“Operation Cross Country,” an FBI task force, successfully carried out a nation-wide sweep for prostitution rings last week, rescuing at least 12 children who had been forced into sexual slavery. FBI officials cited San Francisco as the #1 city in the country for child prostitution issues and it was there that at least 4 pimps […]
Under California law, child endangerment is considered a felony (CA Penal Code §273(a)) when the child in question has merely been placed in a dangerous situation – not only when the child has been actually harmed. Many people every year are falsely accused of child endangerment or are harshly prosecuted beyond the bounds of reason. […]
San Mateo police have arrested Santos Manuel Marquez (36) on allegations of attempted murder, aggravated mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, and commission of a hate crime for having severely beaten a man about the head and face with a heavy-duty U-shaped anti-theft lock because he was disturbed by the man’s sexual orientation. The incident […]
Everyone can agree that 31-year-old Christopher Hall had a bad couple of weeks. At first, everything seemed like a Bay area love story. Hall met a 34-year-old woman at a hacky-sack circle and, two weeks later, the two were making plans to get married. After a month or so, in March of 2013, Hall decided […]
Heading to the bookstore with your daughter on a sunny summer day usually doesn’t spell disaster. However, for one 10-year-old young lady and her mother, a trip to a San Francisco Barnes & Noble on W. Hillside Boulevard turned sour quickly when an unidentified 50-year-old man in a fishing hat and khaki pants led the […]
After a night of drinking, a woman (40) decided to do what she thought was the responsible thing and take a taxicab home. However, she was so intoxicated that, once they arrived at her residence, the cab driver needed some help getting her into her home. A woman and her son (16-years-old) offered their assistance. […]
The yet unidentified driver of a Lexus attempted to flee the scene at the 1400 block of White Road before being caught by local law enforcement. The incident also involved a motorcyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene. To complicate matters, the driver of the Lexus was charged with not only vehicular manslaughter, but […]
Even though they were searching for men that didn’t match his description – and robbery suspects at that – local law enforcement officers Loring and Cox found 89-year-old Jesse Porter instead. On May 29, 2011, Porter was in his own yard, behind an 8-foot tall wall, when “Nicky”, Officer Cox’s well-trained police dog was commanded […]
An unnamed woman (59) sustained serious injuries after a hit-and-run on Third Street close to Revere Avenue in the Bayview neighborhood. Local law enforcement officials are still looking for the driver of a dark sedan that drove away after the incident. The woman who was hit was immediately sent to San Francisco General Hospital where […]
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART for short) is meant to be a family-friendly transportation alternative for people who live in the area. However, a one-minute long amateur pornographic video filmed on one of the trains has BART officials worried that the public will lose faith in its safety and security. The very short […]