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Mar 22 โ€ข 4 tweets โ€ข 2 min read
๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ
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A man who asked to be IDโ€™d only as Kevin told me he was fed up watching a shoplifter in action at a Walgreens in Alameda 3/19.
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He tackled the suspectโ€ฆ(1/4)
Kevin yells for bystanders to call 9-1-1 as he struggles on the ground with the man for more than 2 mins.

The suspect calls out to a friend over and over & suddenly a car pulls up and a man approaches the store.

Kevin gets put in a headlock & thatโ€™s when heโ€ฆ(2/4) #BayArea
โ€œpicked him up by the groin & threw him to the ground.โ€
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Kevin loses his shoes in the struggle & both suspects run to the getaway car nearby.
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Alameda Police say intervening opens you up to litigation & poss charges if the suspect is arrested. They donโ€™t recommend jumping in
โ€œI could have been charged with assaultโ€ฆitโ€™s infuriating. Weโ€™re all realizing NorCal is little soft cities like this.โ€
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I asked Kevin if he would do this again. โ€œMy mom would kill me. My friends will kill me. But yeah, Iโ€™d do it all over again.โ€
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Mar 22
๐—›๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ช/๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†:
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A camera shop was targeted in a robbery Mon around 4pm.
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3 people enter, 1 uses a hammer to smash a glass case.
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A store employee approaches, gets pepper sprayed (1/4)
Employees of a neighboring biz attempt to fight off the suspects using a stool & sign.

One is also hit with pepper spray while another hit with a hammer.
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My photojournalist colleague who was there shortly after says the getaway vehicle was on Clay Street. (2/4)#StopAAPIHate
Those nearby say police were on the scene quickly & searched extensively but the suspects had already left.
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SFPD says anyone with info should call: 415-575-4444
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These are photos taken yesterday. The man hit w/the hammer suffered serious injuries. (3/4) #StopAsianHate ImageImage
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Mar 8
A bloodied man in a hospital gown broke into Jenโ€™s Cole Valley home early Saturday morning.

He went on a rampage inside smashing furniture.

โ€œThe next thing he did was hurl this radiator through my bedroom window & jumped out.โ€

It was a 3rd story window. (1/4) #SanFrancisco
After the suspect hurled himself out the 3rd story window (rear end first) neighbors came out to see what happened.

1 found a severed finger in the garden.

SFPD arrested 41-y/o Russell Long of Redding. He was booked for burglary, false imprisonment & more (2/4) #SanFrancisco
Jenโ€™s neighbors say there have been other incidents inv. people breaking in wearing hospital gowns or wristbands.

โ€œThis exposes a greater problem. The mental health homeless problem in SF is real.โ€ Says Jen.

PD & a nearby hospital couldnโ€™t say where suspect came from. (3/4)
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Mar 7
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: I spoke to this 70-year old Chinese woman tonight. She was robbed of her purse Saturday around 7:30pm.
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This happened in the parking lot of a senior living facility in Oakland. (1/4) #StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate
The suspect approaches her, grabs her purse, whips her around & wrestles w/her on the ground.
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The victim told me in Mandarin she thinks she was targeted because she's Asian & is afraid to go out after learning about crimes in Chinatown & other areas. #StopAsianHate (2/4)
Her hands scraped the pavement but otherwise she is not too physically hurt.
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She had no Chas but lost her credit cards. The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council is providing translation for to her since she needs assistance getting those cards replaced. (3/4) #StopAAPIHate
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Mar 2
Here is a small sample of videos people from around the Bay Area send me.

1. This is a car break-in from around 8:30 last night at the 99 Ranch in Cupertino. A man captured this break-in on his Teslaโ€™s camera. He had nothing in the car trunk. (1/4) #BayArea
2. A woman in Pacific Heights was fed up w/all of the crime/thefts at her home/neighborhood so she installed a Ring camera.

This is who she found Sunday, taking items from her property. You can get the woman say โ€œGive all of that stuff back. Go.โ€ (2/4) #SanFrancisco
The woman was also seen doing this on Elizabethโ€™s property. (It was a video but obviously too graphic to shareโ€ฆso I made it into a still and put a censor on it. You get the idea.)

Elizabeth also says a bag was stolen from her porch several days earlier. #SanFrancisco (3/4) Image
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Mar 1
๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต: "๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ"
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Karla was celebrating a friendโ€™s daughterโ€™s b-day Sat & was targeted in an unprovoked assault.
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(1/4) #SanFrancisco
Karlaโ€™s friends say a man approached their picnic, mumbled words, grabbed cupcakes then flung their entire spread everywhere.

The man hurled a can into Karlaโ€™s face. Her nose was broken. โ€œI could feel the blood going down my throatโ€.

She blacked out. #SanFrancisco (2/4)
Police tell me 46-y/o Stephen Miller was arrested. This is the mess he left.

Karla says โ€œIโ€™d like to see SF be the amazing place I know it can be. It was when I was growing upโ€ฆhow about we donโ€™t let someone back on the street who is extremely dangerous?โ€ #SanFrancisco
(3/4)
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Feb 11
This is fake jewelry thieves are handing to seniors across the Bay Area, SoCal & Sacramento area to distract them as theyโ€™re getting robbed of their real jewelry.

This fake stuff was given to a 59-year old disabled woman in San Jose before the suspect took her gold chain. (1/4) Image
Many of the victims (10 known ones in San Ramon) according to @SanRamonPolice are SE Asian. Many victims donโ€™t report to PD.

One victim according to @SantaClaraPD was a 90-year old non-Asian woman who was taken for $40,000 in jewelry!

(This vid is an 82-y/o Chinese Vic in SJ.)
San Ramon police say the perps appear to be made of people f/Eastern Europe.

They call this a slight-of-hand crime b/c the suspect hugs or approaches the victim & it takes only a few secs to undo a necklace.

Many victims like this one in SR donโ€™t realize itโ€™s happening. (4/5) Image
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