Crime & Safety
Drunks Fall in Bay and Out of Taxis
Selections from the police blotter for March 11 through March 13
Friday, March 11
2:29am Police arrested a suspect who apparently hit a parked car on Miller Avenue, reportedly pushing the victim’s car onto the sidewalk.
8:30am On Antoinette Lane, the window of a parked BMW was smashed sometime overnight, but nothing was reported as being taken from inside.
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8:55am Three gas cylinders were stolen sometime overnight from Cryospec Inc. on West Harris Avenue. The suspects reportedly cut a chain to gain entrance to the front yard.
1:06pm Officers received a report that eight juveniles were smoking from a bong and being rude to passersby on Centennial Way behind South San Francisco High School.
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Saturday, March 12
4:10am A resident on Grand Avenue called police saying that an unknown male in a black hoodie tried to open her front door.
1:44pm Police dispatched a unit to Los Compadres Taqueria on Grand Avenue, where an elderly man fell down and was bleeding.
1:59pm Employees at Trader Joe’s on McLellan Drive called police when a transient male dressed in all black entered the premises and refused to leave, reportedly screaming profanities at shoppers.
Sunday, March 13
12:00am A caller in the Ferndale/Miller Avenue area reported that a white cargo van was driving around and its passengers were shining a light on houses in the neighborhood.
6:36pm A taxi driver called for police assistance near Denny’s on Airport Boulevard to deal with a passenger who was very intoxicated and falling out of the cab.
7:23pm Firefighters requested assistance with a drunken subject who fell into the water at Oyster Point Marina.
9:56pm Officers sent a cover unit to the scene of a suspected DUI accident at the intersection of Oyster Point Boulevard and Airport Boulevard. The driver reportedly hit the curb and a street sign, and was bleeding from the nose.