A 36-year-old man was in San Francisco county jail after his arrest earlier this month in the East Bay in connection with a same-day robbery and carjacking of victims in their 70s and 80s, authorities said.
In a statement Tuesday, San Francisco police said officers responding to a robbery report just before 10:30 a.m. April 10 near Leavenworth and Eddy streets in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood spoke to an 81-year-old victim, who said he had been walking when a man approached him and demanded money from him.
The victim declined, he said; the man pushed him to the ground and took belongings from him before running south along Leavenworth. The victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a hospital and released.
Just before 10 p.m. April 10, officers responded to a carjacking report in the 2100 block of Mission Street and spoke with a 71-year-old woman. She told them she had parked her car to go to a business when a man approached and asked for money. After telling him no, she entered the business.
When the woman returned to her car minutes later, the man approached her again. When she said no again and tried to get into her car, the man took her keys from her, got behind the wheel and partially ran over her as he drove away. She was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
On April 11, Oakland police stopped the car in Oakland and found a 36-year-old man, arresting him on suspicion of carjacking, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.
After investigators found probable cause linking the man to the Leavenworth robbery, he was also arrested on suspicion of robbery, battery causing serious bodily injury, false imprisonment, elder abuse, and two charges of inflicting great bodily injury.
San Francisco police said their investigation was still open, and said anyone with information could anonymously call the department’s tip line at 415-575-4444 or text-a-tip to TIP411 beginning with “SFPD.”
The man was in custody Tuesday at S.F. county jail and facing a Thursday court date, according to a county records check.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
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