Pacifica Pier News

POLICE are looking for suspects who tried to rob a Pacifica man while he was walking along Beach Boulevard one recent evening. The victim told officials he was walking at about 8:30 p.m. Aug. 11 when five people, four young men and a woman, confronted him. One subject demanded money while another brandished a knife. The assailants pushed the man against the handrail while they rifled through his pockets. They then walked north toward the pier. The suspects are described as African American, 18-20 years old, wearing dark colored and baggy clothing. Anyone with information about the crime is encouraged to call the Pacifica Police Department at 738-7314.

The vandals who pried up concrete benches from the Pacifica Pier and possibly tossed them over the side into the ocean cost the city nearly $6,000. That’s the estimated cost to replace the benches, which were discovered missing July 20. The culprits also pried up a steel plate from the floor of the pier.

From the Pacifica Tribune Police Beat.