SF News Suspect In East Bay Armed Robberies Cuts Hair, Gets Arrested In Central Valley One of two suspects wanted in what are believed to be a pair of connected, violent daylight robberies in Oakland and Richmond on February 10, was arrested after an all-points bulletin went out — and he was likely trying to flee the state.
SF News Stray Bullet From Shootout Following Robbery On Oakland's Grand Avenue Injures Resident A gunpoint robbery Monday morning at a coin collectors' store on Oakland's Grand Avenue led to a shootout between the thieves and the store owner, and in the exchange of gunfire a stray bullet entered a nearby residence and injured a person inside.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thieves Make Off With Safe In Popsons Restaurant Burglary The CEO of Popsons Burgers is venting on Facebook today after he says two thieves broke into his restaurant and made off with the safe. Alvin Garcia wrote of the crime yesterday, and
SF News 'Dreaded Bandit' Arrested Outside Of Richmond District Bank With Loaded Gun The Dreaded Bandit's reign of bank-robbing terror may have finally come to an end. The Chronicle reports that Friday afternoon police arrested the man they believe to be the serial bank robber. He
SF News Arrests Made In Brutal iPhone Theft And Beating Caught On Video In Union Square Two 19-year-old men have been arrested in connection with an October robbery and assault that left a 54-year-old tourist badly injured and in need of reconstructive surgery. The incident happened on Stockton Street
SF News Deplorable Teens Rob Elderly Ice Cream Vendor At Gunpoint Two teenagers, described as a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, robbed a 68-year-old man selling ice cream and frozen treats on a Mission sidewalk Wednesday, as the Examiner reports. The robbery occurred
SF News Stuff Store On Valencia Is Latest Victim Of Smash-And-Grab Robbery The vast, high-end flea market known as Stuff was the latest victim of a smash-and-grab robbery on Wednesday morning, with a group of four to six thieves breaking through the glass front door
Arts & Entertainment Performer Wendy Ho Has 'Drag Bag' Stolen In SF, Seeks Donations Popular underground performer and YouTube artiste Wendy Ho, famous especially among gay fans for her offensive lyrics and faux queen persona, was just a victim of San Francisco's recent spate of robberies. She
SF News Yet Another Local TV News Crew Robbed Of Their Equipment In The East Bay A female KTVU reporter and her cameraman were robbed of their equipment early Wednesday morning outside a doughnut shop in Hayward, marking the umpteenth time an incident like this has happened in the
SF News Armed Robbers Storm SF Tiffany's Store Dressed As Construction Workers, Steal Jewelry Wow. What is with 2015, you guys? There was just a crazy armed robbery at the Westfield Centre Tiffany's location on Wednesday afternoon, in broad daylight. Three armed suspects stormed the store in
SF News Three S.F. Banks Robbed Over The Weekend How easy is it to rob a bank these days? It seems fairly easy as three different banks fell victim to at least two male robber suspects on Friday and Saturday. And I
SF News Chinatown Freaked Out By Another Serial Burglar A serial burglar/home-invader has been scaring Chinatown's elderly in a series of four crimes in this normally not-crime-ridden neighborhood at least crime that's not being perpetrated by Shrimp Boy and the Hung
SF News Deplorable Teen Hoodlums Targeting Asian Women On Muni A series of violent robberies in Visitacion Valley may be the work of a coordinated gang of youths who are specifically targeting Asian women on Muni buses. The latest attack, on a petite
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Hill Saloon Staff and Patrons Were Robbed On Saturday The little bar at the intersection of the Mission and Potrero Hill, Mission Hill Saloon, was robbed at gunpoint late Friday night, early Saturday, right as they were doing last call. As Mission
SF News Fake Chinatown Roach Sprayer Assaults, Robs The Elderly Folks in Chinatown are on high alert after a series of brutal robberies have hit the area. Specifically, a well-dressed man described as being "anywhere from 40- to 50-year-old" and "last seen wearing
SF News 16-Year-Old Arrested for Murder Following Botched Robbery San Francisco police have booked a 16-year-old male on charges of murder and attempted robbery following the December 14th killing of Clifton Chatman, also 16, on Alemany Boulevard. According to investigators, Chatman and
SF News Homicides Way Down But Crime Rate Way Up In S.F. This Year There have been less than 40 homicides in San Francisco so far this year, compared to 67 last year and 98 in 2009, but instances of other crimes are way up, led by
SF News Patrons At Hayes Valley Nail Salon Robbed At Gunpoint Over the weekend, customers at Hayes Valley's the Pampered Girl salon were robbed at gunpoint by a man dressed in all black and armed with a handgun. According to police, there were three
SF News Woman Robbed In Western Addition While Taking Out Trash Wednesday is trash day in some parts of the Western Addition, and a 45-year-old woman was robbed while she was taking out her garbage Wednesday morning. She had come out of her apartment
SF News Limo Chauffeur Hurt During Mission Robbery Attempt Over near 18th and Mission early Thursday morning, a limo driver was injured after an unsuccessful robbery attempt. "A driver for the San Francisco’s based Abala Limo Service told police that two
SF News Woman Choked, Robbed By Fling She Met On BART Police are looking for a 35-40 year old male suspect who reportedly tied up a woman, choked her and stole her belongings after the two met and exchanged numbers on BART earlier this
SF News Needle Crime: Thief Steals Soda Armed With Syringe Sunday morning in the Tenderloin a man walked into convenience store, told the 72-year-old store employee, "I'm taking this soda," and promptly walked out. When the employee tried to stop the guy, he
SF News Second Bank Robbery In A Month Hits The Sunset On April 19, a Wells Fargo in the Inner Sunset, on Irving between 8th and 9th Avenues, was robbed by three masked, armed men. They did the usual thing of making everyone get
SF News This Interactive Map Shows Where Your Cell Phone Will Get Stolen Cell phone theft is reaching epidemic proportions in San Francisco, accounting for 50% of all crime reported in the city. Police data show that about 1,470 instances were reported last year alone.
SF News Oakland Woman Sentenced For String Of Violent 2010 Robberies 36-year-old Althea Housley was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison today for four armed robberies in Oakland that left one man dead. In a plea deal in which she testified
