Police Blotter

Cocaine and Marijuana Possession, for Sale: March 21, 1:43 p.m., 4000 Block of California Street
Three plainclothes officers in an unmarked patrol vehicle were conducting a follow-up investigation regarding a suspicious occurrence in which a gun was possibly used in a kidnapping. The officers went to the apartment of the alleged kidnap victim to conduct a "well-being check."

The officers were invited into the apartment building, where they saw the suspect in a hallway with a crack pipe and lighter in hand. The man fit the description of the suspect in the kidnapping case. He was detained on drug charges.

The officers then made their way to the room of the subject of their "well-being check." They asked a woman at the unit if she was OK and if they could come inside. She responded that she was fine and that they could come in.

In the apartment, an officer noticed items that could be used for smoking, packaging, shooting or snorting cocaine. After receiving permission, the officers searched the room for a gun.

Crack cocaine in small ziplocked bags and various paraphernalia were found.

"That sure is a lot of cocaine," one officer said to the woman.

The woman and another apartment mate were booked. Prior to leaving the apartment, the officers met the man - who had just come in - who made the original 911 phone call in the morning and reported the kidnapping. He admitted that because he was up all night smoking crack and drinking wine, his perception could have been affected.

He said he did not want to get involved and would be moving from the residence immediately.

Animal Cruelty, Park Code Violation: March 20, 12:25 a.m., 100 Block of 34th Avenue
After midnight, a security officer called the Richmond Station to report that subjects in the Palace of Legion of Honor's parking lot had fired shots from what appeared to be a rifle. One male fired multiple shots at what appeared to be a coyote walking across the parking lot.

The subjects were now sitting in their vehicles, the security officer reported.

Nine uniformed police officers arrived at the scene and noticed two cars parked in the lot. The officers held four people on the sidewalk at gunpoint while another suspect was handcuffed. This was done so the officers could look for weapons.

A pat-down search of the suspects proved negative, but two loaded paint-ball rifles were found in one of the vehicles. One suspect admitted they belonged to him, and he was arrested.

Another suspect was also booked when a baggie of suspected methamphetamine and a pipe were found in his jacket pocket.

Burglary, Possession of Stolen Property: March 20, 5:26 a.m., 1500 Block of Cabrillo Street
Police officers received a call from a man who, looking out of his apartment window at first dawn, saw an auto theft in progress. Three officers arrived at the scene and noticed the suspect inside a green Chevy Blazer, smoking a cigarette.

The officers then took the suspect out of the vehicle and one officer asked him if the vehicle was his. He said it was not his and he did not know who owned it.

He then said somebody else broke the window before he arrived and he just jumped in to take some items out.

In the back seat, a backpack containing CDs, two AM/FM CD players, two screwdrivers and two flashlights was discovered. The suspect denied they were his.

Concurrently, an officer received a phone call from a person who said his vehicle had been broken into and the car stereo and some CDs were taken. Upon arrival at the station, the victim identified one of the CD players, the CDs and the screwdriver as his.

Carrying Deadly Weapon with Intent to Commit Assault, Vandalism: March 18, 2 a.m., 3300 Block of Geary Boulevard
Officers were dispatched to a diner on Geary Boulevard regarding a 22-year-old subject brandishing a knife in the parking lot. He was described as wearing a black baseball cap, striped white shirt and blue jeans.

As the diner's security guard and cashier ran after the suspect, officers caught up to him and took him into custody. He did not have a knife on him, but he had a large laceration on his pinky finger and requested an ambulance.

A medic bandaged the laceration, and the suspect was taken to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment. He was booked after being treated.

According to the diner's security guard, the suspect was running through the parking lot with a large meat cleaver in his hand. It appeared, the guard said, that the suspect and two unknown males were chasing someone.

The suspect then allegedly swung his knife at the rear passenger side of an unknown vehicle, hitting the car with the knife. He also allegedly punched a large window of the diner, shattering it, before fleeing. No customers were reported hurt.

Officers also detained four people who were together in a car. They denied knowledge of knife, but when officers removed them from the vehicle, the blade of a meat cleaver was in plain view. The knife was seized.

Child Abandonment and Neglect: March 5, 6:30 p.m., 400 Block of Fifth Avenue
Two police officers responded to a Fifth Avenue home for a "well-being check" of a one-month-old child after a man walked into police headquarters saying, "Baby, baby."

At the scene, the officers encountered the baby's father - who identified himself as the baby's uncle.

The suspect directed officers to a parked car and picked up a bundle of clothing from under it. Inside the wet clothing was a newborn child. The officers called an ambulance for the shivering child.

Prior to the incident, the suspect allegedly told his girlfriend of one year, "You'll never see this baby."

He then barricaded her in the bedroom.

After she was finally able to get out of the room, the last thing she saw was her boyfriend leaving the apartment with their son. When the suspect's cousin saw the suspect holding the baby in the rain, he asked to take the baby inside.

"This is none of your business," the suspect replied.

The suspect was booked.