder. The
SF News SFPD Needs Your Help Solving Murder of Philip Dimartino Police are asking the public for help solving the brutal murder of Philip Dimartino. On August 2, 2010 at 1pm, Mr. Philip Dimartino was found stabbed to death in his apartment on Hermann
SF News SFPD Seeks Help in Locating Violent Robbery Suspect The mayor's office has issued a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Michael Douglas Nealy, 33, who is suspected of shooting a man several times during a
SF News Newsom Makes Public Statement About Shooting That Left German Tourist Dead S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom condemned Sunday night's theater district shooting, one that killed Mechthild Schroeer, a 50-year-old German tourist. "On behalf of our entire city, I offer my deepest condolences to the
SF News Woman Shot, Killed In Theater District Identified The woman who was shot and killed a little before 9 a.m. p.m. last night on Mason and Geary has been identified as Mechthild Schröer, 50, of Minden, Germany. According to
SF News SFist Blotter Union Square/Sunday: According to The Chronicle, a shooting occurred a little after 9 p.m. Sunday on the 400 block of Mason Street at Geary Street near Ruby Skye right next to
SF News Twin Peaks Bakery Stabber Receives 26-year Sentence Scott Thomas was sentenced to 26 years in the clink yesterday. If you recall, back in 2007 Thomas walked into Creighton’s Bakery and stabbed 15-year-old Loren Schaller five times, which severed her
Arts & Entertainment Those Scammed By Rachael Smith to Meet Tonight The victims who signed fake leases with Rachael Smith, who then took off with their $5k, are meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Presbyterian Church (2515 Fillmore St) to talk
SF News IRS Agent Shoots Alleged Mugger In S.F. During a reported robbery attempt, an Internal Revenue Service special agent shot and wounded a man in Bayview during an attempted mugging. Police spokesman Sgt. Troy Dangerfield told BCN (via CBS 5) that
SF News Armed Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed at Job It looks like donning sunglasses and a Gene Simmons wig didn't deter the police from catching the armed robbery suspect who allegedly held up three Bank of Americas -- two in SF and
SF News SFist Blotter Early this morning, San Francisco played host to all sorts of mischief. Let's see: Stabbing/Robbery: In Golden Gate Park near Bowling Green Drive and Middle Drive a 30-year-old male was walking when
SF News Man Found Stabbed to Death Inside Haight Residence Haighteration has word that a 35-year-old man was found dead inside his apartment on the 100 block of Hermann Street, between Buchanan and Webster. The victim, whose name hasn't been released, was found
SF News Johannes "Doing Okay" Behind Bars, Says Mehserle's Father During a tearful interview with KTVU at San Jose City Hall, Todd Mehserle, father of convicted BART cop Johannes, said that his son "is in the wrong place" and that "it's a very,
SF News Man Wearing Body Armor Shot 16 Times The Tenderloin acted like The Tenderloin early Sunday morning after playing host to a jarring bout of gunfire on Sunday morning. According to SF Weekly, "a 33-year-old Oakland man who was wearing body
SF News Dolores Park Plays Host to Saturday Morning Robbery, Stabbing Early Saturday morning at 1:30 a.m., an 40-year-old man was beaten, robbed and stabbed several times in the torso while walking near 19th and Church streets in Dolores Park. According to
SF News Victims of Rachael Smith Unite A couple of the victims who were defrauded by Rachael Smith, the con artist who took off with several people's deposits and first month's rent after leasing the same apartment at 5631 California
SF News SF Examiner's Colorful Crime Reporting Is hell frozen over? If we here at SFist are wondering if one of San Francisco's major dailies is going to end up sued for calling suspects "goons" and "thugs" -- and describing
SF News Woman Cons Would-be Tenants with Inner Richmond Apartment Using an Inner Richmond apartment and a Craigslist ad as bait, Rachael Marie Smith, 29, bilked potential renters out of thousands of dollars each "by accepting their deposits and then spinning a tale
SF News Gunman Storms Children's Hospital in Oakland A man is in custody today after storming the Oakland Children's Hospital's emergency room around 3 a.,m. this morning. The unidentified man brandished a gun and took a female hostage before being
SF News Today in SFPD PR: The Brazen Embezzlers SFPD PR is so cute, we're going to make this a regular thing. Today's case involves Maria Lourdes B. Dionisio, a payroll clerk from Pacifica, and Hannah Yau, a financial analyst from Fremont,
SF News Man Murdered In Buena Vista Park Buena Vista Park played host to a murder on Tuesday morning. According to SF Appeal, "a man was drinking at the top of Buena Vista Park when another man allegedly stabbed him to
SF News What's Going On Here, Face of Anthony Souza, San Quentin Murderer? New San Quentin inmate Edward John Schaefer -- who was convicted of murder after a bout of drunken driving resulted in the death of a 9-year-old Novato girl -- was stabbed to death
SF News Oakland Police Arrest Two In Connection With Virginia Man's Murder Oakland residents George Hugguins, 24, and Althea Housley, 33, were arrested on Monday and Saturday, respectively. Both are suspected of killing Jinghong Kang on July 18 after robbing the Virgina man of $17.
SF News SFPD Arrests Muni Mechanic in Illegal Transfer Sting SFPD's Twitter and Facebook feeds garner many fascinating reports, such as the previously mentioned unsolved armed robbery case. Another recent report boasts of a successful sting operation geared toward combating illegal Late Night
SF News SFPD Seek Help Identifying Female Armed Robber, Possibly Wearing Gene Simmons Wig The San Francisco Police Department is asking citizens to be on the lookout for a rather bad ass suspect of two Bank of America armed robberies, the first of which was on July