SFPD Richmond District Police Station
Weekly Update 09-29-2016
NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING:
Thursday, October 20th, 2016 at 6:00 PM
Golden Gate Park Senior Center
6101 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 94121
Neighborhood Anti-littering Meeting
HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL IS HERE!
Once again Golden Gate Park and the Richmond District are hosting this fantastic free event. The event is scheduled to take place October 30th through October 2nd. The 16th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival promises to be just as entertaining as the past events, with several well known acts scheduled to perform.
Problems such as noise and traffic congestion may frustrate residents who live in the area. Richmond District residents who have neighborhood comments or complaints are encouraged to call the Hotline number (415) 650-3080. As usual, report criminal activity to the police at (415) 553-0123 (for non-emergency) or 9-1-1.
COFFEE WITH A COP
This is a great opportunity to speak with Police Officers and ask questions, voice concerns, and just get to know the Officers who patrol your neighborhood. Richmond Station Officers will be at Cumaica Coffee at 200 Clement Street on Friday, October 7th, 2016 from 8:00am until 10:00am.
Please come by to enjoy a delicious cup of coffee and speak with us!
Here are some of the incidents that occurred in the Richmond Police District this week:
THEFT FROM A BUILDING
09/23/2016 1:40 AM
PRESIDIO AVENUE & CALIFORNIA STREET
While enjoying several tasty alcoholic beverages at a bar in the Richmond District, the victim began a friendly conversation with another man in the bar who appeared “homeless.” The victim apparently felt sorry for the man, and decided to buy him a drink. This charitable act backfired however, as when the victim returned from the bar the man was gone. The victim’s cell phone, which he had left on the table, had also mysteriously disappeared. To make matters worse, the victim’s cell phone case contained his ID, credit cards, and a large amount of cash.
The suspect is described as a while male, between 65 and 75 years of age, with a skinny build, long curly brown hair, wearing a gray jacket.
Officers searched the area for the suspect, but to no avail.
ARREST: UTTERING FORGED CHECKS; NON-RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY; CONSPIRACY
09/23/2016 3:50 PM
GEARY BOULEVARD & 19TH AVENUE
Two suspects were unsuccessful in their attempts to deposit fraudulent checks at this local bank. A recent surge in fraudulent check activity prompted the bank tellers to be extra-careful when accepting check deposits.
As two separate ‘customers’ approached different teller windows, both bank tellers immediately realized that they were being presented with fraudulent checks. Both bank tellers were able to stall the two suspects for long enough to call 9-1-1, and to wait for Police Officers to arrive on scene.
Once the Officers arrived at the bank, both suspects were detained pending further investigation. After said investigation, it was determined that the suspects were in cahoots, and both suspects were arrested on numerous felony charges and booked into County Jail.
ARREST: VEHICLE BURGLARY; POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY; POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS
09/23/2016 4:03 PM
LEGION OF HONOR
An S.F.P.D. auto burglary task force was successful in apprehending a gang of miscreants who were actively breaking into vehicles in the Richmond District.
The undercover unit observed a vehicle with 3 suspects aboard, driving around and casing vehicles in areas commonly hit with auto burglaries. The group was observed getting out of their vehicle, at various locations and on numerous occasions, and looking into parked cars.
Eventually the Police Officers observed the group break into a vehicle and take items from inside. The group of suspects was then detained shortly afterward. Officers located stolen property and tools for breaking into vehicles on the suspects.
All three suspects were booked on several felony charges at County Jail.
ROBBERY WITH A GUN; BATTERY
09/24/2016 11:20 PM
SACRAMENTO STREET & SCOTT STREET
The victim was walking, minding their own business, when an unknown suspect approached him from behind. The suspect pulled the victim to the ground, causing the victim to fall onto his back. The victim then saw that the suspect had a black handgun in his hand. The suspect demanded all of the victim’s property. Fearing that he would be shot if he resisted or fought back, the victim gave the suspect his backpack. The suspect then fled the scene on foot.
Officers responded to the scene and searched the area for the suspect; however they were unable to locate him.
The suspect is described as a black male in his 20’s, approximately 6’ tall and thin build, wearing a black jacket, dark jeans, and black and white high top tennis shoes.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing.
ARREST: ROBBERY WITH FORCE
09/25/2016 1:26 AM
PINE STREET & BRODERICK STREET
Officers responded to a report of a robbery which had just occurred at this location. Upon arrival, the victim flagged the Officers down and told them she had just been robbed. The victim gave the Officers a detailed suspect description, and she was holding a red shoe that she said fell off the suspect’s foot as he ran away.
The victim told Officers that she was standing smoking a cigarette when the suspect walked past her. Per the victim, approximately two minutes later the suspect returned and pushed her, causing her to drop her cell phone. The suspect then reportedly took the cell phone and fled the scene, dropping one of his shoes in the process.
Responding Officers located a suspect matching the description provided and detained him. Conveniently, he was wearing only one red shoe, which matched the shoe left behind at the scene of the robbery.
The victim said that she would be able to recognize the suspect if she saw him again. Subsequently, the victim positively identified the suspect as the person who had robbed her of her cell phone.
Fortunately this Cinderella story did not have a fairy tale ending for the suspect. He was booked at County Jail.
Contact Us:
Richmond Police Station
461 6th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 666-8000
HSBG music festival is this weekend, not “October 30th through November 2nd” as stated above.
last sunday, i was informed by the first officer i have seen walking a beat in over a year that the richmond station had 3 uniforms on duty for the day…..THREE
thank you eric mar…you pos
What happened to the person who was hit at the intersection of California Street and 19th avenue last week? That person was taken away on a stretcher by ambulance crews.
Why nothing in the police round up?
I don’t know Ron maybe they meant a month long festival in reverse time… cool huh !? 🙂
Surprising that the Wells Fargo employees didn’t view the bad checks as an opportunity to open new accounts and help hit their quotas for the month.
@JD
I was wondering the same thing. I came across that scene not too long after it happened. Saw half a dozen cops and an ambulance that seemed in no hurry. A car was on the north side of 19th, facing south, stopped halfway in the crosswalk and halfway in the intersection, and a guy (whom I presume was the driver) was gesturing about something as a cop was writing out her report.
I had guessed it was the classic story… car rolls through a stop sign directly into the crosswalk, slows slightly just to look for other cars, and took someone out in the process. Thankfully, I didn’t see any blood/similar on the ground, and the paramedics seemed in no hurry, so I’m guessing it wasn’t too serious.
Would like to hear what the story was there, especially as I walk through that intersection almost daily
Two comments:
1) “While enjoying several tasty alcoholic beverages at a bar in the Richmond District…” The officers have no way of knowing if the beverages that were consumed were tasty or not; they could have been poorly made beverages or even something like Fernet.
2) ARREST: UTTERING FORGED CHECKS;
I did not realize that uttering “Forged Checks” incorrectly would be something you could be arrested for…whew knew?
JER,
You’re comments is totally like what are the word for this thing called obsessive compulsion but no lets go with knit picky in stead and Homer “S” once said alcohol is the causeway and solution to all of lives problems. Cheers to ewe mate, and enjoy you’re Fernet which is brown and luscious and tacky like a medicinal may pull syrup you drink instead of put on pan cakes for brake fast. Its the real San Francisco treaty.
Tipsy James Joyce, you are my new favorite.
Also – yes, I too wondered what uttering forged checks meant. Using? Issuing?
Forgery is the creation of a false document, while “uttering” refers to the act of knowingly using that forged document. They are two separate crimes, legally speaking.
Did anyone else know about the fireworks show Sunday night October 2 at 10:30pm? Was this a planned event?
I certainly heard it as it sounded like it was on my block. But no, I suspect that wasn’t planned.