Incident Date:
Monday, October 5th, 2015
The next Ingleside community meeting will be held at the Bernal
Heights Neighborhood Center on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7p.m. The
center is located at 515 Cortland Avenue across the street from the Bernal
Heights Library. Refreshments will be provided, please attend. Thank
you.
Arrests:
12:03am Unit
Blk Mirabel Assault on a
Police Officer
Police officers understand that sometimes a routine call
turns into a life-threatening event. On most days routine stays routine. On
this night, routine almost cost an Ingleside officer his life.
It started out innocent enough. The department has been
dealing with a rash of car burglaries in the City. The Ingleside District has
dealt with more than its share. Ingleside Officers Stark and Carew, along with
many other Ingleside units, were sent to investigate a vehicle break in on
Mirabel Avenue. The caller said there were four suspects inside a white BMW.
The caller gave the BMW’s license plate number to dispatch, who informed the
officers that the vehicle was wanted for a previous burglary and it had fled
from Mission units who tried to stop it less than an hour before the current call.
Ingleside Officers Hermosura and Ferronato were first to arrive on scene and,
as they pulled up, three suspects exited the BMW and escaped down a nearby
stairwell. However, the driver put the BMW in gear and took off at a high rate
of speed. Officers Hermosura broadcast that he was in pursuit as he chased the
fleeing subject through the narrow streets in the neighborhood. After three
blocks, fearing for the safety of pedestrians and other motorists, Officer
Hermosura cancelled his pursuit. The vehicle was last seen driving east on
Montezuma Street.
A few seconds later all the responding police personnel
were startled by the distressing sound of an officer screaming for help on the
radio. Dispatch quickly put out a call of “officer down” on the unit block of
Mirabel Streets. Every available Ingleside unit, along with several units from
Bayview and Mission Station sped to the scene. They found Ingleside Officer
Bryant lying on his back on the sidewalk screaming in pain. Officer Bryant told
his colleagues that he thought he was going to die. An ambulance was dispatched
while Sgt. Mitchell rendered first aid. The driver of the BMW was lying face
down on the sidewalk, in handcuffs, surrounded by Officers Montero and Roche.
Roche and Montero were following Bryant as they arrived on Mirabel Avenue. Just
then, the BMW, driven by the suspect, arrived and stopped in front of Bryant’s
patrol car which was blocking the street. All the officers exited their patrol
car and ordered the suspect out of the car. But instead of exiting the BMW, the
suspect accelerated at the officers. All were able to avoid getting hit except
for Bryant, who was hit by the BMW’s front bumper and pinned against a parked
Volvo. Officer Montero quickly pulled Officer Bryant, who was in extreme pain,
out to safety. The driver of the BMW was taken into custody and booked on a
variety of charges. The other occupants of the BMW were quickly apprehended in
the area by other officers. Officer Bryant was treated at San Francisco General
Hospital for serious injuries to his legs and chest and is now recovering at
home. Report number: 150870820
Serious Incidents:
10:40pm 2100
Blk Alemany
Robbery
Ingleside Officers Cvetovac and
Cuenca were dispatched to a robbery call where the victim suffered an injury.
When they arrived they found a crying woman sitting on the sidewalk. She told
the officers that her cell phone was stolen a short time earlier by a group of
suspects. The suspects, she claimed, had arrived at her home wanting her
husband to pay off a debt. Her husband went outside to talk to the suspects and
his wife, holding a cell phone, wanted to record a video of the confrontation.
When one of the suspects saw the wife taking the video, he struck her in the
side of her head, and took her phone. Report number: 150873573
Vehicle and Other Incidents:
12:00am 300
Blk Madrid Stolen
Vehicle
07:45am Alabama/Precita Hit and Run
08:41am Bayshore/Sunnydale Stolen Vehicle
09:41pm 5700
Blk Mission Battery
Burglaries with suspect description:
No Incidents to
Report.
