Results tagged “crime”

After allegations popped up that Deborah Madden, a 60-year-old lab technician for the SFPD, stole and used cocaine evidence she was supposed to analyze, Attorney General (and, most likely, the future Governor of California) Jerry Brown "announced that his office will provide a team of specialists to assist in a thorough independent audit of the laboratory." more ›

An Oakland woman sits in jail this morning on suspicion of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Tiffany Lopez, 19, who is three months pregnant and was arrested on child endangerment charges in December, is alleged to have suffocated "Kamilah in their second-floor apartment on the 2800 block of High Street." Initially telling investigators that she accidentally sat on her daughter, the Mary Jones-esuqe mom went on to tell police that "she had become frustrated with her daughter." more ›

CBS 5's red box of terror alerts us to the following: "San Francisco police have just arrested 3 people near Bret Harte Elementary School at 1035 Gilman Ave. after responding to a report of a person with a gun. No further details are immediately available." more ›

San Franciscans are all too quick to jump down the throats of the fine men and women of the San Francisco Police Department. Because, more or less, it looks cool and sounds like the socially acceptable thing to do. But! More often than not, of course, they're pretty damn helpful. Even to our put-upon cyclists. Take for example, this true tale SFist reader Eric Freeman sent us: more ›

After Bridgette Arevalo, a fourth-month-old girl, was declared brain dead on Saturday, her father has been arrested in connection with her death. The suspect, Hayward resident Jose Arevalo, 26, allegedly "made statements that led officers to arrest him for child abuse." Police said that the infant was "suffering from injuries that doctors thought were consistent with shaken baby syndrome." [KCBS] more ›

Oh, this is rich. Anti-gay GOP Senator Roy Ashburn, Republican father of four and grandfather of two, was arrested last night for driving while blotto. Ashburn, according to reports, had just visited Faces, a Sacramento gay bar. (Titter.) A male passenger in the car with Miss Ashburn was not detained, but the Senator was booked into the Sacramento County Jail and released on $1,400 bond. more ›

Last night a dog was stolen from the San Francisco SPCA. Cassidy, a puppy infected with giardia (an intestinal infection that can spread to humans, notes ABC 7), was receiving critical medicine and treatment, and the good folks at the SF SPCA are "deeply concerned" about her health. more ›

A brutal attack was reported at 24th and Capp Streets yesterday afternoon at around 5:40 pm. SFPD Officer Boaz Mariles told BCN (via SF Appeal) that "the two girls exited the bus and confronted the other pair of teenagers," which is when the violence started. "The girls who had been on the street then used a knife and baseball bat to assault the girls who had been on the bus," more ›

The Academy of Art University's famously prickly president, Elisa Stephens, spoke about the recent murder of Luis Armando Prieto, who was killed in North Beach last week be a car fleeing a shooting. more ›

Local media have already reported on the rash of smartphone thefts on public transportation and on city streets. But how, exactly, do these creeps go about swiping your iPhone or Nexus? Simple: group strong-arm robbery. According to a recent report by CBS 5's Joe Vazquez, a smartphone grab typically goes like this: hooligans see somebody with their head in their phone, they work together by calling each other on their own cell phones to let them know a potential victim is coming their way, then they "swoop in, grab it, and off they're going." more ›

Starting today, loaded guns will be allowed at all national state parks. "The law lets licensed gun owners bring firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges as long as they are allowed by state law," KTVU reports. Will this lead to an increase in gun-related violence at national parks, like Crissy Field, Presidio Park and Muir Woods? Only time will tell. But first, let's look at the law. more ›

Three separate violent robberies occurred in Glen Park on Tuesday night, all possibly committed by the same suspects. First, three men in a dark car ran down a bicyclist and stole his messenger bag near the Glen Park BART Station Tuesday night. Happening at little before 7:15 p.m., a 44-year-old man, who was riding down Arlington Street, was hit by a "dark hatchback" from behind. The Examiner reports that the three men got out of the car, took his bag, fought with the victim, and took off. more ›

An unidentified man was killed early this morning in North Beach by a fleeing car filled with shooting suspects. The man and his brother were using the crosswalk at Vallejo and Columbus when they were "struck and killed by a car at 2:20 this morning," reports SF Appeal. "The driver reportedly fled the North Beach scene, but was caught by the police and arrested." more ›

On Tuesday night, according to CBS 5/BCN, two horrible human beings boarded an M Muni, which was going between Church/Duboce and Van Ness, and "robbed a young woman at gunpoint before fleeing at the next station. The victim, 18, was not injured, but certainly shaken. more ›

Iyanna Washington, the woman who directed this enthralling video showing two men fighting on an AC Transit bus, posted an explanatory YouTube video today, apologizing to the many trolls going after her due in large part to a recent entry on Encyclopedia Dramatica. (Washington, you have nothing to apologize for! Your video was amazing, not to mention, um, enlightening.) more ›

A homecoming dance gang rape under the watch of high school principals, ice cream truck employee shot by a teenager, noontime baseball bat beating deaths, brutal teen mob attacks -- which city is in need of a better mayor: Richmond or Vallejo? more ›

Early Sunday morning at Mission nightclub The Blue Macaw (formerly known as 12 Galaxies), an incident went down involving loads of law enforcement. Again. more ›

An unidentified man was found dead inside a car in San Francisco's Bayview district this morning. According to Appeal/BCN, "Officers responded to the 700 block of Jerrold Avenue at about 6:40 p.m. on reports of multiple gunshots ... Arriving officers found the victim dead in a vehicle." No arrests have been made. more ›

The disturbed boy suspected of shooting a Vallejo ice cream truck worker was arrested yesterday. Officers from Vallejo police and the FBI went to an Oakland residence in the 1100 block of 73rd Avenue, where they found Montenegro "leaving the home carrying suitcases and accompanied by three individuals." The creep was arrested without incident, and the three individuals were detained, then released, for harboring a fugitive. more ›

This week, please join SF Appeal editor Eve Batey and your very single SFist editor as we chat with Beth Spotswood about high profile Bay Area killers. David Carpenter, Cary Stayner, Zodiac Killer, the Zebra Murders and more of your favorite real-life boogymen will be discussed. more ›

After this weekend's shooting death outside Suede Nightclub and Lounge, which took the life of 20-year-old Lawson Hall, authorities have temporarily suspended the Fisherman's Wharf venue's license. more ›

Tuan Nguyen, a 36-year-old San Franciscan, was found dead inside an apartment in the 600 block of Ellis Street. He was stabbed in the chest. The incident occurred a little before 1:30 a.m. more ›

During yesterday's annual Super Bowl jubilation, an Antioch man was shot and killed over a reneged bet/drunken behavior. more ›

Teenagers, as we have pointed out to you again and again and again, are evil. They are creatures in need of taming. Take, for example, this 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting of a woman in her ice cream truck during a robbery gone bad in Vallejo on Wednesday. more ›

WEDNESDAY/FORT MASON: Just before 10:30 pm last night, two people were shot near a youth hostel in Fort Mason. CBS 5/CBN reports: "A 22-year-old woman was injured by a bullet that grazed her head ... and a 17-year-old boy was shot in the stomach." The two victims were rushed to SF General hospital. "The injured boy was undergoing surgery and his condition was not known." Witnesses say that the shooter, sporting a black hoodie and jeans, "was a male who was accompanied by as many as eight other people." more ›

Wanted dead or alive, Vallejo teens attacked and robbed a city worker yesterday afternoon. Police said, according to CBS 5, "the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Nebraska Street near Vallejo High School as the employee was returning the backhoe to the city's corporation yard." more ›

Two bodies were discovered at the Bay Cities Auto Auction at 29901 Industrial Parkway Southwest in Hayward this morning. CBS 5/BCN reports: "One body was found on the pavement outside the front gate, another inside a car on the premises, according to police." No arrests have been made. more ›

You'll recall the home invasion robbery we mentioned last week, which happened in a Sunset district home, and in which one 40-year-old man ended up dead. As SFist commenter Joel was quick to point out, this was mostly likely not a "home" and it was not a "familiy" that was reportedly tied up during the crime, but a "group of individuals." It turns out it wasn't a grow house, as Joel guessed, but a brothel (though ABC 7 and the cops "aren't prepared" to call it that yet). According to cops the suspects appear to be Hispanic, and about 5' 6" and 5' 7". They're hoping someone will recognize them from the tapes and report their identities to the SFPD. more ›

Oh dear. At around 2:30 a.m. this morning, "two men reportedly robbed a third at knifepoint at Market and Gough." No one was injured, and -- get this -- at least one arrest has been made. So, kudos to you, Chief Gascon. Read more incidents of criminal mischief at SF Appeal. more ›

Three women, ages 37, 77 and 34, have disappeared since January 10. The locations are "approximately 60 miles apart if you take Highway 1 straight up from Pt. Reyes to Calzadero." Sleuth Beth Spotswood has a theory that this might be the work of a serial killer. Which, of course, we hope isn't the case. more ›