The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office has won a lawsuit against the owner of a Tenderloin corner store who police say contributed to street crime and narcotics markets by operating a gambling den and fence for illegal drug paraphernalia, prescription medications and stolen goods.
The lawsuit brought against Mohsen Mused, who owned the now shuttered Tenderloin Market & Deli at 200 Leavenworth St., is significant because it is the first to go to trial of the eight cases the city has brought against convenience store owners in an effort to shut down the rampant open air drug markets that thrive in and around the shops.
In her ruling Thursday, Judge Phoebe Maffei ordered Mused to pay $151,000 in penalties and banned him from operating similar businesses in the future. He will also have to pay about $250,000 in legal fees and costs associated with the case…