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SFPD Raids Sea Cliff Home, Arrests Woman on Fraud and Weapons Charges
San Francisco police arrested Diana Peng, 42, at a Sea Cliff home Friday morning while serving a search warrant tied to a months-long ownership dispute. Seven dogs were seized from the property, which is the subject of a city attorney lawsuit over allegedly forged deeds.
San Francisco police arrested a 42-year-old woman Friday morning at a Sea Cliff home that has been at the center of a bitter ownership dispute for months, serving a search warrant at the property and removing seven dogs.
Diana Peng was taken into custody at the home on 32nd Avenue between California Street and El Camino Del Mar, according to a police statement. Officers arrived at 7:30 a.m. to execute the warrant. Peng was booked into county jail Friday evening on suspicion of fraud, being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition, narcotics offenses, driving without a license and improper care of animals.
Animal Care and Control confiscated seven dogs from the house, the agency said. A witness provided photos showing a woman being placed in a patrol car.
The property at 250 32nd Ave. is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the city attorney and repeated complaints from neighbors who contend that forged deeds were used to misrepresent who owns the home. Police did not say what was seized in the search, which fraud allegations the arrest covers, or whether the fraud allegations relate to the deeds at the center of the city attorney's lawsuit.
The arrest marks a significant escalation in a dispute that has unsettled the affluent neighborhood and raised questions about how property records can be manipulated. Neighbors had complained for months about conditions at the home, and the city attorney's lawsuit sought to resolve competing claims of ownership.
Police have not released further details about the investigation. The case remains under review.