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There have been three armed robberies reported to the police in the past three days:

February 27th    10 pm    500 block of Crescent Avenue 
February 28th       7:45 pm    Gates Street and Tompkins Avenue 
February  28th      8:30 pm     300 block of Chenery Street 

The armed suspect's description is similar in all three cases:

16 to 20 years old black male standing 5'6" to 5'9" tall, weighing 140 to 150 pounds, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt over black pants, carrying a black semi-automatic handgun.

(A semi-automatic handgun, in case you don't know, it basically a pistol... like a Glock you might see in a movie.)

Labels: crime

The drinking fountain in the southwest corner of Precita Park is constantly surrounded by mud. Apparently, there is no plumbed drain, and the water just overflows onto the ground, leading to this ugly mess.

Perhaps if enough people call 311 and report the muddy conditions of the drinking fountain, the parks department will do something about it.

It's great to have a drinking fountain in the park, but it's better if it's not so messy.

Labels: Precita Park

A residential burglary occurred between 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm on February 25th on the 1500 block of Florida Street (between Chavez and Precita).

Labels: crime

From Tiffany Delloue:

Wanted to let you all know we will be having our next Neighborhood Watch Meeting Thursday, March 6 at 6:30 at Mona Tong's office, 326 Precita Ave.

We missed last month's meeting due to illness and injury!

It will be our 4th meeting and Captain O'Leary from Ingleside Stattion (or one of his staff) will be here to discuss safety. Please join us and invite other's to help get this group underway.

Labels: Neighborhood Watch

Sorry for the late notice, but there is a Precita Valley Neighbors Monthly Meeting happening tomorrow at Charlie's Deli, Saturday, February 16th, 10am – 11:00am.


Charlie’s Deli is located at 3202 Folsom Street (Folsom at Precita)


AGENDA:

I. Precita Park Landscaping and Lighting Update. The storms have taken out several trees and other ground concerns.
II. Precita Area Crime Update.
III. Miscellaneous.

Labels: crime, Precita Valley Neighbors, trees

(Van Ness was blocked off from 26th to 25th on Friday night at 7pm - not sure when the street was closed. There was a ton of police activity in the area; on the side streets, driving around. Suprised that the news took so long to show up.)

Man shot to death in the Mission: "No arrests yet in street killing in S.F.'s Mission District

Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

(02-12) 12:24 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Police are searching for two men who walked up to a 21-year-old San Francisco man on the street in the Mission District and shot him to death, authorities said today.

Jose Reynoso and two friends were standing on the 1400 block of South Van Ness Avenue, near 25th Street, around 6:45 p.m. Friday when the two men opened fire, said police Sgt. Steve Mannina.

Reynoso was struck in the head and chest and taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died the next day. Witnesses provided only sketchy descriptions of the killers, who fled on foot.

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This one got almost no media. It happened on Friday, but there was no news until today. Further more, SFgate inserted it straight into the crime section, rather than put it on the front page first, like they do for EVERY other crime story, such as the 3 different articles about murder in Oakland. Funny how the SF article is all but ignored...And in the meantime front page headlines shout about Oakland and it's 'continuing bloodshed.'
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(Via San Francisco Crime.)

Labels: crime

Since many residential streets in Precita Valley don't have street cleaning, a lot of cars get parked (or abandoned) here. If you notice a car that's been parked over 72 hours, report it to DPT by calling 415-553-1200. They're open 24 hours. Chances are it's a stolen or abandoned car.

They'll come out, leave a pink warning on it, and come back in 72 hours to see if it's still there, and if it is, they'll tow it.

Labels: parking

7:53 pm Feb 4, 2008

100 block of Precita Avenue

37 year old Bernal Heights woman robbed of her belongings. Three juveniles detained. Robbery Inspector took over case.

(Kind of surprising this happened at 8pm on a Monday night)

Labels: police blotter