Alleged Parolee Attacks Motel Manager, Son In Rohnert Park

ROHNERT PARK - An inn manager and her son were struck by a vehicle Saturday night by a man who said he was just released from San Quentin State Prison, the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety said.

Police said a man was sitting in a car for more than half an hour in the fire lane in back of the Best Western Inn at 6500 Redwood Drive in Rohnert Park.

When the inn manager’s adult son asked the man to move his car around 10:15 p.m., the man said he was just released from San Quentin and had nowhere to go.

The man asked the manager if she or her son had called police, and he backed his car away as though he was going to leave the parking lot, police said.

Instead, he accelerated and struck the manager and her son with the front of his car.

The manager was knocked back by the vehicle and her son rolled over the hood of the vehicle, police said.

Both were taken to a hospital where the son was treated and released but the manager remains for treatment of serious injuries.

The suspect is described as a clean-shaven white man in his late 20s or early 30s, tall, with an average build, and possibly has curly short brown hair.

The vehicle appears to be a 2014-2016 Toyota Camry that might have damage to the front end, police said.

Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety at (707) 584-2630 or email rpdpsinvestigations@rpcity.org.

For anonymous tips contact (707) 584-COPS or crimetips@rpcity.org.

-Bay City News