Man Spotted Slashing Tires in Nearby San Bruno: Police

SAN BRUNO, CA – Officers arrested a 27-year-old man after he allegedly threatened two people after the pair witnessed him slashing the tires of a parked car at a San Bruno shopping center Thursday evening, police said.

Around 6:40 p.m., officers responded to the Bayhill Shopping Center at 851 Cherry Ave., for a report of a man armed with a knife threatening people, according to police.

The victims told officers a suspect had threatened them with a knife after they saw him slashing tires, police said.

Officers located San Bruno resident Vance Demartini and detained him. The witnesses identified Demartini as the same man who had brandished the knife and threatened them, according to police.

Officers arrested him on suspicion of making criminal threats, weapons violations, witness dissuasion, vandalism and possession of a controlled substance. He was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility, police said.

– By Bay City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone.