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Olympic skater Castelli loses custom costumes, skates in SF car burglary
Updated 5:49 pm, Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Figure skating
Cranston, R.I.
Castelli partnered with Simon Shnapir in 2006, and since then, the pair has steadily climbed the international ranks. The pair had a breakout season in 2012-13, earning a third-place finish at the Four Continents Championships and its first grand prix podium finish. The following year saw similar success, with the duo taking home two top-10 grand prix finishes. The reigning national champions captured their first Olympic berth after winning the 2014 National Championships.
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Cranston, R.I.
Castelli partnered with Simon Shnapir in 2006, and since then, the pair has steadily climbed the international ranks. The pair had a breakout season in 2012-13,
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Everything from guns to pricey tech gadgets to urns with ashes inside has been stolen in San Francisco’s notorious epidemic of car break-ins. Now, add one-of-a-kind ice skating costumes to the list.
Marissa Castelli, a pair skater who competed in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was participating in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose over the past week and spent Monday sightseeing in San Francisco before flying home to Rhode Island on Monday night.
The sport utility vehicle her parents had rented was parked in Japantown while she and her family were at a restaurant eating ramen. When they returned after about 90 minutes, they found a window was smashed and several pieces of luggage were missing.
Castelli said most of the stolen items can be replaced, but she is devastated that two ice skating dresses, custom-made and worth more than $1,000 apiece, were taken. One is dark blue, the other is sparkly and light peach. She said there’s no way they can be used by anybody else, because everybody in the know would spot them immediately as hers.
San Francisco city supervisors are teaming up with SFPD Police Chief Bill Scott to roll out a new plan aimed at curbing property crime. Statistics show every 17 minutes, a car is broken into in the city.
Media: KTVU“I was devastated,” she said Tuesday. “I know it happens, but it’s just so personal when you lose something like your skating dresses, because there’s only one in the world. They’re made exactly for me.”
Castelli, whose skates were also stolen, said she called 911 immediately. Such calls are now diverted to 311 if the break-in is over and no suspect is nearby. She filed an online police report and said anybody who knows anything about the theft should contact her on Twitter at @MarissaCastelli.
“We take these seriously and we’re glad she filed a report,” said David Stevenson, a San Francisco police spokesman. “We want to do everything we can to help people recover their property.”
San Francisco’s car burglary rate has soared in recent years, frustrating residents, workers and tourists. More than 30,000 break-ins were reported in 2017, an all-time record that represented a 24 percent jump from 2016. All 10 police districts saw a year-to-year rise — including a 34 percent increase in the Northern District, which includes Japantown.
This week, the Police Department announced a citywide effort in which it will dedicate new officers to district stations to fight property crimes like burglaries.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Evan Sernoffsky contributed to this report.
Heather Knight is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: hknight@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @hknightSF
