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September 2009

Police Blotter

August 21, 3:15 a.m., Aggravated Assault with a Knife, 25th and Connecticut streets:  Officers Borghesani and Cheng responded to San Francisco General Hospital regarding a stabbing victim.  The officers spoke with the victim, who was in the trauma room suffering from stab wounds to the chest, but in stable condition.  The victim wouldn’t divulge to the officers how he got stabbed.  The person who drove the victim to the hospital told the officers that he found the bleeding victim walking up 25th Street, and gave him a ride.  The officers searched for a crime scene, witnesses and additional victims, with no success.


August 15, 1:45 a.m., 25th and Minnesota streets:  A victim was robbed of his cab at gunpoint.  Sergeant McCray located the cab, abandoned in another area.  The victim told officers that he was driving his cab on 25th Street when an unknown subject flagged him down.  The cab driver pulled over, and was told by the fare to wait a minute.  The cab driver got out of his car and noticed that the fare was walking back towards him, pointing a gun at him.  The cab driver panicked and ran to the nearest gas station to call police. The suspect jumped in the cab and fled.  The victim was not injured during the robbery.


August 13, 3 p.m., Possession of a Firearm, Violation of Probation and Stay-Away Order, Missouri Street:  Members of the San Francisco Police Department’s Narcotics team were in the area of Turner Terrace when they saw a subject, known well from numerous prior incidents and on probation, duck behind a car as soon as he saw the officers.  The officers made contact with the subject, and performed a probation search of him and his car, locating a loaded firearm in the vehicle.  The suspect was placed under arrest and transported to Bayview Station, along with the firearm.  Gang Task Force members took over the investigation.


August 5, 8:30 p.m., Aggravated Assault with a Knife, 16th and Mississippi streets:  Officers Talusan and Doherty responded to a call regarding a stabbing victim.  The officers spoke to the victim, who told them that he had gotten into a verbal altercation with his friend, the suspect.  The suspect pulled out a knife and cut the victim’s wrist with it.  The victim was treated by a medic at the scene.  The officers didn’t locate the suspect.


August 5, 3:27 p.m., Robbery with a Weapon, Hit and Run, 2400 block of San Bruno: Officers Hernandez and Lee responded to a store on San Bruno Avenue regarding a shoplifting incident.  The officers spoke to the shop owner, who stated that two subjects walked into the store, chose several items off the shelf, paid for some of them and walked out of the store.  The owner chased after the suspects and attempted to retrieve the stolen items.   The suspects jumped into a car and sped away, nearly hitting the store owner as they went.  No one was injured during the incident.





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