Peninsula man arrested on suspicion of ramming police car

"Officers initially encountered the SUV around 11:15 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Embarcadero Road, where it turned into a driveway, according to the Palo Alto Police Department. A records check revealed the vehicle's registration was expired. The SUV then left the area without its headlights on, police said, adding that officers attempted a traffic stop. The driver instead sped away northbound on West Bayshore Road. Officers did not pursue the SUV, police said, but a few minutes later, an officer found it waiting outside a gated entrance to an apartment complex in the 1700 block of Woodland Avenue in East Palo Alto."

"The officer parked behind the SUV and turned on his lights, at which point the driver of the SUV reversed into the officer's car, hitting the front bumper, police said. The SUV then drove through the closed gate and into the apartment complex before exiting through another closed gate, police said. Officers briefly pursued the SUV eastbound on University Avenue but called off the chase due to the driver's "unsafe speed." Officers found the driver at his home Tuesday. Following a short foot pursuit, he was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, evading and failing to register as a sex offender, according to police."

Officers encountered an SUV around 11:15 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Embarcadero Road after it turned into a driveway. A records check showed the vehicle's registration was expired. The SUV left without headlights and sped north on West Bayshore Road when officers attempted a traffic stop. Minutes later an officer found the SUV outside a gated entrance in the 1700 block of Woodland Avenue in East Palo Alto. After the officer parked and activated lights, the driver reversed into the officer's car, then drove through a closed gate into the complex and exited another gate. A brief pursuit on University Avenue was called off for unsafe speed. Officers located the driver at his home the next day, engaged in a short foot pursuit, and arrested him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, evading, and failing to register as a sex offender.

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