As 2020 draws to a close, and none too soon, you will remember another horrible event of the year–the murder of 94-year old Glen Park resident, Leo Hainzl, as he walked his dog outside Glen Canyon Park on Memorial Day morning. The alleged perpetrator is Peter Rocha, a homeless man who frequented the neighborhood and […]
Crime
Drive-by shooting at Sussex and Diamond leaves one man with non-life-threatening injuries
A mid-afternoon drive-by shooting on Sunday in Glen Park left a man with non-life-threatening injuries and Diamond street blocked for several hours as police investigated. Officers arrived on the scene and found an adult male victim suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. The victim was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. No […]
Captain Woon addresses sideshows
There has been a lot of concern expressed online about recent sideshow activity in San Francisco. Oftentimes residents are aware of the noise coming from somewhere but are not sure of the location. The Glen Park Association safety committee reached out to Captain Woon about this after an event over the weekend. He also addressed […]
Shots fired in Glen Park village on Thursday night
Thursday evening at 6:15 p.m., San Francisco police officers responded to the area of Wilder and Diamond on a report of shots being fired. As a result of their investigation, they determined two males had an altercation that eventually led to gunfire. No one was struck or injured by the bullets but several cars and […]
Homicide in Glen Canyon Park this morning, May 25
We’ve received confirmation from Captain Woon of Ingleside Station of a homicide in the park this morning. Here is the press release — note the appeal to contact the tip line if you have any information. On Monday, May 25, 2020 at approximately 8:15 AM, San Francisco Police officers from Ingleside Station responded to the unit block […]
Community Meeting at Ingleside Station
Please join us at Ingleside Station Community Room. Come to talk about district crimes and updates, upcomng events and responses to questions and concerns in our community. Tuesday, August 20, 2019 7 – 9 pm 1 Sgt. John V. Young Lane San Francisco, CA 94112
Message from Captain Hart about this week’s burglaries
I have just posted to NextDoor seeking the neighborhood’s help with any surveillance video of these incidents: The following 4 commercial burglaries have occurred in the Glen Park neighborhood in the past week: 1) 7/21 overnight to 22, Destination Baking Company. 598 Chenery St. 190-529-930 2) 7/21 overnight to 22 – Higher Grounds Coffee – […]
Four Glen Park businesses burglarized this week
It hasn’t been a good week for Glen Park merchants, to say the least. Monday morning (July 22), after midnight, Destination Bakery was broken into. Burglars kicked in the glass door, which has since been replaced. They took the cash register, which only had around eight dollars, said Indy, a bakery employee. In the same […]
Update: Glen Park Hardware store broken into
From an early morning walker: “Looks like someone smashed the front window of Glen Park Hardware. Their key display was strewn about on the sidewalk. There were 4 police cars there at 6:15 am.” When I arrived at 7:00 am, the fire department had covered the window. A police officer was parked in front of […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: What was up on Diamond St. on Wednesday?
Was there something in the water on Diamond St. yesterday? GP incidents from the San Francisco Police Dept. Ingleside newsletter. 08:15 am 1600 blk Diamond Battery Officer Giannini responded with several other officers to a battery call. The officers located the victim who told them that he was the foreman of a new home construction […]