Police Blotter

Battery, Aggravated Assault with Weapon: Sept. 9, 1:48 p.m., 4000 Block of Geary Boulevard
Officers responded to a report of a fight between 10-to-12 individuals. As the officers arrived, most of the combatants began to flee the scene, but the officers detained one suspect. When they asked the suspect for his I.D., the suspect attempted to flee but was restrained by officers.

During the interview with the victims, officers discovered that the group had been in a bar and that as it was leaving someone threw a bottle at them. The bottle hit no one, but after asking who threw it the victims were attacked. One of the victims had a cut on his head.

The fire department and a medical unit responded to treat the injured, who were transported to St. Mary's Hospital for treatment. The suspect was booked and the citation was forwarded to the SF District Attorney's Misdemeanor Intake Unit.

Cocaine Possession for Sale: Sept 9, 4:30 p.m.,1400 Block of Baker Street
Officers working in plain clothes were attempting to locate and apprehend a parolee at large. During this time, one of the officers was sitting near a housing development on Sutter Street and was approached by a reporting victim who knew the officer. The victim told the officer they had been punched and choked a few days earlier by a suspect that they said was walking around the area.

The officer subsequently saw the victim and the suspect have a short confrontational conversation. The officer approached the two individuals, and the suspect began to walk away. The victim told the officer that the suspect had "rocks in his mouth."

The suspect tried to elude the officer but was stopped by the officer's partner. The suspect tried to run again but was detained by the first plainclothes officer. The suspect resisted, and the officer saw the suspect attempt to chew the suspected rock-cocaine in his mouth. After he chewed the rocks, the suspect stopped resisting. He was read his Miranda Rights but waived them to speak with the officers.

He admitted to having the cocaine and chewing it and said he tried to run because he was afraid. The suspect was booked, but all charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence.

Discharging Air Gun in Public: Sept. 9, 3:45 p.m., 600 Block of Geary Boulevard
Officers were sent by dispatch to respond to reports of citizens being shot at with a BB gun. The officers arrived and were told by workers at a nearby store that they could not identify the window from which the BB gun was being fired. The officers entered a nearby building that was being renovated and found several workers, but could not locate the BB gun.

The officers went upstairs to an apartment and knocked on the door. A man answered and when asked about the shots being fired said he was just doing some target practice. The officers asked if they could come into the apartment and look around and the man agreed.

The officers entered the apartment and found a black plastic long rifle type air gun. The suspect showed the officers where he had been shooting tin cans from his window. The workers at the nearby store could not observe the suspect from their position but said one of the employees had been recently struck in the head by a BB. The individual who had been shot was not available for questioning.

The officers arrested the man with the BB gun and took possession of the gun. The suspect was issued a citation and released.

Cocaine - Possession For Sale: Sept. 14, 11: 21 p.m., Arguello and Geary Boulevards
Officers in a marked patrol car observed a car with a broken left taillight and an expired registration tab and made a traffic stop. As the officer spoke with the driver, he observed the smell of alcohol on the driver's breath, bloodshot eyes and slow speech. The officer requested the driver to exit the vehicle and preform a Field Sobriety Test. Based on the test, the officer concluded that the driver was operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and placed the driver under arrest.

After searching the driver, the officer found a portable scale, glass crack pipe and a plastic bag containing white powder, which he suspected was cocaine. A search of the vehicle produced a bag containing cash, a passport and cell phone. The officers transported the suspected drug dealer to the police station and booked the items into evidence.

Suspicious Occurrence, Trespassing: Sept. 13, 8:48 p.m., 100 Block of Parsons Street
Officers responded to a report of an aggravated assault. Upon arrival, an individual approached an officer, who observed the individual holding a towel to the back of his bleeding head. The bleeding man had apparently tried to enter the apartment uninvited and was hit with a baseball bat by an individual who thought someone was breaking in.

The man who had been struck by the baseball bat was transported to the hospital to receive treatment for a two-inch cut on the back of his head. The individuals did not want to press charges.