SAN JOSE — A Los Banos man was arrested on suspicion of hitting a patrol automotive and police officer whereas fleeing a sideshow Sunday, in line with authorities. Seven different individuals have been additionally arrested.
Sideshow incidents have been reported Sunday at about 4 p.m. all through San Jose, together with at Outdated Bayshore Freeway and Gish Highway, Santa Teresa Boulevard and the Freeway 87 interchange, Meridian Avenue and Fruitdale Avenue, Capitol Expressway and Capitol Avenue and Lundy Avenue and Concourse Drive, in line with a San Jose Police Division information launch.
On the Capitol Expressway and Capitol Avenue location, drivers fled the scene in direction of the realm of Story Highway and Jackson Avenue, the place they have been met by cops, authorities stated. One of many drivers, a 19-year-old Los Banos resident, hit a patrol automotive and an officer who was on foot. Police later discovered the car within the space of White Highway and McKee Highway. The motive force was arrested on two counts of assault with a lethal weapon on an officer, felony hit-and-run, reckless evasion and possession of a privately made firearm.
The police officer who was hit was hospitalized with minor to average accidents and launched. Police arrested eight individuals in complete, two for firearms violations. Three vehicles have been impounded for 30 days and about 40 citations have been issued for mechanical and spectator violations.
Like different cities within the Bay Space, San Jose has been grappling with sideshows, which may contain a whole lot of individuals and spectators, in addition to rushing, doughnuts and different kinds of harmful driving.
In June, San Jose turned the primary metropolis within the U.S. to make it against the law to advertise or encourage sideshows on social media. Violators might face six months in jail, fines as much as $1,000 or be charged with a misdemeanor.
Police have requested anybody with data to submit suggestions by way of the P3TIPS cell app, calling the tip line at 408-947-STOP or on www.svcrimestoppers.org. Data resulting in an arrest will lead to a money reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.