San Mateo police arrested a person on Sunday on suspicion of pepper spraying and threatening a person with a knife, based on a division press launch.
The suspect is a 34-year-old San Jose resident. He was arrested on suspicion of creating prison threats, brandishing a weapon, and committing vandalism and battery. He’s being held in Maguire Correctional Facility. His subsequent court docket date is scheduled for Jan. 17.
San Mateo police acquired a name on Thursday at 3:56 p.m. from a person who mentioned he was pepper sprayed and threatened with a knife on the 100 block of South Ellsworth Avenue. Officers noticed that the person had been pepper sprayed. The person instructed officers that he was sitting in his automotive when a Tesla pulled up beside him.
The sufferer mentioned he didn’t know the suspect, police mentioned. The driving force of the Tesla made “shooting” gestures together with his fingers towards the sufferer. The suspect then parked his automotive in entrance of the sufferer’s automotive, acquired out, walked towards the sufferer whereas displaying a folding knife and threatened to stab the sufferer.
The suspect then walked to the passenger aspect of the sufferer’s car and kicked within the rear panel. The harm to the automotive value $2,000. The suspect then pepper sprayed the sufferer by means of the open entrance passenger aspect window whereas the sufferer tried to name the police and drive away. Police mentioned the motive for the crime is unknown as a result of the sufferer and the suspect didn’t know one another.
The sufferer took a video of a part of the incident and a witness got here ahead with a photograph and license plate of each the suspect and the suspect car. Police discovered the id of the suspect and that the suspect’s automotive was a rental automotive that was scheduled to be returned on Friday. Police deliberate to arrest the suspect when he returned the automotive, however the automotive was not returned.
Between 11:49 p.m. on Saturday and simply after midnight on Sunday, computerized license late readers in San Mateo recognized the suspect’s Tesla. A police sergeant positioned the automotive touring northbound on U.S. Freeway 101. Police pulled over the driving force round San Bruno Avenue in San Bruno. When police searched the suspect, they discovered two bottles of OC spray and a folding knife. The suspect was arrested after his id was confirmed.
