Two arrested following assault on Mission District teenager and mother

Bay City News Service

February 25, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- Two men are in custody after allegedly attacking and robbing a teenager and his mother in the Mission District early this morning.

San Francisco Police Officer Terrye Ivy said the suspects began following the 15-year-old boy and his 33-year-old mother around 2:25 a.m. near 24th Street and Treat Avenue. The suspects then confronted the victims at 25th and Folsom streets near Garfield Park.

In the ensuing fight, one of the suspects allegedly punched the boy repeatedly in the face, then took off his belt and attempted to strangle him.

The son suffered bruising to his face. The boy's mother was unhurt.

A nearby police officer spotted the attack and arrested the suspects, a 19-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, whose names were not released. Several items belonging to the mother and son were recovered and
returned to them.

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