Crime & Safety
4 Arrested In Rohnert Park Pursuit
The incident happened Tuesday when Rohnert Park DPS responded to a report of a person being thrown out a moving vehicle.
ROHNERT PARK, CA — Four people were arrested earlier this week following a short vehicle pursuit with police in Rohnert Park. Thor Thomas, 23, of Novato, was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, felony hit-and-run and three counts of child endangerment. Three other juveniles, two females and a male, were arrested on suspicion of resisting or obstructing a peace officer.
On Tuesday at 1:20 p.m., the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety received a call about a person being thrown from a moving vehicle in the parking lot of a gas station at 6301 Commerce Blvd.
Responding officers were interviewing the subject thrown from the vehicle when they spotted the suspect vehicle stopped at a nearby intersection.
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The officers ordered the vehicle to pull over, but the vehicle drove away.
Officers pursued the vehicle but ended the pursuit as it began driving into oncoming traffic, police said.
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The vehicle was located a short time later in a parking lot, and three of the suspects were located in a store and taken into custody.
The fourth suspect was located at a nearby post office.
The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment.
By Bay City News Service
Photo via Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
