POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY ROBBING THREE SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESSES

By Angela Hokanson, Bay City News

January 25, 2006

A San Francisco man who allegedly brandished a knife while robbing three San Francisco businesses on Friday has been arrested, the San Francisco Police Department reported Tuesday.

Scott Mecklenburg, a 25-year-old resident of San Francisco, allegedly robbed two McDonald's restaurants - one at 2011 Mission St. and one at 302 Potrero Ave. - on Friday morning, and then allegedly robbed the Copeland Sports at 901 Market St. that evening.

In each incident, the suspect threatened his victims with a knife while demanding money, according to police. Mecklenburg was apprehended after the 6:15 p.m. robbery of Copeland Sports. Two police officers stopped a man two blocks from the store who matched the description of the suspect. According to police, a 20 year-old cashier from the store and other witnesses identified Mecklenburg as the robber.

Further investigation by police established a connection between Mecklenburg and the two robberies of the McDonald's restaurants earlier that day.

Mecklenburg is in custody on multiple counts of robbery and on related weapons charges, police reported.

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