Police Blotter – February 11, 2011

[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of February 11, 2011. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.]

CAPTAIN RICHARD CORRIEA’S MESSAGE
On February 10, 2011 at shortly after 2:00 A.M. a vehicle that was heading east bound on Geary Boulevard struck another vehicle at the intersection of Geary and Arguello. Each vehicle contained a single occupant. The driver of the vehicle that was traveling northbound on Arguello was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle sustained minor injures. The collision is currently under investigation and the surviving driver has been booked for vehicular manslaughter. Inspectors are analyzing evidence collected at the scene in an effort to determine all of the factors that led to this tragedy; however, because of the tremendous amount of damage to the vehicles we know that excessive speed was one of the causes.

Please drive safely, defenselessly and at the legal speed limit.

Please join us on February 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM for our monthly Police-Community forum. This month our meeting will be held at Richmond Station, 461 6th Avenue.

NOTEWORTHY ARRESTS
On 02/03/11 at 7:45pm officers were called to the area of 19th Avenue and Clement on a report of an auto theft in
progress. The caller gave a description of the suspects to dispatch. The arriving officers located the suspects walking south on 19th Avenue towards Geary Boulevard . The witness told the officers that the suspects had been standing around a car acting suspicious. The suspects then got into the car, turned on the headlights, start the car and lurch forward. Suddenly the suspects stopped the car and ran away on foot. The officers spoke with the suspects who were 14 years of age and determined that the vehicle did not belong to them. One of the suspects had used a shaved key to open car doors and start the engine. They ran away because they thought they saw an undercover police car. Three of the boys were charged with auto theft and possession of burglar tools. All three were released to their parents.

On 02/05/11 at 11:05pm officers were called to 25th Avenue and Geary on a report of a male doing graffiti on a bus shelter. The caller was watching the crime in progress from his window. Officers arrived and detained 19 year old suspect after seeing fresh graffiti on the bus shelter. The suspect admitted to the officers that he had vandalized the shelter and that “graffiti was an addiction.” The suspect was charged with vandalism.

On 02/06/11 at 1:40am officers were called to an assault that had just occurred on the 3900 block of Geary Boulevard. Officers learned the following: Both of the victims were on a charter bus that was parked. An intoxicated male, who was not part of their group got on the bus and tried to speak to one of the female passengers. The driver told the male to exit and the suspect became belligerent. One of the male passengers on the bus went to help the bus driver and was promptly head-butted in the nose by the suspect. The driver was punched in the jaw by the suspect who then fled the bus. While officers were searching the area for the suspect the two victims located the suspect on the 300 block of 4th Avenue and were holding him down on the ground. The officers detained the 26 year old male who was charged with 2 counts of battery.

On 02/07/11 at 2:50am on the 4400 block of Cabrillo Street a victim had gotten into a car with a suspect who was an acquaintance of the victim’s roommate. The suspect started reversing the vehicle before the victim had a chance to shut the door and the door hit the wall of a building, causing damage to the car. The victim then went back inside his residence as the suspect was angry at him for the damage to the door. Shortly thereafter the suspect burst into the victim’s apartment, beat the victim into unconsciousness, took his wallet and other items, and then fled the scene. An ambulance was summoned to the scene to treat the victim, who refused further medical treatment. Other Richmond Station officers continued to investigate. They were able to find an old address for the suspect and went to that location at 7:00 that morning, where they located the suspect’s vehicle. They found the suspect asleep in the back seat of the car. The 20 year old, who is on probation for a prior burglary, was charged with robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and possession of stolen property.

NOTEWORTHY INCIDENTS
Between 02/03/11 at 1pm and 02/04/11 at 3pm on the 5000 block of California , a suspect entered into a garage and took a bicycle. The suspect may have hopped over a rear fence to gain entry.

On 02/04/11 at 8:40pm a victim was walking on Cabrillo at 29th Avenue. Two suspects approached him and one told the victim to give him his I-phone. The victim yelled for help and ran across the street. The suspects chased the victim and hit him in the back of the head with an unknown object. The victim fell to the ground and his I-phone fell to the sidewalk. The suspects picked up the phone and ran to a waiting silver four door vehicle which fled south on 29th Avenue. The suspects were described as males, 20-25 years of age, one wearing a dark trench coat, black beanie and had a goatee. The other was in a dark sweater.

Between 02/05/11 at 7:30pm and 02/06/11 at 5:10am three different commercial establishments on the 700 block of Clement Street were burglarized. Entry in all three buildings was made by forcing open a rear door into the business. The suspect took cash.

On 02/06/11 at 1:30am a victim was walking on 20th Avenue at Anza when she was approached from behind by a suspect who grabbed her purse and ran north on 20th Avenue. The suspect was described as a male, late 20’s, with short dark hair.

On 02/07/11 at 8pm on the 500 block of 6th Avenue two victims were about to open the front door to their apartment
building. Two suspects came up from behind them. One suspect grabbed the victims and told them to give them all their stuff. The suspects then took both of the victims’ purses and then ran north on 6th Avenue to eastbound Anza. A short time later a jogger found both purses in a gutter at Oak and Scott Street with the cell phones still inside. The jogger was able to contact a friend of the victims by scrolling through phone’s contact list. The officers went to his location and retrieved the victims’ property. The suspects were males in their late teens, early 20’s, one wearing a black t-shirt and a black bandana covering his face. The other was wearing a black t-shirt and black beanie cap. [More about this on SFAppeal]