SJPD Make Multiple Arrests During Sideshow Activity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

On Sunday April 17th, 2022, at approximately 4:00 pm, patrol Officers responded to various sideshow incidents throughout our city. Some of the locations:

· Old Bayshore Highway and Gish Road

· Santa Teresa Boulevard and the Highway 87 interchange

· Meridian Avenue and Fruitdale Avenue

· Capitol Expressway and Capitol Avenue

· Lundy Avenue and Concourse Drive

Using all available resources, the sideshows were dispersed. At one location, Capitol Expressway and Capitol Avenue, some of the fleeing vehicles drove to the area of Story Road and Jackson Avenue where units met them and conducted enforcement action. One of the involved side show vehicles rammed and struck a supervisor’s patrol car. After the collision the driver fled and struck an Officer who was on foot in the immediate area conducting enforcement. The suspect vehicle was later located and stopped in the area of White Road and McKee Road. The driver was taken into custody and arrested for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on an Officer, felony hit and run, and for possession of a privately made firearm. He was identified as Isaac Guzman, 19 years old, a resident of Los Banos.

The Officer that was struck was transported to a local hospital with minor to moderate injuries. He was treated and released.

In total eight arrests were made, two for firearms violations. Three vehicles were impounded for 30 days and approximately 40 citations were issued for spectator and mechanical violations.


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