Potrero Hill, San Francisco

A young male currently enrolled in High School in San Francisco did not go to school on this day. Instead he and another conspirator attempted to rob a man on the 600 Block of Connecticut Street. The two suspects attempted to block the sidewalk of a man walking his dog. The suspects asked the man what time it was and the man replied and continued to walk past them. The suspects than asked the man where he was going. The man told them that he was on his way to work. The suspect inquired to where that was and the man refused to answer. One of the suspects caught up to the man and said, “Your wallet, where is your wallet?” The man replied, “Uh, Uh…not going to happen.” The suspect stood stunned for a moment and the man continued his walk.

As the man reached 20th Street he saw Officers Damonte and Barron at Thinkers Café enjoying a cup of coffee with off duty Officer Fitzpatrick. The man told the Officers what happened. Officer Damonte and Officer Fitzpatrick rounded the corner on foot and Officer Barron jumped in the patrol car in attempt to head off the suspects. Other Officers were notified and began respond to the area. The suspects managed to flee into the park at the dead end of Connecticut. But this was far from over.

Just prior to their attempted robbery the suspects went into one of the stores on 20th and Connecticut. Fortunately, the store had a video surveillance tape. Unfortunately, for the suspects one of them was wearing distinctive clothing. Officer Damonte drove through the Potrero Hill Projects and spotted the suspect where he was detained. A “cold show” was performed by the would be victim where he positively identified the male as one of the robbers. The male would not be returning to school in the immediate future for he was booked at Youth Guidance Center. The other suspect is at large.

An interesting footnote to this incident….Another citizen flagged down one of the responding Officers. This citizen told them that she saw the two suspects from this incident running down the street. She then found a loaded semi-automatic pistol in the vicinity. The pistol was seized and Crime Scene Investigators are checking the pistol for fingerprints and a match to the suspects. A pistol was not displayed during the incident.

Tuesday, October 11, 9:24 AM, Case # 051146394