Crime & Safety
Santa Rosa Sideshow Enforcement Nets 4 Arrests, 18 Citations
A police sergeant driving his patrol car east on Sebastopol Road had a beer bottle thrown at his vehicle as he went through an intersection.
September 19, 2022
Police in Santa Rosa on Sunday confirmed that recent sideshow activity enforcement led to a number of arrests and 18 citations, according to authorities.
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On Friday, Santa Rosa police were tipped off about a possible sideshow was going to occur at the intersection of West Avenue and Sebastopol Road early that evening. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., officers observed large crowds of people and cars at that intersection -- which is not uncommon for the area -- but there was no immediate sideshow activity.
Officers continued to monitor the situation over the next several hours. Shortly before 9 p.m., a police sergeant driving his patrol car east on Sebastopol Road had a beer bottle thrown at his vehicle as he went through the intersection at West Avenue. The bottle smashed on the hood of the car, just missing his open driver side window.
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