Castro Crime Beat

March 21, 1 p.m., 4000 Block of 18th Street, Arrest of Bank Robbery Suspect
On Thursday, March 20, the Bank of America branch at 18th and Castro streets was robbed.
The next morning a description of the car used in the robbery and a photo of the suspect was distributed to Mission Station officers.
At approximately 1 p.m., an officer located the suspect’s vehicle used in the robbery parked in front of a residence on the 200 Block of Fair Oaks Street.
An hour later the same officer was walking her beat in the Castro when she saw a male suspect who matched the picture from the bank surveillance cameras. The officer immediately took the suspect into custody.
The SFPD Robbery Inspectors and the F.B.I. arrived and interviewed the suspect.
The suspect is believed to be responsible for numerous bank robberies in the city.

March 8, 2:03 a.m. Eureka at 23rd Streets, Vehicle Burglary, Resisting Arrest
A plain clothes officer observed a male breaking into a vehicle. The officer called for backup and another officer arrived on the scene.
As the officers approached the suspect attempted to flee. Once apprehended by police, the suspect violently resisted arrest.
Stolen property and burglary tools were recovered.
March 24, near Eureka and 19th Streets, Suspicious
Behavior
Several residents residing near Eureka and 19th and 20th streets have complained about aggressive behavior of door-to-door salesman during daylight hours.
One woman told a teenage salesman through her closed door that she was busy and not interested. When the suspect heard this, he grew belligerent, yelling at a companion across the street, “these people say they busy but when I want to come back later they say No!”
Other residents have reported seeing other individuals “casing” the neighborhood during daylight hours.

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