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Two arrested in Mission robbery

Rob Nagle — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:18:05 +0000

A Mission district business was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday, police said. An employee was walking out of the business in the 3100 block of Mission Street about 6:45 p.m. when he encountered three men, one of whom had a shotgun and pointed it at the man’s chest while the others pushed him back into the building. The victim attempted to grab the shotgun, police said, but the suspect racked a round and ordered everyone inside the business to the ground. One of the other suspects grabbed everyone’s cellphones and emptied the safe at the business, police said. The three crooks fled in a car...

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Taxi fare flap erupts into tire-iron attack

Rob Nagle — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:11:11 +0000

Rob Nagle and Bay City News A cabdriver reported being assaulted Tuesday by an unruly passenger. On Wednesday, the roles were reversed. A man was assaulted with a tire iron by his cabdriver near Russian Hill about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, police Officer Albie Esparza said. The victim and a friend were picked up on the 2100 block of Chestnut Street in the Marina district, police said. At some point, the driver and victim reportedly got into an argument over the fare and the cab...

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Stow suspect admits involvement

Staff report — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:34:31 +0000

A suspect in the severe beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow last year outside Dodger Stadium was recorded during a police interrogation telling his mother over the phone that he was involved in the attack and likely “going down.” During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, prosecutors showed video of Marvin Norwood speaking to his mother on a cellphone, the Los Angeles Times reported. “I got arrested for that Dodger Stadium thing,” he told her. “I was involved. To a certain extent I was.” Stow was attacked outside the Los Angeles stadium following the March 2011 season opener. Massive head trauma...

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Teach a man to fish and you feed his crack habit

Mike Aldax — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:56:30 +0000

He didn’t steal a truckload of fish just for the halibut. A South San Francisco delivery driver who was accused last year of swapping nearly $10,000 worth of fish that he was supposed to deliver to buyers in Sacramento for $400 worth of crack cocaine, pleaded no contest Tuesday to one felony count of vehicle theft. In October, 44-year-old Byron Bates was tasked with driving a Newport Fish Co. delivery truck loaded with seafood to the state capital, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Wednesday. He left at 6:30 a.m., but customers began calling three hours later asking...

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San Francisco principal pleads not guilty to DUI, hit-and-run

Mike Aldax — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:44:36 +0000

The principal at Paul Revere Elementary School in Bernal Heights pleaded not guilty Tuesday to isdemeanor DUI and hit-and-run charges after allegedly sideswiping two vehicles just south of the Golden Gate Bridge on May 12. Sheila Milosky, a Mill Valley resident, did not attend Tuesday’s court hearing. Her attorney, Sam Ware, appeared on her behalf. “If Ms. Milosky made a mistake here, she’s going to own up to it,” Ware said after the hearing, adding that he had only just received the prosecution’s evidence against his client. “If she did not make a mistake and some of the facts were not...

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Paul Revere principal Sheila Milosky pleads not guilty to DUI, hit-and-run charges

Mike Aldax — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:34:45 +0000

Sheila Milosky, the principal at Paul Revere Elementary School in Bernal Heights, pleaded not guilty to DUI and hit-and-run charges on Tuesday. Milosky allegedly sideswiped two cars just south of the Golden Gate Bridge on May 12. The principal did not attend Tuesday's court hearing. Her attorney, Sam Ware, appeared on her behalf. “If Ms. Milosky made a mistake here, she’s going to own up to it,” Ware said after the hearing, adding that he had only just received the prosecution's evidence against his client. "If she did not make a mistake and some of the facts were not reported correctly,...

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More details in Bay to Breakers flip-out case

Mike Aldax — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:22:58 +0000

He should have stuck to just the grass. Police have released more details in the case of a Santa Clara man who allegedly went on a bizarre drug-fueled rampage at this year’s Zazzle Bay to Breakers on May 20. Daniel Frank, 21, of Santa Clara was reportedly seen talking to himself and eating grass before he ripped out a chunk of a woman’s hair for no apparent reason and assaulted several other people — and also spat blood on a security guard. Wearing a tie-dye shirt and aqua-blue bicycle shorts, Frank was seen just before 12:25 p.m. in Golden Gate Park “talking to himself and eating grass”...

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Raider works on defense for DUI court date

Mike Aldax — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:19:21 +0000

At least he can catch a court date. Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, 25, is scheduled to be arraigned in a San Francisco courtroom Thursday on DUI charges, prosecutors said. Heyward-Bey was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on April 7 for allegedly speeding and weaving on the Bay Bridge near Treasure Island. The football star was driving his 2012 Range Rover about 2 a.m., Officer Tony Tam said. He failed field sobriety tests after the traffic stop, which happened on the San Francisco side of the bridge, police said. Prosecutors have charged Heyward-Bey with two...

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In Court: Jesse Nesbitt

Mike Aldax — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:16:52 +0000

Who: Jesse Nesbitt, 34 What: The Occupy San Francisco activist is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges that he lobbed bricks from a rooftop onto protesters and cops May 1, injuring at least one other protester and damaging a police patrol car. The incident occurred during the May Day takeover of the 888 Turk St. building. History: In November, when Occupy SF had an encampment at Justin Herman Plaza, police said Nesbitt threw a glass bottle at a city employee that just missed hitting the worker. Latest: Nesbitt’s attorney last week requested that his client...

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Tail light violation leads to litany of charges for Bayview teen

Rob Nagle — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:31:24 +0000

A broken tail light led to a young man being booked on three different charges last week in the Bayview. The 19-year-old was arrested at Van Dyke Avenue and Ingalls Street about 8 p.m. Thursday after officers pulled over the car he was in for the tail light violation, police said. When the teenager went into his backpack for his ID, he pulled out a bottle of rum, police said. A records check found he also had an outstanding warrant. And he was carrying two joints. The man was booked on each violation, police said. rnagle@sfexaminer.com

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San Mateo County cops arrest 43 at start of Memorial Day weekend

Rob Nagle — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:28:52 +0000

Drive sober or get pulled over. That’s the message San Mateo County police delivered to 43 people arrested on suspicion of drunken driving during the first 48 hours of Memorial Day weekend. As part of the “Avoid the 23” traffic enforcement effort, 17 county law enforcement agencies arrested 43 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, police said. However, there were no reported deaths or collisions during the 48-hour period. Avoid programs, named for the number of police agencies involved in each effort, also will be in effect for the Fourth of July and Labor Day...

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Man arrested for pleasuring himself at public library

Rob Nagle — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:26:27 +0000

Yet another inappropriate public display of self-affection. A man was arrested in the Lakeside neighborhood last week for allegedly pleasuring himself while using a computer at the public library. Police were called to the library about 2:25 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Winston Drive. A security guard detained the deviant until police arrived. A records check showed the man is an unregistered sex offender, police said. He was arrested. rnagle@sfexaminer.com

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San Francisco police arrest man in bank robbery spree

Rob Nagle — Sun, 27 May 2012 19:42:38 +0000

San Francisco cops arrested a man Thursday on suspicion of a bank robbery spree committed earlier that day, police said Friday. David Conrado, 48, of San Francisco, allegedly robbed two banks at the Laurel Village Shopping Center about 2 p.m., police said. A bank was robbed in the 3500 block of California Street and minutes later another bank in the 3400 block was hit. In both robberies, the suspect walked into the banks in disguise, armed with a handgun, police said. He then demanded cash and fled. A third incident occurred about an hour later in the 1500 block of Van Ness...

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San Bruno police arrest third suspect involved in shooting at officer Saturday morning

Bay City News — Sun, 27 May 2012 17:50:56 +0000

Police have arrested a third suspect linked to an early morning police pursuit Saturday in which one of the suspects fired a gun at a San Bruno police officer, police said. San Bruno resident Daniel Garcia, 23, was arrested hours after fleeing the scene of the shooting, where two other San Bruno men, Michael Apolinario 25, and 18-year-old Diego Bernal were arrested for their alleged involvement in the shooting, police said. Police received a report around 1:45 a.m. Saturday of multiple people walking up San Bruno Avenue near 4th Avenue, police said. Officers arriving on the scene spotted a...

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Over 100 stolen bicylces recovered from San Francisco man

Bay City News — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:30:34 +0000

San Francisco residents searching for their stolen bike could be in luck. Police announced Friday they have posted photos online of more than 100 stolen bicycles recovered earlier this month from a San Francisco man who allegedly had them stored in his home in the city's Silver Terrace neighborhood as well as in two storage lockers in Oakland. The stash of bicycles was discovered after investigators from the Ingleside Police Station were led to the home of Irving Sanchez, 18, in the 200 block of Charter Oak Avenue, police said. Investigators discovered eight stolen bicycles in the kitchen,...

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Authorities building case against S.F. man suspected in Lego scam

Mike Aldax — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:56:29 +0000

Authorities are connecting the blocks in their probe into a scam involving Lego sets at Target stores in the Bay Area, saying two men arrested recently in separate counties were not in cahoots, but rather capitalizing on a nationwide crime trend. “Apparently it’s a huge scam these days,” San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti said Thursday. The scam in question involves crooks pasting barcodes onto expensive Lego sets at Target stores in order to score large discounts. They then resell the sets — many of them “Star Wars”-themed — on eBay. Recently, two very...

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Teen girl evades creep's clutches

Rob Nagle — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:22:35 +0000

A man in an orange minivan tried to abduct a teenage girl in the Bayview on Tuesday, police said. The teenager was waiting for a bus at Palou Avenue and Newhall Street about 8 a.m. when the van pulled up, police said. The driver opened the passenger door and told the teen in Spanish to hop in for a ride, but she refused. He then asked for her phone number, police said, which she refused to reveal. Finally, the creep got out and tried to grab the girl, but she was able to get away. The suspect is described as a dark-skinned Hispanic man with a skinny build, between 27 and 30 years old...

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Carjacking suspects arrested in Oakland after fleeing S.F.

Rob Nagle — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:34:49 +0000

Leaving San Francisco city limits after stealing a car does not prevent the SFPD from chasing you. A woman and her passenger were carjacked in the Financial District early Thursday morning, police Officer Albie Esparza said, and cops had to cross the Bay in their pursuit of the suspects, who were arrested in Oakland. The vehicle was recovered. The 83-year-old victim and her male passenger, 50, were near Washington and Battery streets about 1:40 a.m. when two men approached their vehicle. A window was smashed in and one suspect simulated having a gun, Esparza said. The victims were forcibly...

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