Crime & Safety
Police Arrest South Bay Burglary Suspects After Patrol Car Rammed
When the officer tried to stop the suspects, the driver rammed his car into the officer's vehicle, according to a news release.
By: Bay City News
SUNNYVALE, CA — Sunnyvale police arrested two of three suspects believed to have been involved in as many as 30 vehicle burglaries throughout the Bay Area, after their vehicle rammed a patrol car Monday night.
One officer in an unmarked police vehicle responded to an 8:23 p.m. report of a vehicle burglary, when he observed three suspects commit an auto burglary in a parking lot in the 400 block of East El Camino Real.
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When the officer tried to stop the suspects, the driver rammed his car into the officer's vehicle, according to a news release issued Tuesday afternoon from Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety.
The three suspects fled the vehicle on foot and officers apprehended two of them a short time later with assistance from the air support unit of the San Jose Police Department, police said. The third suspect remains at large.
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Police arrested Silvestre Barbosadimas and Graylen Hunt, both age 20, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and conspiracy.
Police encourage anyone with information about these crimes to contact Detective Rosette at (408) 730-7100.
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