CRIME & SAFETY
San Francisco police arrest woman, seize illegal gaming machines in Tenderloin raid
A 45-year-old woman was arrested and more than a dozen gaming machines, cash and suspected narcotics were seized in a raid on an illegal gambling establishment in the Tenderloin, San Francisco police said Friday.The woman, Trang Thuy Thanh Tran of Oakland, was accused of operating the establishment in the 700 block of Ellis Street after officers executed a search warrant Thursday afternoon, police said. Several other adults were detained, according to police.In addition to the gambling machines, officers seized a loaded firearm, over $3,000 in cash, suspected drugs and equipment used for the sales of narcotics, police said.The San Francisco Sheriff's Office and the Army National Guard Counterdrug Taskforce assisted in the operation, police said.
Shoplifter convicted of stealing $60K of merchandise from SF Target
A woman was convicted of stealing $60,000 worth of merchandise from the Target in San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria via the store's self-checkout system. Aziza Graves, 43, was busted after shoplifting on dozens of occasions at the Target from October 2020 to November 2021. Graves was also seen by police sometimes selling the stolen goods at the UN Plaza downtown to other people who deal shoplifted merchandise as well as random passersby, the San Francisco district attorney's office said.
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