Felon punched victim to unconsciousness during two-day spree of random violence against women – prosecutors
A felon accused of violently assaulting women pedestrians during a two-day blitz of random violence in San Francisco’s Tenderloin has been sent to trial.
Prosecutors say Darrell Luckett walked up to a woman on Eddy Street on the morning of June 16 2024, and “without provocation or warning,” punched her in the face so hard she immediately dropped unconscious to the ground.
After being called by witnesses to the scene SFPD arrested Luckett, 40, nearby. A court was earlier told investigators were able to link him to other assaults and robberies as he was wearing the same gray hoodie with a distinctive pattern as the perpetrator of other attacks.
At 8:00pm the previous evening, Luckett is accused of violently assaulting a woman returning to her apartment building on Ellis Street.
“Don’t play with me, don’t walk around here,” the attacker told his victim before repeatedly punching her in the face.
The bloodied woman was able to run away and call the police.
Earlier that day, prosecutors say, Luckett had approached a woman who was opening the entrance gate to her apartment building on the same block of Ellis Street.
“Bitch, give me everything you got,” the assailant told her. “If you don’t give it to me I’ll stab you,” he added, emphasizing his threat by brandishing a knife with one hand and grabbing her keys with the other.
The terrified woman ran into moving traffic to escape her attacker.
Investigators allege surveillance footage also showed Luckett displaying a knife and forcing a couple entering the COVA Hotel on Ellis Street to flee for their lives.
Earlier this month, Luckett was sent to trial by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Murlene Randle on an assault charge relating to the attack on the 16th. Randle ordered that he be kept in custody.
Robbery and assault charges relating to the other incidents have yet to reach the preliminary hearing stage.
Luckett, who has previous felony convictions for first-degree burglary, drug-dealing and threatening behavior, will next appear in Department 22 at the Hall of Justice on July 19 2024.
No mugshot of Luckett is available because of SFPD’s policy forbidding their release.
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