SF News ‘Pirates’ Pulling Increasingly Brazen Thefts at the Docks of Oakland’s Marinas 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.
SF News Two Arrested and $85,000 Worth of Stolen Merchandise Seized in Bay Area Flea Market Bust Two men from Oakland were arrested after California Highway Patrol found stolen items from Victoria's Secret, Sephora, Sunglass Hut, Safeway, and Walgreens at a traffic stop.
SF News SFPD Arrests Three Teens, Three Young Adults For Alleged Organized Retail Burglary Ring In SF Six suspects were arrested for a Thursday robbery of a Lower Pacific Heights retailer, and in the continuation of a troubling trend in teen crime, some of the suspects are 13, 14, and 15 years old.
SF News Now Oakland Burglars Are Disguising Themselves as Amazon Delivery Drivers The Oakland Police Department sent out a warning Thursday about “an uptick in residential burglaries where the individuals involved are disguised as Amazon workers” who ring the bell to see if you're home, and then they bust right in.
SF News Oakland Police Warn of Surge In Thefts of Power Tools at Gunpoint There’s a new wrinkle in the rampant theft of power tools, as OPD says suspects in one specific Oakland area are striking while the owner is home, and taking the tools at gunpoint.
SF News ‘Police Did Nothing Vol. XXIV’: Local Man Tracks Down His Own Tools Being Sold on Mission Street A Vis Valley man had video of an intruder robbing his shed, followed the man to an encampment where his tools were sold, and then tracked the tools down being sold on Mission Street. But he says SFPD would not aid the investigation that he took into his own hands.
SF News Fruitvale Avenue Ice Cream Shop Flavor Brigade Has Storefront Demolished In ATM Theft Security camera video catches the entire heist, as two suspects plow a car through the front window and all the way into the back of a Lower Dimond’s ice cream shop Flavor Brigade, just to make off with an ATM machine.
SF News Notorious Walgreens Bike Theft Suspect Arrested Yet Again, at Stomping Grounds He’s Hit Before The bicycle-and-trash-bag scofflaw who gained viral fame in a Twitter video last year robbing a San Francisco Walgreens was arrested again last week over two incidents at the Haight Street CVS, and you can probably take a wild guess what he’s accused of doing again.
SF News SFPD Seizes $200,000 of Allegedly Stolen CVS and Walgreens-Looking Items From SF Man’s Home What looks to be a brazen stolen goods fencing operation, with items that sure appear straight lifted from shelves of Walgreens and CVS, was allegedly netting one San Francisco man $500,000 a year as he just resold the stolen loot online.
SF News SF Father Solves His Own Luggage Theft Case, Despite Lack of Action From ‘Do-Little Cops’ In another iteration of a San Francisco crime victim complaining that the police did nothing to help, and made no attempt to arrest the suspects, one SF dad successfully took matters into his own hands to recover his belongings.
SF News Man Run Over and Killed While Attempting to Steal Catalytic Converter in Sacramento An attempted theft of a catalytic converter went badly Monday morning in Sacramento, as the would-be thief was run over and killed by the very vehicle he was attempting to sever the part from.
SF News Venezuelan Punk Band Robbed Of Passports in Oakland, Fans Raise Nearly $14,000 on GoFundMe The day after playing at Bottom of the Hill, Venezuelan band Zeta was robbed of their passports and gear in Oakland, but their tour is still trucking thanks to a GoFundMe outpouring.
SF News Hillsborough Police Release Video of So-Called ‘Criminal Tourist Burglary Crews From South America’ The public is getting its first look at a burglary crew suspected of making short work of a string of wealthy Silicon Valley homes, and authorities say they are professional "burglary tourists" from South America.
SF News Tenderloin Camera Shop Was Front For Retail Theft Fencing Operation, According to DA's Office San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Monday that two indictments have been filed and five arrest warrants written in a two-year sting operation targeting organized retail theft in the city.
SF News Police: Louis Vuitton Smash-and-Grab Was Coordinated on Snapchat The gang of thieves in the infamous November 20 Union Square flash-mob robbery apparently didn’t even know each other, as law enforcement officials now say the crew was recruited via the disappearing message app Snapchat.
SF News State AG Rob Bonta Announces Five Guilty Pleas in $8 Million Walgreens-CVS-Target Theft Ring Standing in front of a CVS in Burlingame, the attorney general announced guilty pleas in what is supposedly one of the largest theft-ring arrests in California history.
SF News Tenderloin Suspect Racks Up 13th Vehicle Theft Arrest in Just 18 Months In what must be a record run, the SFPD Tenderloin unit this week arrested a suspect for their 13th vehicle theft in a mere year and a half.
SF News Don't Just Buzz In That UPS Guy, He Might Be This Creepy Alleged Package Thief VIDEO: San Francisco package thief impersonates UPS delivery man. @CamilaBernal reports. https://t.co/N4bl1iOgVw pic.twitter.com/nerWMMfr3g— KRON4 News (@kron4news) September 26, 2017 It's a common scenario: A multi-unit building's doorbell
SF News Dummy Stolen By 'Mannequin' Fan Returns With Yet Another Creepy Note A mannequin that was stolen from a East Bay clothing store has just as mysteriously reappeared, with yet another odd note by its side. Given the state of the world, it's understandable if
SF News BART Patrons Arrested In SF For Threats To Women, Attempted Hat Theft In a welcome change of pace to the many stories of unsolved BART crime, BART police say they made at least two arrests this weekend, both at stations in San Francisco. The first
SF News Party's Over For BART Gate-Hoppers As Police Crack Down On Fare Evasion If you’re in on the dirty little secret that many BART stations (like Embarcadero) have free-swinging gate exits that you can just walk right through, your swinger party may be over. ABC
SF News Driver Smashes Into Union Square Gucci Store, Reportedly Raids It For Purses Plywood covers portion of Gucci store in San Francisco after apparent smash-and-grab. https://t.co/OspWpYSMkd pic.twitter.com/9JPl2aabiS— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) July 16, 2017 The rarefied environs of Union Square's
SF News SF Perfume Thieves Overpower Security Guards During Noontime Raid Thieves at a popular San Francisco shopping center might be smelling a little better than usual today, after they successfully purloined some perfume Wednesday. Police say that the heist occurred at 12:03
SF News Videographer Beats Painter In Tenderloin Altercation A disagreement between two men turned violent Thursday, when a painter who objected to being filmed ended up getting punched. Police say that the confrontation occurred at 2 p.m. Thursday, on the
SF News Union Street Shopkeeper Throws Herself Atop Suspected Jewelry Thieves' Getaway Vehicle The alleged victim of a San Francsico retail robbery wasn't ready to take the crime lying down Thursday, taking a ride on the suspects' car in an effort to thwart their escape. According
