SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday, November 24, that it had filed felony charges against nine people for their involvement in organized crime at Louis Vuitton in Union Square as well as other San Francisco businesses on Friday. November 19.

“These brazen acts will not be tolerated in San Francisco,” District Attorney Chesa Boudin said. “But the problem is bigger than our city. Similar incidents occurred last weekend in Walnut Creek, Hayward, Oakland and San Jose. Other Bay Area prosecutors and I have collaborated to share information and develop strategies to combat these coordinated incidents. We have laid felony charges in every arrest related to these incidents, and we are working with SFPD to identify others involved so that we can hold them accountable. Our office is also committed to dismantling the fence lines that make this type of crime profitable.

The Louis Vuitton store, along with other Union Square retailers, was robbed by around 20 to 40 people, who smashed windows and seized merchandise on display. Mobile phone video showed the incident when authorities arrived at the scene.

Five people were arrested in connection with the incident at the Louis Vuitton store. That same night, officers arrested three people for burglary of a cannabis dispensary and one for burglary of a Walgreens. Two of the nine people arrested were said to have been in possession of firearms.

The SF District Attorney’s Office filed a complaint against the nine people arrested for violating the following penal code:

Francill White, Tomiko Lamar Miller, Kimberly Cherry, Ivan Speed ​​are each indicted as follows for the Louis Vuitton incident:

463 (a) – looting during state of emergency (crime)

459 2nd – 2nd degree commercial burglary (crime)

487 (a) – robbery (crime)

496 (a) – receiving stolen goods (felony)

Raymond Phillips, Edward James Jr. and Michael Ray are each charged as follows for the incidents related to the cannabis dispensary:

463 (a) – looting during state of emergency (crime)

459 2nd – 2nd degree commercial burglary (crime)

496 (a) – receiving stolen goods (misdemeanor)

148 (a) (1) – resist arrest

Jamisi Callaway (passenger driving from Union Square):

29800 (a) (1) – possession of a firearm with a previous felony (felony)

25850 (a) – carry a loaded firearm (crime)

25400 (a) (2) – concealed firearm (crime)

25400 (a) (3) – firearm concealed in vehicle (crime)

148 (a) (1) – resist arrest

Daron Wilson (for incident at Walgreens):

463 (a) – looting during state of emergency (crime)

459 2nd to 2nd degree commercial burglary (felony)

25850 (a) – carry a loaded firearm (crime)

25400 (a) (2) – concealed firearm (crime)

148 (a) (1) – resist arrest

Across the Bay Area over the weekend, there were similar break-ins from retail establishments, including in Walnut Creek, Hayward, Oakland and San Jose. The incident in Walnut Creek at a Nordstrom store reportedly involved around 80 people, some of whom were reportedly armed. A similar incident at a Louis Vuitton store outside of Chicago happened last week.

In response to these incidents in the Bay Area, prosecutors from several Bay Area counties – including Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Joaquin and Marin counties, as well as a representative of the Attorney General’s Office – called a meeting to discuss a partnership to fight organized theft in retail stores and develop effective solutions to break down the fence networks that are at the root of this type of crime.

As shown on the SFDA’s Prosecutions and Arrests Dashboard, in 2021, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office filed complaints in 86% of the commercial burglary cases brought to our office by the SFPD.

In addition to its work to hold those who commit crimes accountable, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office conducts ongoing work to deter, disrupt and dismantle organized theft in retail businesses. The district attorney’s office works with state, federal, and local law enforcement agencies to identify and dismantle the fencing networks that make these crimes profitable. There are currently over half a dozen confidential transactions.