\u201cThere\u2019s a cop\u2019s mother who lives right near there; she\u2019s one of the complainants,\u201d he says of the Jhec. \u201cI told her I\u2019ll have that place shut down if it\u2019s the last thing I do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Unwinding these operations can take months, and in a local case, McFadden said there were more than 200 phone complaints about a specific location before it was closed for good. The challenge is these holes in the wall pop right back up, often nearby, and are back in business again in just a matter of days.<\/p>\n
Like Bad Pennies, They Keep Coming Back<\/h2>\n
It took a reported shooting, an onslaught of 911 calls, and finally a desperate act of vandalism\u00a0by the business owner for police to force out the illegal gambling den subleasing space in the former Fizzary soda shop in the Mission District. Within a year, illicit operators scammed their way back into the very same location, and it was business as usual.<\/p>\n
Eventually, they overstayed their welcome, and have since opened up shop in an art studio in Bayview, where the complaints from neighbors have already started coming. The tenant who unknowingly sublet the property to the illegal gambling operation, spoke to Mission Local<\/em> on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\u201cMy neighbors said on weekend nights, it\u2019s wild,\u201d said the source who lives in a different state. He said, \u201c(The streets are) packed with Mercedes and fancy cars\u201d on weekend nights.<\/p>\n
Area business owners report witnessing fights, finding broken glass, and hearing loud music in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n
With these stealth operators being so resilient, authorities are looking at how they can squash them out of existence. Priority should be given to the players at the top of the food chain, San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Archie Wong said at a Thursday meeting of the Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very important, obviously, to have a long-term solution to shutting down these shacks \u2026 It is important to find out who the owners and operators truly are,\u201d Wong said. \u201cYou have to follow the money. You have to go upstream.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No matter how hard they try, San Francisco’s finest can’t seem to stay ahead of the city’s illegal gambling operations. Like whackamoles, the more the cops hit them with raids, the faster they pop up elsewhere. San Francisco police have declared war on illegal gambling dens and “thrift shop” Jhec of All Trades on Mission\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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