Franklin Hernandez-Cruz violently resisted attempts by police to arrest him for selling fentanyl in the Tenderloin on August 24. It took nearly 30 officers from local, state and federal agencies to subdue him and to quell a raucous crowd who, in the commotion,... More »
A Honduran drug-dealer who commuted from Oakland to the Tenderloin each day to sell fentanyl, and who made so much money plying his trade that he required a cash counting machine, appeared in federal court today and was warned that he faces more charges that c... More »
Last week cameras filmed as murder suspect Brian Dowling was led by police officers down the precinct steps and into a waiting car. Family and friends of the victim, Ryan Carson, were thus able to see the man accused of the horrifying caught-on-camera street a... More »
A man attempting to steal a Tesla parked in a residential driveway became enraged when he couldn’t make it work and violently assaulted and robbed the owner instead, a San Francisco court heard today at a preliminary hearing. Antonio Jones, 56, had been loiter... More »
This story is also available in Spanish. A woman receiving high doses of testosterone in a bid to switch genders – treatment that had “nothing short of medically disastrous” libido-boosting effects – was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment today for a catalog ... More »
Este artículo también está disponible en Inglés. Una mujer que recibió altas dosis de testosterona en un intento de convertirse en hombre, un tratamiento que tuvo “nada menos que efectos médicamente desastrosos” para aumentar la libido, fue condenada hoy a 25 ... More »
In brief: The challenging environment faced by law enforcement seeking to address city drug dealing is illustrated in a new criminal complaint detailing an attempt to detain a man covertly observed selling drugs at Civic Center on the evening of August 24. Fra... More »
The trial of Javonn Allen has unexpectedly collapsed after the public defender’s office was forced out of the case just days before a jury was set to hear opening statements. Allen, 30, is accused of ‘unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor’ with respect to V... More »
A San Francisco gang member who sent a video of himself via Instagram driving through a rival gang’s “territory” in Hunters Point while brandishing a firearm, is appearing in federal court today in a bid to have the evidence uncovered in the case – multiple gu... More »
A Mission district gang leader pleaded guilty in federal court today to firearms possession – having been found with multiple weapons only months after being released from a prison term he received for shooting a victim in the head after a ballpark argument. N... More »