Crime & Safety
Peninsula Man Stalked Woman, Set Her Car On Fire: Police
A 49-year-old Peninsula man is accused of sending a woman threatening messages, ramming her with his car and then setting her car on fire.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — A 49-year-old man is accused of setting a woman's car on fire in San Bruno, shortly after he sent her threatening messages and rammed her with his car, police said Wednesday.
Police responded at 12:33 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a car fire on the 500 block of Redwood Avenue in San Bruno. After investigating, police determined that the fire had been deliberately set by Jeffrey Carr, of Pacifica.
Police discovered that Carr had recently sent "malicious and threatening messages to the victim," and three days earlier had rammed his car into a car she was in, the San Bruno Police Department said in a release.
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Police said they located Carr in a neighboring city and booked him into San Mateo County Jail on charges of stalking, arson, assault and vandalism.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the San Bruno Police Department at 650-616-7100 or at sbpdtipline@sanbruno.ca.gov.
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