Driver Tries To Run Over, Pepper Spray Security Guard In San Mateo County: Police

SAN MATEO, CA — A driver was asked to leave a private parking lot early Wednesday morning in San Mateo but she refused and proceeded to try and pepper spray and run over a security guard several times, police said.

At 3:36 a.m. on Wednesday, San Mateo Police Department officers received a report that a driver, later identified as Liliana Tafollaromero, 31, of San Bruno, refused to leave a private parking lot.

Police said Tafollaromero attempted to pepper spray a security guard and then began to drive away but she returned to the parking lot and tried to strike the security guard with her car.

Officers said they arrived and spoke with Tafollaromero but she refused to exit her car and then reversed it, ramming into an SMPD patrol car. She then tried to hit the security guard again with her car and for the next 10 minutes circled the parking lot while officers tried to stop her, police said.

Officers used a vehicle disabling device to slow her down and Tafollaromero ultimately exited the car and was detained, police said.

Officers arrested Tafollaromero for assault with a deadly weapon and evading a police officer, police said. She was booked into the San Mateo County Jail.

No officers were injured during the collision, and the patrol vehicle sustained only minor damage.