Central District Newsletter - June 17, 2008

Part Two - Continuing

5 PM in the Board of Supervisor’s Chambers. You can support your favorite public services or speak out on other issues that will be in discussion.

Mark your Tools!
Recently I stumbled upon an individual trying to sell tools from a garbage bag on Fresno and Grant Avenue. Officers who assisted and I attempted to locate the victim of the stolen tools in the area. We searched the immediate area and located over 10 working construction sites and vehicles that contained tools. None of the workers we spoke to, had any missing bags of electric hand tools. Officer John Ferrando searched the large canvas tool bag and located a notebook with numerous phone numbers.
Eventually the owner was found at a construction site at California and Powell and confirmed that the bag of tools was stolen from his truck.

Theft of tools from construction sites is all too common. All tools should be distinctively marked and engraved with your driver’s license number. It should be noted, that during our search, I noticed several unattended tools and open trucks at several of the sites. Needless to say, those should be locked up as well, (the tools, that is). I should also note that while trying to identify the suspect, I was told by dispatch that he had a search condition relating to his probation status and had an active warrant. The warrant and probation was for- yes, Burglary.

Broadway Corridor
Friday June 14, 2008: Saturday June 15, 2008:
Felony arrests made 0 Felony arrests 0
Misdemeanor arrests made 0 Misdemeanor arrests made 0
Drunk related arrests made 1 Drunk related arrests made 2
Moving citations 24 Moving citations 20
Parking citations issued 8 Parking citations issued 12
Towed vehicles 2 Towed vehicles 7

Traffic Company Enforcement: Five Traffic motorcycle Officers assisted.

On 6/15/08 Sunday morning, just after 2 AM, Officers working Broadway heard gunshots coming from the 1000 block of Sansome. Officer Angel Lozano and Sgts. Seth Riskin and Arlin Vanderbilt investigated. Two San Francisco men said they were walking to their car when they were robbed at gunpoint by two black males, 22-25 years old, 5’8”, 150, with handguns and fleeing in a 1990’s dark Ford Mustang. One suspect tore a gold chain from one victim’s neck. As they walked away from the exchange, both suspects opened fire on the victims. Officers located 15 spent shell casings and one live round from a handgun at the scene. The loss was an $8500 gold and diamond necklace. Luckily, the victims were unhurt.

Part Three - Continuing

Crimes of Note

6/11/08 at 2:40 AM, Vice Crimes arrested a 45 year old woman from Richmond, Ca for prostitution at Geary and Hyde.

6/11/08 at 10:30 AM, Officers John Ferrando and Jeffrey Fortuno responded to a credit card fraud at a hotel on the 2500 block of Van Ness. Follow up investigation at the hotel room led the officers to detain two San Francisco men with stolen credit cards, arrest warrants and possession of suspected crystal methamphetamine.

6/12/08 at 7:30 PM, Fisherman’s Wharf Beat Officer Tom Costello made an on-view arrest of a suspect camping on the 2600 block of Mason Street. The suspect had an outstanding warrant for being a sex offender who failed to register.

6/13/08 at 1:15 AM at Pacific and Battery Streets. A local man said he was walking home when two men ‘jumped him’, punched him and took his shoulder bag and contents. The suspects were described as Hispanic, 20-25 years old, 6’, bald, wearing baggy white tee shirt, blue jeans and a black male 5’5 160, wearing a red striped shirt. The suspects fled in a large SUV, possible an Escalade, black in color.

6/15/08 at 6 PM, a woman waiting at a garage elevator at Sutter and Stockton was assaulted by a white male, 35-40 years old, 5’9, 150 wearing a plaid shirt and jeans. The suspect tried to take her purse, but after a struggle, the strap broke and he fled, empty handed.

6/15/08 at 6 PM at Stockton and Union Streets at the North Beach Fair, Officer Tom Cunnane saw a drunk harassing a dog that was tethered to a meter. The officer told the man to stop. The suspect turned on the officer and showered him with obscenities and spittle. The officer took the man into custody, but not before the suspect could bite the officer’s thumb.

6/15/08 at 7 PM, Wharf Beat Officer Tom Costello and Dante Giovanelli arrested a regular suspect near Pier 35 for bilking people for the “3 card monty, Shell Game.” The suspect was wanted out of Oakland on a warrant and had the tools of the trade plus a significant amount of cash in both hands.

6/15/08 at 1:30 PM, Officer Kim Koltzoff responded to the area of Polk and Jackson to look for a suspect who reportedly stole a bicycle from a truck bed at Jackson and Hyde Streets. The officer located the suspect aboard the bike and detained him. The victim confirmed that the bike was his and was last seen in his truck bed.

6/16/08 at 1:20 AM, a woman was walking home from work at North Point and Mason when two men ran up to her and grabbed her purse. One suspect punched her and knocked her to the ground, as the other took the purse and contents. Both men fled in a silver colored truck. The suspects were Hispanic males, 21-25 years old, wearing white hats, black sweatshirts and black jeans. Officers detained 3 men in a truck at 1500 Broadway but the woman could not identify them as the suspects.

These news concerns more local individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are from any other location, please ignore! Thanks!

While I was in college, long time ago, I used to go into the city once a month to hang out and check out alot of the thrift stores on polk( if I remember right). Back then, there was alot of very nice things in thrift stores for very cheap price. Just me and a friend.Even before that I used to live in Hayward for a while. I even hitchhiked into the city,over to Berkley, and even back into the valley. WILD!! Espescially, when I think of it today..no way! It was dangerous even then, but there was everyone else who was doing it.

Ha! Ciba, They still have one of the best thrift stores around. Two of my girlfriends goes to it sometimes and always come back with something interesting.