Pursuit Ensues When San Bruno Man Tries to Run Down Sheriff's Deputy: Police

Photos provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office show a police cruiser that was allegedly rammed by suspect Alexander Reyes of San Bruno (bottom, right). Suspects Myra Ochoa (top, right) and Breiza Sandoval (middle, right) were arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest.

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SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA- Three Peninsula residents are under arrest Thursday, after they allegedly tried to run down a local sheriff's deputy, slammed into a patrol vehicle and led officers on a pursuit, the sheriff's office reports.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a man on suspicion of assaulting two deputies and took two women into custody on suspicion of resisting arrest early Thursday morning in Millbrae after a chase through San Mateo County.

Deputies arrested 24-year-old San Bruno resident Alexander Reyes on suspicion of assaulting deputies, hit-and-run, eluding deputies, driving on a suspended license, resisting arrest and violating parole, San Mateo County sheriff's officials said.

Deputies also arrested 18-year-old Redwood City resident Myra Ochoa and 22-year-old Redwood City resident Breiza Sandoval on suspicion of resisting arrest.

The incident began to unfold when deputies spotted the three suspects in a "suspicious" white Dodge Durango in a parking lot of Canada Community College, near Redwood City, when deputies were checking the college's parking lot at 12:03 a.m., according to the sheriff's office.

When one of the deputies tried to speak with the trio, Reyes allegedly tried to flee by driving in reverse, police said. As he was backing up, the Dodge struck a deputy's patrol car– as the deputy was getting out of it.

"The driver of the Dodge Durango then drove directly towards the initial deputy, at a high rate of speed, almost striking that deputy as well," according to sheriff's Sgt. Rebecca Rosenblatt.

The Dodge left the parking lot and traveled through San Mateo on Interstate Highway 280 until it exited at San Bruno Avenue. The Dodge went east on San Bruno Avenue and into a residential neighborhood in San Bruno, where it collided head-on with a deputy's patrol car in the 800 block of Kains Avenue, sheriff's officials said.

The vehicle kept going through San Bruno until it lost its right front tire and came to a stop at the Best Western Plus El Rancho Inn at 1100 El Camino Real in Millbrae, sheriff's officials said.

But the suspects still weren't ready to give up, according to the sheriff's office.

"The three occupants inside the suspect vehicle ran from the scene and were pursued on foot by responding law enforcement officers," Rosenblatt said. "All three suspects were quickly located and taken into custody."

The deputy whose car Reyes allegedly rammed in San Bruno suffered minor injuries and has since been released from a hospital, according to the sheriff's office.

Reyes also suffered minor injuries in the collision and has been released from a hospital, officials said.

The three suspects have been booked into the county jail.

Acting sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt said she did not know what the three were doing in the college's parking lot.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the case is being asked to call Sgt. Daniel Guiney at (650) 363-4680 or email him at dguiney@smcgov.org. .People with information can remain anonymous by calling the sheriff's tip line at (800) 547-2700.

– Bay City News Service contributed to this report.