Bizarre Case Ends With Man in Alameda Police Custody

ALAMEDA, CA - Alameda police chased a yelling man around the city this morning before finally taking him into custody.

Police first received reports of the man just after 8 a.m., saying he was near the beach. The caller told police that the man was standing in the middle of Shoreline Drive near Park Street and yelling at people. But when officers arrived, the man had already gotten into a car and left the area, police said.

About 10 minutes later, police received another call about a road rage incident about two miles away at Washington Park, believed to involve the same man. Police showed up and tried to detain the man, but he fled in his car.

The officers chased him for about two blocks until he stopped in the 1000 block of Central Avenue. At first he refused to leave his car, but several minutes later he surrendered, police said.

Police did not identify the man, or say why he was yelling at people.

-Bay City News; Image via Alameda Police Department