a Catalytic Converter thief caught but not arrested

[turkeydance]

ok.
SF, CA.

quote:
"I woke up to the sound of you know, like, drilling. It was extremely loud," said Morgan Heller, who lives nearby.
She immediately called police. Officers from Richmond Station arrived at scene within minutes.
But even though Heller and her roommate never lost sight of the suspect,
and the officers were talking to him, they wouldn't arrest him.
"I heard them say, ‘You are free to go,’" Heller said.

Caught in act, suspect in catalytic theft freed by San Francisco cops

It seemed like a slam dunk. Witnesses saw a catalytic converter theft in progress and called the cops. They came quick. Case closed? Well, not quite.

www.ktvu.com

additionally.....

The car was filled with catalytic converters,
spilling out of the trunk and the back seat of the car,
after it crashed on the highway near "hospital curve."

Car chase in San Francisco leads to discovery of catalytic converters spilling out of truck

The car was filled with catalytic converters, spilling out of the trunk and the back seat of the car, after it crashed on the highway near “hospital curve.”

www.ktvu.com

 

[Cowboy]

They don't prosecute violent offenders so this is not surprising.

 

[Les White]

Their first mistake was calling the police.

Stupid hippies.

 

[recreationalhandgrenade]

It's SF. The place is worthless. Shout out to the heroin addict i punted in the tenderloin. I ain't going back there ever again though, place is only getting worse and worse.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

He came at me with the power tool so I shot him. I was in fear for my life.

 

[recreationalhandgrenade]

He came at me with the power tool so I shot him. I was in fear for my life.

Sf. Straight to jail. Crack head is a protected species there.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

Sf. Straight to jail. Crack head is a protected species there.

Well live in stupid places, win stupid prizes I guess.

Maybe stab the dude with a syringe full of fentanyl and claim he ODed?

 

[turkeydance]

my HQ was north of SF (Novato).
i always liked to visit the home office
which meant i flew into the parallel runways
of SFO. two takeoff or two land at the same time.
SF was beautiful back then. not now. hate to see it.

 

[noway2]

People been dispensing justice long before it became a govt function. If govt, has a mind to interfere, well then it is best reminded to mind its own business, like it did initially..

 

[Button Pusher]

They could not ID him because of computer outage? Arrest him and book him as a John Doe.

Officers admitted to the women that their computer systems were down, which meant they couldn't positively ID
the suspect or find the owner of the Honda. So without enough evidence, they let the suspect go.

 

[Jeppo]

They know there is zero chance of prosecution, so why bother with the arrest and paperwork?

 

[BlackGun]

They know there is zero chance of prosecution, so why bother with the arrest and paperwork?

That is exactly why they don’t arrest them. The cops have been beaten down in the last decade.