Mountain View Man Arrested For Allegedly Ramming SFPD Officer With Vehicle

A San Francisco police officer is recovering at home after a 25-year-old Mountain View man allegedly struck him with a vehicle and attempted to flee from the officer early this morning in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, a police spokeswoman said.

The officer’s injuries are not life-threatening and he suffered no broken bones, San Francisco police spokeswoman Officer Grace Gatpandan said.

The man suspected of striking the police officer with the vehicle and pinning him up against another vehicle has been arrested.

He has been identified as Jaimes Ulises, according to Gatpandan. Five other suspects were initially detained, but have since been released, Gatpandan said.

At approximately midnight, the officer arrived in the unit block of Mirabel Avenue, near Shotwell Street, to respond to a possible auto burglary, police said. As the officer stepped out of his patrol vehicle, the suspect, who was sitting inside a white BMW 750i, attempted to run over the officer, according to police.

The suspect struck the officer, pinning him up against the patrol vehicle, according to police.

As the suspect attempted to flee in the vehicle, another officer in a vehicle arrived at the scene.

The suspect then struck the second patrol vehicle but was unable to escape, police said.

Officers were able to immediately take the suspect into custody without further incident.

The injured officer was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he was treated for injuries to his legs and ribs, police said.

Ulises was booked into San Francisco County Jail where he faces charges including attempted murder, recklessly evading a police officer, aggravated assault on a peace officer with a weapon, and carrying out a hit-and-run collision causing injury and property damage, among others.

--Bay City News