Crime & Safety
Blotter: Beer Causes Traffic Hazard on 101
The following information was supplied by the South San Francisco Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Friday, October 7
7:40am Gasoline was reportedly siphoned from a Ford van parked on Dubuque Avenue sometime overnight. The caller reported that the tank had been full but was left at only a quarter full and the ground smelt of gas.
4:11pm A Genentech employee reported that her wedding band set (valued at around $5,000) was stolen from a restroom in the building sometime during the day.
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7:42pm Officers received a report of a physical altercation between at least eight males and females on Grand Avenue.
11:08pm SSFPD assisted San Bruno police who needed a K9 unit for a foot pursuit. The subject was reportedly jumping onto different roofs in a residential neighborhood.
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Saturday, October 8
2:58pm Police received a report that approximately 30 cases of beer had fallen off a truck driving northbound on Highway 101 near South Airport Boulevard, causing a traffic hazard.
8:24pm Three males reportedly stole rum from Pak N Save on Gellert Boulevard, taking off in a white Jeep.
Sunday, October 9
12;23am A resident on Commercial Avenue called police after an unknown subject threw a beer can through the apartment window.
8:55am Police received a report from a passerby that a dark colored SUV had rolled over into bushes on Skyline Boulevard near Hickey.
8:45pm A report came in of a suspected drunken bicyclist on Orange Avenue near Railroad Avenue. The caller said that the cyclist was riding in the middle of the street and kept falling over.
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