Police arrest suspect in connection to assault of former SF Commissioner Greg Chew

by: Tori Gaines

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — As people took to the streets in San Francisco to protest abuse against Asian elders, police arrested a man suspected of assaulting 70-year-old, former San Francisco Commissioner Greg Chew on Tuesday, according to a press release from San Francisco Police Department.

The assault was reported on August 2, just after 7:30 p.m. when SFPD officers with the Southern Station were called to Folsom and Third Streets due to a report of an aggravated assault. Officers on scene found a 70-year-old male victim who told officers he had been struck and knocked to the ground. The victim, later identified as Greg Chew, did not know the suspect who hit him. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Just before 11:30 a.m. on Sunday officers with the Tenderloin Station noticed a man in the area of Eighth and Market Streets that matched the description of the suspect. Officers were able to detain the suspect and then identified him as Derrick Yearby, 34, San Francisco. According to police, “officers developed probably cause to arrest Yearby.”  

Yearby was then transported to San Francisco County Jail and booked on charges of aggravated battery causing serious bodily injury, assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, and great bodily injury enhancement.   

Police are still investigating this incident. Those with information are asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD. You may remain anonymous.   

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Suspect Arrested on Charges Related to His Mother’s Death

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On July 13, 2021, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 55-year old Jeffrey Apprill on charges related to the death of his mother, Karen Apprill. Jeffrey Apprill was lodged at the Boulder County Jail for the charges of Tampering with a Deceased Human Body, a class three felony, Criminal Exploitation of an At Risk Person (more than $500), a class three felony, At Risk Negligence Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, a class five felony, Caretaker Neglect Against an At-Risk Person, a class one misdemeanor, and Concealing a Death, a class one misdemeanor.

Case Summary

On August 28, 2020, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to check the welfare of 78-year-old Karen Apprill who had reportedly not been heard from for more than a week and her son and caregiver, Jeffrey Apprill, had been admitted to a local hospital. Deputies determined Karen lived in a home in the 3900 block of Bosque Court in unincorporated Boulder County.

Deputies responded to the home and after knocking on the door, calling phone numbers associated with the home, and speaking with friends and neighbors entered the home to check on Karen. Deputies discovered a decomposing body inside of the home. Detectives obtained a search warrant for the home and based upon initial observations it was believed the individual, later identified as Karen Apprill, had died seven to ten months prior to the discovery.

During the autopsy, Karen’s body was described as being in the advanced stages of decomposition and both antemortem and postmortem trauma was discovered. Karen’s cause of death was listed as undetermined and the mechanism of death could not be determined.

In the following months detectives worked with Boulder County Adult Protective Services and served multiple search warrants. Based on statements and physical evidence investigators are not able to determine the cause and manner of Karen’s death however they were able to establish probable cause to arrest Jeffrey Apprill for the above listed charges.

BCSO case number 20-3843

/s/ Commander Jason Oehlkers

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Suspect Arrested on Charges Related to His Mother’s Death