Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Crime, Greenwich, Hyde, Lombard on April 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I love receiving tips from my Polk Sheet readers about happenings in the ‘hood. Unfortunately, the latest one is not so pleasant:
If you’ve seen or heard anything, feel free to pass the word along. I suppose this sort of thing comes with the territory of city life. But still, a bummer! Sorry Curt.
On an unrelated note, boy am I loving this rain.
Posted in News, tagged Crime, David Chiu, George Gascon, News, Prostitution on January 13, 2010 | 10 Comments »
About a month ago, I moved into a new apartment not far from Lombard St. Around 1:30 a.m. after taking a half a dozen Zipcar trips from my old digs, I finally unloaded my last moving box. As I walked to my new building, I noticed a haggard, toothless woman standing in the doorway. I asked if I could help her, and she responded, “I am a prostitute and the dude in Apt. 3 called me. Can’t you help me out?” Seeing as my place was Apt. 3, I knew she was bluffing, and just wanted to come in. So I made an excuse and tried to sneak my way past her. She then proceeded to call me a b*tch when I wouldn’t let her in. Welcome to the neighborhood, I thought.
During my two years in my previous apartment just two blocks away, I’d never had an experience like this. Could the local flavor really change so much in just a few hundred feet? As it turns out, it may have been more about climate than geography.
Posted in News, tagged Crime, Robbery, Valentino on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember the baseball bat robberies last Tuesday? Well, while the police did recover most of the items stolen, a brown leather Valentino messenger bag that belonged to one victim was not returned. It was likely dropped in the Marina or Russian Hill. He posted a lost and found ad on Craigslist looking for it, so let him know if you happen to come across one.
Posted in News, tagged Baseball Bat, Baton, Crime, Polk, Robbery, Union, Van Ness on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Getting picked last for T-ball hits some harder than others. Around 10 p.m. last night, five men between the ages of 18 and 32 drove around the city on a robbery spree, assaulting five victims with baseball bats and a collapsible baton. Russian Hill was unlucky enough to be the scene of two of four of the robberies, at Polk St. and Union as well as Van Ness Ave. and Union, before the lowlifes were detained near Lombard St. and Fillmore around 2:30 a.m. All five men were charged with robbery, assault and receiving stolen property, and the victims’ things were returned to them.
A spokesperson from the Little League organization declined to comment. Meanwhile, a representative from the NBTA (National Baton Twirling Association) was pleased to see batons gaining buzz in the media. She said CBS’s news story on the robbery initiated her first Google Alert result on the topic of batons since Tonya Harding’s 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan.
