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Man in ‘suspicious’ death in Castro identified
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he man who was found unresponsive by San Francisco police early Friday morning and later pronounced dead has been identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office as 48-year-old Corey Ahrens. The San Francisco Police Department is still investigating what they have termed a “suspicious” death. Ahrens’ cause of death is still unknown. He was from Roseville, California. “We are still waiting on the [medical examiner’s] report regarding the suspicious death,” SFPD spokesman Officer Robert Rueca wrote Monday, July 2, in an email to the Bay Area Reporter. Police responded to a call around 12:50 a.m. Friday about a person down on the ground in an alley/parking lot near 18th and Castro streets nearby several Castro gay bars. Officers who arrived on scene found an unresponsive man lying on the ground. Aid was rendered to Ahrens, but he was later pronounced dead at the
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scene. KTVU Fox 2 reported seeing homicide detectives on the scene around 5:15 a.m. Greg Carey, chief of the volunteer group Castro Community on Patrol, who has been in contact with SFPD regarding Ahrens’ death, said the cameras recently installed in the Walgreens parking lot off Castro Street might have captured what happened. CCOP volunteers were not working
Thursday night or Friday morning. “If it is a homicide, we will try and seek witnesses and get as much information from people as we can,” Carey told the B.A.R. in a phone interview. Aside from this incident, which could possibly be determined a nonviolent crime, Carey explained that violent crimes in the Castro have recently been far and few between. “Violent crimes have been virtually non-existent in the past few years,” he said, though he added that car breakins and petty theft are still a significant problem. CCOP has recently partnered with SFPD and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to launch a new campaign called “Safe Clubbing,” that aims to remind clubgoers to be safe while enjoying nightlife. The volunteer group is asking bars and clubs in the Castro to hang posters that warn people about pickpockets, assaults and hate crimes, car break-ins, street robberies, and “roofied,” or spiked drinks. SFPD is asking anyone with information regarding Ahrens’ death to call (415) 575-4444 or Text-a-Tip to TIP411. t
Man not charged in Pride stabbing by Alex Madison
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n 18-year-old Hispanic man who was arrested in connection to a stabbing over Pride weekend has not been charged in the incident, according to a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney’s office. He is no longer in custody. The case is still under investigation, authorities said. The man, whom the Bay Area Reporter is not identifying because he was not charged, was arrested Sunday, June 24, on charges of aggravated assault, battery, robbery, and conspiracy, according to Officer Robert Rueca, spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department. He was initially charged by SFPD in one of two separate stabbings that occurred during the same incident on June 24 on Pride festival grounds. Both victims, men in their early 20s, were hospitalized. One of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries. The other faces non-life-threatening injuries, said SFPD spokesman Officer Michael Andraychak. Police did not respond to a request for comment regarding the victims’ health status. As previously reported by the B.A.R., the two men were stabbed
around 5:15 p.m. near Golden Gate Avenue and Hyde Street during the festival. Earlier in the day, around 4:30 p.m., the two victims were near portable toilets on Pride festival grounds, the location of which is unknown. They were approached by a group of six or seven Hispanic men. The men then allegedly stole property from both victims that included a backpack, cellphone, and wallet. The suspects then fled the scene. About 45 minutes later, the group of men and the two victims ran into one another near the 200 block of Golden Gate Avenue. The victims attempted to get their stolen property back from the suspects and a physical fight ensued that ended in both victims being stabbed. Police officers nearby, who were on duty for the festival, heard people yelling and approached the scene, at which point a suspect was arrested and taken into custody, Tomlinson said. One victim, 19, suffered a stab wound to his abdomen and two stab wounds to his leg. The other victim, 20, was stabbed twice in the back, according to the SFPD daily log. “We don’t believe this is gang related, and it is not being looked at
as a hate crime,” Tomlinson told the B.A.R. at the time. It is not known if the two victims are members of the LGBT community. Tomlinson could not confirm if either the suspects or victims were festivalgoers or had gone through security, although the scene of the alleged attack was on festival grounds. In order to gain entry into the festival, all attendees were required to go through safety screenings, which included a bag check and a walk through a metal detector or screenings with handheld wands. San Francisco Pride officials did not respond to a request for comment. Formal safety screenings were instituted at the SF Pride celebration two years ago following the June 12, 2016 massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, where 49 mostly LGBT people of color died in one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. SFPD is asking anyone with information, and anyone who may have cell phone video taken in the area of the “Hip Hop Stage” at Pride on Sunday, June 24, around 5:15 p.m. to contact gang task force investigators by calling the SFPD tip line at 415575-4444 or text Tip to TIP411. t
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an Francisco’s iconic male strip club, the Nob Hill Theatre, had record setting profits last year, but owners Larry Hoover and Gary Luce have decided it’s time to retire to Palm Springs. Hoover, 65, and Luce, 63, a married couple who’ve been together for the past 35 years, bought the club six years ago, tallying increased profits each year. The theater, located at 729 Bush Street, will close Sunday, August 19, at 6 p.m., after an appreciation barbecue for customers and appearances by house performers. “We’ve enjoyed owning the club and have met thousands of wonderful customers from around the world,” Luce said in an interview at the theater Monday. “But we’re ready to retire,” added Hoover, who was working
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Larry Hoover, left, and his husband, Gary Luce, will close the Nob Hill Theatre next month.
at the front desk that day. The theatre, a 3,272 square foot property built in 1911, was
sold to a buyer “who will not be using it for an adult club,” said See page 9 >>