October 1959 - San Francisco Police Officers Association

Two super-salesmen from Los An'
0. i d ci ed the big deal after
a week in San Fran'
cisco. To celebrate,
they went bar-hop'
ping a n d some'
w h c r c alono the
line picked up a
year-old h 1 o n d c.
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Back at the hotel
room, t h c pooped
peddlers went right
(jroswjrd to bed but the girl
disrobed and started the "dance -without."
Suddenly the door burst open and
there stood the salesman's wife, arrived
unexpectedly from Los Angeles. Police
were called. The salesmen packed hur'
ricdly and left just as Central's BILL
GROSWIRD and DON TAYLOR arrived.
During the confusion the
dancer's clothes got packed in with the
boys' garments and Taylor and Gros'
wird were stuck with a naked blonde.
She was modestly bundled in a sheet
and hustled off to the bucket
Richard Rubles, the cop-hating hood
whom Northern's BILL ROBERTS and
his partner, CHARLIE SCHULER, dis'
Bill. Several months ago, Robles broke
into his mother-in-law's apartment to
visit his estranged wife. When Roberts
arrived, Robles picked up his infant
child and threatened to jump out the
third story window unless the police
left. He was arrested only after a terrific
struggle.
Schuler & Roberts
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Report of a prowler at 359 Divisa'
dera Street, a grocery store, brought
SGT. ARVO KANNISTO and BOB
M1LO. They nabbed 19-year-old Border
Anderson who was attempting to
force the basement door. Investigation
revealed the suspect was in possession
of a hot ear.
The Night's Work *
By THOMAS F. McDONALD
Park Station's DON DRAKE and
DON WEISS were more than surprised
when the driver of the auto in
front of them fired five shots into the
Panhandle. Twenty'ycar'old Tony Val'
dcz declared that he was just praetic'
ing. Good morning, judge.
Only 14 days out of San Quentin
Mid Charles Johnson, 30, was arrested
by "5" Squadei's AL PODESTA and
KEN MURPHY for possession of a
.45. Johnson and Calvin Smith. 51.
were observed driving about in the
early morning hours, apparently easing
a holdup.
Purse snatchers Otis Lee, 19. and
Sylvester Phillips. 1$, ran four blocks
after grabbing a young woman's hand
hag. but were nailed by alert solo motorcycle
officer JACK MILLER. He
searched the pair, recovered the purse
and found property that had been taken
in two recent strong'arm robberies.
TOM PASQUIN, A. I. B., started
after a traffic violator and ended (-hasinc,
t he car at high speeds for several
blocks until it crashed into a parked
auto at Silver and Thomas. The occupants
fled hut were captured. The car,
of course, was very stolen.
Suspicious acting Richard Lyon, 22,
was q u e 5 t i o ii e d by Central's JIM
CHRISTMAN and MARTIN BAL-
ICH as to his reason for loitering in
front of a Sansome St., bar at 2:30 A.M.
He admitted that he was waiting to rob
the bar owner and in his possession was
found a .32 revolver, .s box of cartridges
and a sap.
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North Beach heat men BILL BIGAR-
ANI and JOE CUNEO stopped Victor
Grant for routine questioning and
noted that he fit the description of a
recent drug store bandit. At the sus'
ects Columbus Ave. pad they found
the exact a mount of money taken from
the pharmacy, a revolver and a large
store of narcotics and narcotic paraphernalia.
Rufus Crear of Westpoint Road
took time off from the T.V. to go to
the ice box for a beer. He rushed to
call the police when a bullet crashed
through the wall near his head. TOM
MORRIS and GLENN HARDIN, Po'
trero, responded and locked up neighbor
George Hctz who admitted firing
his luger to frighten several young boys
playing in front of his home.
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Auto booster L. C. Cannon made the
can at 'r his suspicious activities at'
r a c ted Mission's
DENNY O'CON'
NELL and JIM
SHANNON. A
e a r c h Of suspect
and his auto disclosed
a 1 a r g e
mount of property
taken from parked
u t os near Seal's
O'Connell Stadium.
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Three Walnut Creek youths thought
that it might be fun to harrass motorists
on the freeway. But the lone driver
they latched on to weaving in and
out of traffic at 70 MPH., either right
on his tail or just in front of him, laugh'
ing all the way turned out to he
SVIATOSLAV YASINITSKY. Inspector's
Bur., who impounded the ear
and cited the trio to the Y.G.C.
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Fixed Post traffic officer HOMER
CORERIS was off and, with his pretty
wife, was walking on Taylor Street
when he was accosted by Thomas Mile)'
who attempted to sell a pair of glasses.
Homer refused to buy, identified himself
as a police offictr and told Miley
to move on. Mile)' pulled a knife and
attacked Homer who had to deck him
to disarm him.
PROMOTIONS: (effective Oct. 12)
To Lieutenant: Osterloh, William J.,
Jr.; Lynch, John C.; O'Brien, William
J.; O'Rourke, John B.; Sully, George,
Jr.
To Sergeant: Vienot, Robert B.: Fox,
John T.: Jorgensen, Melvin L.; Laherty,
Edward J., Jr.
To Inspector: Wentworth, Robert A.
To Assistant Inspector: Cook. Oakley.
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