You have permission to edit this article.San Francisco police are having trouble keeping up with a roughly 46 percent surge in home and commercial burglaries this year that authorities suspect is being driven in part by chronic offenders.Officers have cleared less than 12 percent of burglary cases this year as of Sunday compared to about 16 percent at this time last year, with reports of burglaries swelling from 4,715 to 6,895 during the same time frame, according to released by the San Francisco Police Department.While FBI crime data from 2019 shows the 12 percent clearance rate is still...…You have permission to edit this article.San Francisco police are having trouble keeping up with a roughly 46 percent surge in home and commercial burglaries this year that authorities suspect is being driven in part by chronic offenders.Officers have cleared less than 12 percent of burglary cases this year as of Sunday compared to about 16 percent at this time last year, with reports of burglaries swelling from 4,715 to 6,895 during the same time frame, according to released by the San Francisco Police Department.While FBI crime data from 2019 shows the 12 percent clearance rate is still...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.The assault case against a man who was shot by San Francisco police after authorities say he attacked an officer with a glass bottle has been dismissed over a technical issue, prosecutors said Tuesday.Jamaica Hampton, 25, has been facing assault, battery and resisting arrest charges over the 2019 incident in the Mission District since last December, when the District Attorney’s Office against both him and Christopher Flores, one of the two officers who shot at him.But San Francisco Superior Court Judge Eric Fleming dismissed the charges against...…You have permission to edit this article.The assault case against a man who was shot by San Francisco police after authorities say he attacked an officer with a glass bottle has been dismissed over a technical issue, prosecutors said Tuesday.Jamaica Hampton, 25, has been facing assault, battery and resisting arrest charges over the 2019 incident in the Mission District since last December, when the District Attorney’s Office against both him and Christopher Flores, one of the two officers who shot at him.But San Francisco Superior Court Judge Eric Fleming dismissed the charges against...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.A second former Recology executive is facing charges for allegedly bribing ex-Public Works head Mohammed Nuru with a $20,000 payment that was disguised as a donation to a nonprofit for children.John Porter, a former vice president for the trash company, is the 11th in the ongoing public corruption scandal that has roiled City Hall since Nuru first was accused of fraud in January 2020.Porter allegedly signed off on a $20,000 donation from Recology to the Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids in November 2018 as he sought to raise fees that the company...…You have permission to edit this article.A second former Recology executive is facing charges for allegedly bribing ex-Public Works head Mohammed Nuru with a $20,000 payment that was disguised as a donation to a nonprofit for children.John Porter, a former vice president for the trash company, is the 11th in the ongoing public corruption scandal that has roiled City Hall since Nuru first was accused of fraud in January 2020.Porter allegedly signed off on a $20,000 donation from Recology to the Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids in November 2018 as he sought to raise fees that the company...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Evonta Bailey (Courtesy SFPD)Evonta Bailey (Courtesy SFPD)Evonta Bailey (Courtesy SFPD)Shortly after his release from federal prison, a 24-year-old man from San Francisco is back in custody after authorities say he fired an assault rifle into an occupied vehicle and nearly killed the driver.Evonta Bailey has a long history of arrests dating back to his troubled teens growing up in Bayview-Hunters Point, court records show. An alleged gang affiliate and convicted felon, he was serving time until last November for illegally carrying a firearm on two...…You have permission to edit this article.Evonta Bailey (Courtesy SFPD)Evonta Bailey (Courtesy SFPD)Evonta Bailey (Courtesy SFPD)Shortly after his release from federal prison, a 24-year-old man from San Francisco is back in custody after authorities say he fired an assault rifle into an occupied vehicle and nearly killed the driver.Evonta Bailey has a long history of arrests dating back to his troubled teens growing up in Bayview-Hunters Point, court records show. An alleged gang affiliate and convicted felon, he was serving time until last November for illegally carrying a firearm on two...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.A former lab worker for the Medical Examiner’s Office who was arrested with an evidence bag of suspected methamphetamine while driving in Utah last summer surrendered to authorities in San Francisco on Thursday on newly filed theft charges.The of Justin Volk last August spurred a wide-sweeping review of cases by the District Attorney’s Office to determine whether the former forensic laboratory analyst had tainted any criminal cases during his 13 years processing evidence.Volk, 40, is now facing two misdemeanor charges after prosecutors determined the...…You have permission to edit this article.A former lab worker for the Medical Examiner’s Office who was arrested with an evidence bag of suspected methamphetamine while driving in Utah last summer surrendered to authorities in San Francisco on Thursday on newly filed theft charges.The of Justin Volk last August spurred a wide-sweeping review of cases by the District Attorney’s Office to determine whether the former forensic laboratory analyst had tainted any criminal cases during his 13 years processing evidence.Volk, 40, is now facing two misdemeanor charges after prosecutors determined the...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.A new department is being drawn into City Hall’s corruption scandal after the company with a monopoly on trash collection in San Francisco admitted to overcharging its customers for more than three years.While other agencies have come under fire, San Francisco’s Department of the Environment has gone unscathed in the year since federal authorities first charged former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru with fraud.But that changed March 4 when City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit accusing Recology of leveraging its cozy relationship with Nuru...…You have permission to edit this article.A new department is being drawn into City Hall’s corruption scandal after the company with a monopoly on trash collection in San Francisco admitted to overcharging its customers for more than three years.While other agencies have come under fire, San Francisco’s Department of the Environment has gone unscathed in the year since federal authorities first charged former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru with fraud.But that changed March 4 when City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit accusing Recology of leveraging its cozy relationship with Nuru...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Former city official Sandra Zuniga has agreed to become the latest defendant to plead guilty in the City Hall corruption scandal and cooperate with the ongoing investigation, court records revealed Tuesday.Zuniga lost her jobs as the head of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and director of the Public Works Fix-It Team last June after being charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.Prosecutors said she deposited funds into her bank account that her romantic partner, former Public Works head Mohammed Nuru, had obtained illegally....…You have permission to edit this article.Former city official Sandra Zuniga has agreed to become the latest defendant to plead guilty in the City Hall corruption scandal and cooperate with the ongoing investigation, court records revealed Tuesday.Zuniga lost her jobs as the head of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and director of the Public Works Fix-It Team last June after being charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.Prosecutors said she deposited funds into her bank account that her romantic partner, former Public Works head Mohammed Nuru, had obtained illegally....WW…

You have permission to edit this article.A San Francisco police officer accused of fabricating a reason for arresting a man is back on patrol even after a federal judge tossed a case over his false testimony, the San Francisco Examiner has learned.Officer Nicholas M. Buckley was placed on desk duty while awaiting the outcome of an administrative investigation after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found his March 2016 testimony in a federal gun case was “entirely” contradicted by surveillance video.Buckley testified that a man named Brandon Simpson had his hands concealed as he walked...…You have permission to edit this article.A San Francisco police officer accused of fabricating a reason for arresting a man is back on patrol even after a federal judge tossed a case over his false testimony, the San Francisco Examiner has learned.Officer Nicholas M. Buckley was placed on desk duty while awaiting the outcome of an administrative investigation after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found his March 2016 testimony in a federal gun case was “entirely” contradicted by surveillance video.Buckley testified that a man named Brandon Simpson had his hands concealed as he walked...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.San Francisco’s Police Commission unanimously rejected a budget proposal late Wednesday that called for laying off 11 percent of officers to help meet an anticipated $37 million loss in city funding.The San Francisco Police Department based the proposed cuts on instructions from Mayor London Breed to prepare for a 7.5 percent reduction in general fund support because of the pandemic.Police Chief Bill Scott said the department could not withstand any further cuts without laying off personnel. The SFPD already cancelled academy classes, closed all...…You have permission to edit this article.San Francisco’s Police Commission unanimously rejected a budget proposal late Wednesday that called for laying off 11 percent of officers to help meet an anticipated $37 million loss in city funding.The San Francisco Police Department based the proposed cuts on instructions from Mayor London Breed to prepare for a 7.5 percent reduction in general fund support because of the pandemic.Police Chief Bill Scott said the department could not withstand any further cuts without laying off personnel. The SFPD already cancelled academy classes, closed all...WW…

Tech executive Bob Lee walked up an empty San Francisco street in the early hours of Tuesday gripping his side with one hand and his cellphone in the other, leaving a trail of blood behind him. “Help!” he screamed into his phone. “Someone stabbed me.” Those were some of the last words Lee said on a 911 call before collapsing on a Rincon Hill sidewalk, according to surveillance footage and records reviewed exclusively by The Standard. Lee, the 43-year-old chief product officer of MobileCoin, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and later died. Police say he suffered two stab wounds...…Tech executive Bob Lee walked up an empty San Francisco street in the early hours of Tuesday gripping his side with one hand and his cellphone in the other, leaving a trail of blood behind him. “Help!” he screamed into his phone. “Someone stabbed me.” Those were some of the last words Lee said on a 911 call before collapsing on a Rincon Hill sidewalk, according to surveillance footage and records reviewed exclusively by The Standard. Lee, the 43-year-old chief product officer of MobileCoin, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and later died. Police say he suffered two stab wounds...WW…