Police Blotter

Robbery, Residence, with Weapon: Oct. 26, 11:01 p.m., 3000 Block of Sacramento Street
A young woman was about to enter her apartment building when she noticed a suspicious man standing in a garage across the street. She felt uncomfortable due to all the recent muggings in her neighborhood. When she opened the front door to her apartment building, the man sprinted across the street and pushed his way through the door before it closed.

The man grabbed the woman's purse and pushed her onto the stairs in the process. He fled the building with the purse containing the victim's cell phone and wallet and got on a dark-colored mountain bike. A witness saw the man veering right onto Divisadero.

Several units were alerted to the crime and combed through the area looking for the suspect. One unit located an individual matching the suspect's description near the intersection of O'Farrell and Divisadero. The officers took off on a foot pursuit of the suspect, who then disappeared. A purse and wallet were found in the area that the victim later identified as belonging to her. The credit cards and drivers license were missing from the wallet. The cell phone was not recovered.

Another man was apprehended by police as a possible suspect, but a cold show to the victim turned up negative and the man was released.

Robbery, with Gun: Nov. 20, 10:38 p.m., 600 Block of Second Avenue
A man was behind the counter at a liquor store when a man in his late twenties brought a bottle of ginger ale to the register. The cashier took the money for the drink and turned around to put it in the cash register. When he turned back around, the suspect had a black semi automatic pointed at him.

"I want all the cash in the register!" the suspect said. Fearing for his life, the cashier complied and handed the money to the suspect. "Now, give me your wallet!" the suspect said. The cashier handed him his wallet. After taking the money and the California I.D. card, the suspect handed the wallet back to the cashier.

The suspect fled the store with the cash and ginger ale and ran southbound on Second Avenue towards Cabrillo Street. An officer arrived on the scene and detained a suspect at Fourth Avenue and Clement who matched the description given by the cashier. After a cold show to the cashier achieved negative results, the suspect was released.

A further search of the neighborhood failed to find evidence or the suspect. A surveillance camera in the store was not turned on.

Terrorist Threats, Weapon, Carrying with Intent to Commit Assault: Nov. 11, 8:30 p.m., Golden Gate Park, Eighth Avenue and Fulton Street
A man was playing drums in the children's playground in Golden Gate Park at 8th Ave. and Fulton when a man approached him and told him to stop. The suspect stopped seven feet away from the drummer and brandished a long knife. "I'll kill you!" the man said. The man stopped playing and the suspect put the knife back in his clothing. After putting the knife away, the suspect pulled out the knife again and repeated, "I'll kill you!"

The drummer stopped playing and left the park keeping an eye on the suspect. He noticed the suspect entering a garage a block away. Two officers were summoned to the scene and began knocking on doors to determine who owned the garage. When they knocked on the door, the suspect informed them that he owned the garage. The drummer identified him and the officers took the suspect into custody. The suspect had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.

Indecent Exposure, Possession of Hypodermic Needle, Resisting Peace Officer Duties: Nov. 7, 1:50 p.m., Shakespeare Garden at Golden Gate Park
A park gardener approached two police officers in the Tour Bus Parking Lot about a homeless man sitting on top of a gardener's toolbox in the Shakespeare Garden with his penis hanging out of his pants.

The officers went to the garden and approached the man who was indeed exposing himself. The officers also saw two hypodermic needles within arm's reach of the man. When the suspect did not acknowledge or respond to calls made by the officers, they suspected he was under the influence of narcotics. Fearing that he may have a violent reaction to the narcotics, the officers came up behind the suspect with each officer grabbing one arm.

Once he was touched, the suspect became alert. "What are you doing?" he said. When one of the officers asked him why his pants were unzipped he said, "That's part of my meditation."

The officers tried to handcuff the suspect but he resisted. More units were called into the area and the man was eventually taken away in a wagon. He told officers that he was a diabetic and was HIV and Hepatitis C positive and that was why he had the hypodermic needles. A medic treated the man once he got to the station for wounds incurred during resisting the arrest.

Burglary, Unlawful Entry: Nov. 11, 10 a.m., 4600 Block of Geary Boulevard
A group of five people walked into a merchant's store, requesting that he break a fifty-dollar bill. While he helped one customer in the party, the other four in the party went to the rear of the store that had a locked wooden box.

Soon after rejecting the bill because of a tear in it, the group left the store. The merchant walked over to where the group had been. He noticed that the padlock had been pried off and his briefcase containing money, two passports and credit cards was missing.

The merchant ran outside and saw a white Toyota Corolla with the five suspects heading southbound on 10th Avenue. The plate number was identified and given to police.