Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Officers Benzinger, Alcaraz, Solares, and DeJesus were operating in a plainclothes capacity in the Potrero Hill Housing area when they saw a person that matched the description of someone who was wanted.  This person saw the police and ran into a unit.  The police ran up to the door and heard a woman yell from behind a closed door, “You can not come in here like that.” The police knocked on the door and the woman answered.  The woman, who turns out was the suspect’s mother, yelled for him to come downstairs.

The suspect came downstairs and the police asked him for his name.  When the suspect did not answer fast enough his mother told the police his name. The suspect told his mother to stop.  The mother told the suspect, “You have to tell them you are on probation.”  The suspect yelled, “Don’t tell them that,” and punched his mother in the face.

The police moved in and attempted to arrest the man.  The man fought with the officers and at one point kicked at them.  The young man was brought into custody.  A search of him revealed that he had marijuana on his person.

Thursday, July 7, 2006 – Battery of a Police Officer, Resisting Arrest, Marijuana Offense – Potrero Hill Housing - CS# 060 719 423

The mother unfazed by the fact that her son punched her, yelled at police as her son was being led away, “We can smoke weed if we want to!”

It should be noted that the man was not the person that was wanted to the police.  He would have been identified and let go at the scene.

A Daly City woman was shot in the leg late this evening while walking with two companions from Oakland in the Potrero Hill Housing Complex.  One of the witnesses reports the gun man was firing a gun from behind them and then fled.  The suspect was described as a black male wearing a white hat, black jacket, and blue jeans.  The victim was released early the next morning.

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006, 10:50PM – Assault with a Gun – Potrero Hill
Housing – CS# 060 709 139

A 46 year old fell victim to gun violence on this date. Much information is being withheld so the investigation is not compromised. It should be noted that a possible suspect was arrested later that evening and another suspect turned himself in the next day.

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 4:25 PM – Homicide - 1000 Block of Connecticut – CS# 060 674 924

Officers Batchelder and Sullivan were on patrol when they noticed a vehicle that was parked and missing its license plates.  They approached the vehicle and found a male that was lying across the front seat with a pair of pliers in his hands and actively working on the steering column.  He was promptly detained.  The man claimed that the car belonged to him, however computer records indicated that the car belongs to someone around the corner.  The owner of the car was located and claimed the car as his and said that the man did not have permission to steal it.

The man, a local resident, was booked for auto theft charges.  It should be noted that the officers also located a car in the area that was owned by the thief.  Inside of the car was a nine-year-old girl who stated that she was waiting for her dad.  The girl’s mother was located and she picked up her daughter.

Sunday, June 25th, 2006 – 11:24 PM – Auto theft – 26th and Wisconsin Streets – CS# 060 674 667

Officers responded to a report of a man sitting in the middle of the intersection of Carolina and 22nd.  When they arrived, the found the man sitting cross-legged right in the center of the intersection.  It was actually amazing that a car had not hit him because he could not be seen as drivers were approaching the intersection.  The man told officers that he had 22 beers.  During their interview with him, the man became enraged with a group of people that were standing a block away. He claimed that they were making fun of him. To the officers, they did not appear to be paying any attention to the man at all.  The man was eventually transported to SFGH and placed on the 72-hour psychiatric detention.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 8:00 PM, Carolina and 22nd, Mental health detention (case # 060660036)

The victim was home when she heard a knock at the door.  When she opened the door, she was confronted by 5 African American females … all with purple hair.  One of the suspects then tried to hit the victim with a paper bag, but missed. The bag hit the wall behind the victim, breaking the glass object that was inside the bag and spewing glass on the floor.  The victim and the glass thrower then ended up wrestling on the floor while the other women with purple hair cheered them on.  The victim ended up cutting her arm on the glass.

Again, the suspects are five African American females with purple hair. This should be a unique group.

Friday, June 16, 2006, 3:30 PM, 900 block of Connecticut, Assault with glass (case # 060643349)

Officer Bodisco responded to a domestic violence incident. When he arrived he found the victim who suffered a minor lacerations to her lip and hand by the hand of her off an on again boyfriend. The suspect, high on crack, punched the victim in the mouth and attempted to stab the victim. She stated that the suspect fled out the back door and over the balcony railing.

The suspect was apprehended the next day when he went to the victim’s parents house and began to throw rocks at the window.

Sunday, June 11, 2006, Midnight through 7:30 AM - Domestic Violence – Potrero Hill Housing – CS# 0600 617 833

Numerous Officers responded to the area of Potrero Hill Housing on a report of a domestic violence incident. Officers Robinson, Lane, Norris, and Maguire were the first on scene. When they approached the unit they heard a man yell, “Let me in.” The officers rounded the corner the man saw them and began to walk away. The man was carrying a long brown bag and placed it in a garbage can as he walked away, yelling obscenities all the while. The woman came to the door and identified the man as her assailant. The officer moved in to detain the man. The man began to resist the officers. Fortunately, Officers Johnson and Erb arrived on scene and joined in the melee.

The man was brought into custody but not without injuring an officer and sustaining some injuries of his own. The victim told officers that the man was her boyfriend of eight years and they had an argument. The woman picked up a phone and began to call the police. The man knocked the phone out of her hand and left the house. He then returned a short time later and demanded entry. The police arrived soon after.

Officers investigated the bag that the man discarded before being apprehended. The bag contained a hunting rifle. The man was booked for numerous charges.

Saturday, June 10, 2006, 2:00 AM – Domestic Violence Incident – Possession of a rifle by a Felon – Potrero Hill Housing - CS #: 060 574 114

The victim was coming home, taking groceries out of her car when two suspects approached her. One of the suspects pointed a silver revolver with a white handle at her and demanded her money. The victim gave the suspects her wallet and they fled the scene. The suspects were both teenage African American males, approximately 5’6” and 160 pounds. The suspect with the gun had a gold front tooth and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.

Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 10:00 PM, 900 block of Wisconsin, Robbery with firearm (case # 060605929):

Sgt. Pate observed a vehicle skid out of control while driving north on Kansas. He was finally able to stop the vehicle at 8th and Brannan. Both the driver and the passenger were very intoxicated. A DMV check on the driver revealed that his license was suspended. The driver was given a choice of blood or breathalyzer test, but insisted on urine which is no longer an option. The driver’s blood was drawn at Mission Station prior to being booked at county jail for driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license charges. The passenger was booked at county jail for being drunk in public.

Sunday, June 4, 2006, 7:05 PM, 16th and Kansas, Driving under the influence (case # 060592611)