San Francisco’s Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Task Force says it has arrested 35 people in a run of enforcement actions in May and June, recovering more than $8,000 in stolen merchandise. The cases span the retail theft pipeline, from alleged street-level boosters and fencers who resell stolen goods to suspects tied to armed robberies and a violent bus assault.
What the police say
According to the San Francisco Police Department, four separate enforcement operations on the 700 block of Mission Street in May and June resulted in 29 arrests of people identified as boosters or fences. The department says the ORC Task Force is coordinating with the ORC vertical prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office as investigators assemble cases targeting alleged fences and repeat offenders.
Search warrant, trackers and a bus assault
In one case, a burglary victim spotted their stolen property listed for sale online, which prompted investigators to serve a search warrant on May 14 at a residence in Bay Point. Officers say they recovered three high-value purses worth about $8,400, which were later returned to the victim…