Excelsior-Outer Mission Crime: Late-Night Grocery Thieves, Woman Escapes Robber, More

Excelsior-Outer Mission Crime: Late-Night Grocery Thieves, Woman Escapes Robber, MorePhoto: torbakhopper/Flickr
Will Carruthers
Published on November 24, 2017

Here’s a recap of recent criminal activity in the Excelsior and Outer Mission neighborhoods between November 1st and November 15th. Unless otherwise noted, all incidents were reported in the Ingleside Station's daily blotter.

Hot prowl burglary on Geneva Avenue

A couple came home on the 1000 block of Geneva Avenue at 2:00pm on Tuesday, November 14th, to discover their home’s gate unlocked and front door ajar.

When the 64-year-old man pushed open the door, a burglar standing in the home threatened to shoot him. Two more burglars stood in the house. The couple fled the home and called the police.

The victim reported that he saw the suspects flee in a dark blue Dodge Magnum. The thieves ransacked several rooms and made away with cash and jewelry, according to the victims.

Bound victim escapes robber

At 8:15am on November 14th, on the 600 block of Persia Street, a woman opened her front door and found a man standing outside in a white plastic mask.

The man pushed the woman backward through a hallway and into the bathroom. The assailant tied the bathroom door with a electric cord, but the woman fled through a second door to the bathroom and alerted a nearby worker.

When officers arrived at the scene, the suspect was gone. The resident said nothing was missing.

Backpack thieves

After observing a foot chase that ended on a Muni bus, police took two people into custody on the 4700 block of Mission Street at 5:38pm on Sunday, November 12th.

The two men chasing the suspects told officers that the men had stolen a backpack while they were in a nearby restaurant.

Officers arrested the two suspects and booked one at Ingleside Police Station and the other at the Juvenile Justice Center.

Driver tries to ransom passenger's lost iPhone

After a Lyft rider realized she had left her iPhone 7 in the car upon completing a ride around 12:30am on Friday, November 10th, the rider's mother received a text from an unidentified number informing her that they could get the phone back—for a price.

The rider offered $100, but the anonymous texter replied that the woman could get her phone back if she left $350 in a mailbox of a house on the 300 block of Athens Street.

The rider called the police and arrived at the house with three Ingleside officers. At the door, the suspect was revealed as the woman’s Lyft driver, who  immediately admitted to orchestrating the shakedown and was cited for grand larceny and theft.

Drunk driver cited in afternoon crash

A drunk man drove his 2014 Audi A6 into a parked car with enough force to shove the car into more parked cars and a fence in an incident near Morse Street at 3:05pm on Thursday, November 9th.

After Fire Department officials removed the driver from the Audi, police discovered five bottles of vodka in the car. Three bottles were empty, another was half empty and one was full.

After consenting to a blood alcohol test, the driver was cited for drunk driving and released to medical professionals to be treated for alcohol poisoning.

Daly City teens caught dealing marijuana

Officers pulled over a stolen car from Daly City that was driving south on Moscow Street on November 8th at 12:20 am. In the car, officers discovered a group of juveniles, “a significant quantity of marijuana,” scales for weighing the product, and a large amount of cash.

All of the kids were taken to Ingleside Station and later released to their parents. The driver, who was unlicensed, was interviewed by a San Mateo Police Department detective, cited and released.

Late-night grocery thieves

Seven officers responded to a burglar alarm at Pacific Supermarket on the 2900 block of Alemany Boulevard at 2:30 am on November 8th.

The officers found the market in disarray. Both front and back doors were damaged, file cabinets were opened and files were strewn on the floor. Video from the store's surveillance cameras showed four burglars rummaging through the store.

Despite the mess, a store manager told police that the thieves had only taken cigarettes.

Here’s why we usually don’t include suspect descriptions in crime reports.

This post was published in partnership with the Ingleside-Excelsior Light. 

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