PALO ALTO — A 26-year-old man was arrested Thursday afternoon in Palo Alto on suspicion of spitting within the face of 1 bus driver and wrapping his arms round one other earlier than operating from officers and making an attempt to carjack a girl, police mentioned.
Officers have been known as to Quarry and Arboretum roads simply earlier than 5 p.m. for a report of a disturbance on a SamTrans bus, the Palo Alto Police Division mentioned in an announcement. They arrived to see a person operating right into a retirement group at 620 Sand Hill Highway.
An officer detained the person, who gave the impression to be underneath the affect of medicine and handed over a pipe, whereas others interviewed the drivers on the first scene, police mentioned.
One of many drivers, a girl in her 30s, informed officers the person had compelled open the doorways of her out-of-service bus. She ordered him to go away a number of instances earlier than he did. The girl then bought off the bus to flag down one other SamTrans driver for assist.
“The suspect then spat within the face of the feminine driver,” police mentioned, “and when the male driver went to her assist, the suspect lunged at him and wrapped his arms round him.”
The driving force shoved him away, and the person ran from the scene whereas the drivers known as police.
Again on the retirement group, the person ran from officers once they went to handcuff him, police mentioned.
Officers chased the person, who at one level opened the passenger aspect door of a blue 2011 BMW sedan occupied by a girl in her 50s who had stopped at Sand Hill Highway and Winery Lane, police mentioned. The person reportedly grabbed the steering wheel however then bought out of the automobile and continued operating.
The pursuit led to a car parking zone on the Stanford Procuring Heart, the place officers took the person into custody after a “temporary bodily wrestle.” No accidents have been reported in the course of the chase or arrest, however paramedics have been summoned when the person’s respiration gave the impression to be labored. He was cleared by the Palo Alto Fireplace Division.
On the police station, the person refused to offer his actual identify and informed officers he had coronary heart issues, police mentioned. The person was taken to a hospital for an analysis and cleared a second time.
Police mentioned the person was booked into the Santa Clara County Primary Jail in San Jose on fees of carjacking, battery on a transit worker, delaying a transit system, resisting arrest, offering false info to police and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Neither the bus drivers nor the carjacking sufferer have been bodily injured, police mentioned.
Anybody with info associated to the case can contact the police division at 650-329-2413. These wishing to stay nameless can name or textual content 650-383-8984 or electronic mail paloalto@tipnow.org.