A 48-year-old woman was at 20th and Shotwell at 2 p.m. on Saturday when a suspect grabbed at her purse until the strap broke. Then, he picked up the purse, got into the passenger side of a nearby white Ford Explorer, and fled. The suspects were between 20 and 30 years old, police reported.
The 20-something man on the 200 block of Precita Avenue at 12:21 a.m. this morning wanted a light – or at least that is what he told the 52-year-old man he approached.
In fact, he wanted more and, using the force of his hands, he managed to take the victim’s wallet and then flee in a dark-colored, four door sedan.
Later this morning – although at 1:30 a.m. still very much night – a 28-year-old male was less subtle. He approached a 27-year-old man at Harrison and 24th Street and pulled out a handgun. He searched through the victim’s property and then took off with some cash.
No arrests have been made and no one was treated for injuries.
However, crime is trauma and the county offers different services. Here is a link to a page of services.
Victims of violent crime can also contact the Trauma Recover Center at UCSF.
Seems like a similar M.O. for many of these crimes — thieves getting into a waiting car. Wonder if there’s a strategy where they have one guy do the robbery and a couple of cars circling near by on lookout and for evacuating the perp. Of course, SFPD wouldn’t look into this sort of thing.
We need concealed carry permits.
we need a lot more police on our streets.
Indeed.