Suspect arrested in Oakland after elderly people robbed, injured in separate San Francisco incidents

A 36-year-old man was in San Francisco county jail after his arrest earlier this month within the East Bay in reference to a same-day theft and carjacking of victims of their 70s and 80s, authorities stated.

In an announcement Tuesday, San Francisco police stated officers responding to a theft report simply earlier than 10:30 a.m. April 10 close to Leavenworth and Eddy streets within the metropolis’s Tenderloin neighborhood spoke to an 81-year-old sufferer, who stated he had been strolling when a person approached him and demanded cash from him.

The sufferer declined, he stated; the man pushed him to the bottom and took belongings from him earlier than operating south alongside Leavenworth. The sufferer was handled for non-life-threatening accidents at a hospital and launched.

Simply earlier than 10 p.m. April 10, officers responded to a carjacking report within the 2100 block of Mission Road and spoke with a 71-year-old lady. She informed them she had parked her automotive to go to a enterprise when a person approached and requested for cash. After telling him no, she entered the enterprise.

When the girl returned to her automotive minutes later, the person approached her once more. When she stated no once more and tried to get into her automotive, the person took her keys from her, received behind the wheel and partially ran over her as he drove away. She was taken to a hospital for remedy of non-life-threatening accidents.

On April 11, Oakland police stopped the automotive in Oakland and located a 36-year-old man, arresting him on suspicion of carjacking, elder abuse and assault with a lethal weapon.

After investigators discovered possible trigger linking the person to the Leavenworth theft, he was additionally arrested on suspicion of theft, battery inflicting severe bodily harm, false imprisonment, elder abuse, and two expenses of inflicting nice bodily harm.

San Francisco police stated their investigation was nonetheless open, and stated anybody with info may anonymously name the division’s tip line at 415-575-4444 or text-a-tip to TIP411 starting with “SFPD.”

The person was in custody Tuesday at S.F. county jail and dealing with a Thursday court docket date, in keeping with a county information examine.

Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.