Burglary at S.F. Conservatory of Flowers linked to homeless encampment
National Park Service rangers just helped solve the mystery of a safe that disappeared from the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers and was recovered from a homeless encampment near the Legion of Honor in the Presidio.
At around 9:30 a.m. on May 22, a conservatory worker found a window broken in the whitewashed Victorian greenhouse. The employee soon discovered that the conservatory's safe, which had contained cash, and some other items were missing, said SFPD Public Information Officer Paulina Henderson, in an email. Henderson did not say how much money was missing.
About half an hour later, police officers arrived at the scene. As they were investigating the reported burglary, SFPD got a call from the National Park Service, Henderson said.
That same morning, five rangers from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area had responded to a complaint of a homeless encampment between the Legion of Honor and the nearby Coastal Trail in the Presidio and found three individuals surrounded by what appeared to be stolen goods, said Chad Marin, chief ranger at GGNRA.
Though his team is part of federal law enforcement, 'The evidence that the rangers walked into was beyond the scope of the National Park Service,' Marin said, so they contacted police.
After getting the tip, the police made their way to the Presidio, found goods matching the description of what had been taken from the Conservatory and returned them, Henderson said.
The police arrested and booked the three individuals: 53-year-old Brett McCready of San Francisco, 32-year-old Sierra Quinn, and 33-year-old Angel Grant-Raines into San Francisco County jail for the possession of stolen goods and conspiracy.
McCready received an additional charge for possessing burglary tools, and Grant-Raines had an active and outstanding warrant for burglary in San Francisco. SFPD asks anyone with information to contact them at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.
Henderson thanked U.S. rangers for their assistance, and Marin said he was proud of the collaboration, which also involved rangers from San Francisco Recreation and Parks.
'Ultimately three people are in custody because of the cooperative nature of our work,' he said.
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