SFPD Arrests Armed Robbery Suspects #26-087
Elderly Victims Assaulted and Robbed at Gunpoint
On July 15, 2026, at approximately 5:25 p.m. San Francisco Police Department officers responded to the unit block of Melra Court in the Ingleside Police District for a report of an armed robbery.
Investigators discovered that the victims were approached by an unknown suspect who assaulted them, demanded their property, and attempted to remove a necklace from one of the victims. During the robbery, the suspect pointed a firearm at the victims before stealing their property. The suspect fled the scene in a black SUV driven by a second suspect.
SFPD’s Real Time Investigation Center (RTIC) officers and Daly City's RTIC analysts quickly located surveillance footage showing the suspect vehicle, a black SUV with paper license plates, leaving the area shortly after the robbery. Acting on a tip from a Bayview patrol officer, Realtime Investigations Center investigators also determined the SUV had been stolen during a hot-prowl residential burglary that occurred on July 12, 2026.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., Southern Station patrol officers located the suspect vehicle parked near 6th and Minna Streets. RTIC personnel and Drone as a First Responder (DFR) officers began monitoring the vehicle while investigators reviewed surveillance footage from the area. Officers determined that two suspects had exited the vehicle and entered a hotel on the 100 block of 6th Street.
Citywide Plainclothes officers responded and began surveillance in the area. As the operation continued, RTIC personnel observed the suspects leaving the hotel and walking on 6th Street. Officers coordinated a plan to safely detain both individuals.
During the investigation, officers searched one of the suspects and recovered a loaded semi-automatic firearm, property belonging to one of the robbery victims, and a large sum of cash. The second suspect was also found to be in possession of a large sum of cash. A search of the stolen SUV led to the recovery of additional property stolen during the robbery, as well as clothing that matched the suspects’ clothing description during the crime.
Officers developed probable cause to arrest the suspects, who are identified as 54-year-old male Lamont Jackson and 32-year-old male Joe Saelee of Richmond, California.
Jackson and Saelee were booked into San Francisco County Jail on charges including robbery, assault with a firearm, possession of a stolen vehicle, and multiple firearms-related offenses.
Although arrests have been made, this remains an open and active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 1-415-575-4444 or Text-A-Tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.
SFPD CASE# 260-400-111