Peninsula Man, Teen Arrested on Prowling Charges Prior to Pursuit: Police

Two Peninsula residents have been arrested on suspicion of prowling in an East Bay neighborhood, police officials say.

A resident called police just before 4 a.m. on Saturday to report a suspicious car without its headlights on driving slowly down a Pleasanton road. Investigating officers discovered that several cars in the area appeared to have been rummaged through.

According to police, officers searched the neighborhood and contacted Daniel Vasquez, 25, and a 16-year-old boy, both Palo Alto residents, who were found nearby inside a car that did not belong to them. Police said Vasquez was found to be in possession of methamphetamine. Vasquez and the teen were arrested on suspicion of prowling.

About two hours later, police found a car in the neighborhood that matched the description given earlier by the resident. Officers tried to stop the 2005 Nissan Altima, which had two occupants, but it fled, striking a patrol car before driving onto I-680 at Bernal Avenue.

Dangerous safety conditions, including speed and weather, forced officers to terminate the pursuit and the car was last seen driving southbound on I-680 and Sunol Boulevard with its lights off. A check of the license plate revealed that the owner of the car lives in the same Palo Alto complex as Vasquez, police said.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the Pleasanton Police Department at 925-931- 5100.

– By Autumn Johnson / Photo courtesy Pleasanton Police Department