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February 2009

Police Blotter

January 27, 8:15 p.m., Battery, Theft from Person, Third and 20th streets: A victim was robbed of his iPod on a Muni train when a suspect put him into a headlock, and his accomplice took the device. The victim lost consciousness and woke up on the floor of the train.  The victim got off the train and called the police.  The victim’s father made the report regarding this incident by coming to Bayview Station several hours later.  No suspects were located.

January 24, 2:33 p.m., Department of Motor Vehicles Fraud, Bank Robbery Arrest, Third and Tennessee streets:  A routine computer check on a license plate yielded an arrest of a Vallejo man for vehicle violations and bank robbery.  Bayview plainclothes officers were behind a suspicious vehicle.  They radioed in a its license plate, and learned that it belonged to a Chevrolet.  However, the car they were looking at was a Nissan.  The officers pulled the car over and detained the driver.  During the course of investigation the officers determined that the driver matched the description of a man who robbed a bank on San Bruno Avenue.  In fact, he was wearing the same clothes and had the same tell tale limp that the  bank robbery suspect had.  The man was transported to County Jail and    booked on felony motor vehicle violations.  The Robbery Bureau and Federal Bureau of Investigation are following up on the man’s possible involvement in the bank robbery.

January 17, 4:55 p.m., Robbery with Force, DeHaro and 16th streets:  Officers McKelley and Seto and Field Training Officer Singh were dispatched regarding a robbery that took place on a Muni bus.  Officers detained numerous suspects at the corner.  Officers also spoke with the victims, who stated that they were sitting on the bus and one was using her iPhone.   A subject approached her and asked to see her iPhone.  The victim complied, handed the suspect the phone, then asked for it back. The suspect put the iPhone in her pocket and proceeded to punch and kick the victim.  Another suspect took her purse, containing money, identification and credit cards.  Officers detained several suspects, who were released to the custody of their parents.

January 16, 9:10 p.m., Burglary of a Vehicle, Probation Violation, 200 Block of Pennsylvania:  Officers Borghesani and Balingit responded to a call regarding a burglary in progress.  Officers on scene had already taken the suspect into custody. The caller told officers that he saw the suspect inside his building’s garage, hiding between parked cars.  The witness saw the suspect attempt to enter numerous cars. The suspect then fled the garage, with the witness following him.  Police arrived and took the suspect into custody without incident.

January 15, 8:23 a.m., Heroin and Opiate Offense, 900 block of Wisconsin:  Officers Kwan and Moran were traveling on Wisconsin when they saw a car blocking a crosswalk.  The officers watched as the driver and another person completed a transaction involving narcotics. After an initial investigation of the driver and the pedestrian, the officers discovered that the pedestrian had suspected opiates and heroin on her, as well as paraphernalia to smoke the heroin. She was placed under arrest.  The driver was released.

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