VEHICLE COLLIDES INTO CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER'S OFFICE
Crime Blotter
July 05, 2009
AT ABOUT 0128 HOURS, A CHULA VISTA POLICE OFFICER OBSERVED A SILVER TRUCK TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON WESTBOUND I-54 NEAR WOODMAN DRIVE. THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE TRUCK FOR SPEEDING AND FAILING TO USE TURN SIGNALS.
THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO EVADE THE OFFICER AND CONTINUED WESTBOUND ON I-54 TO SOUTHBOUND I-805 AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 110 MPH AS A SECOND CVPD UNIT JOINED THE PURSUIT. THE SUSPECT EXITED FROM SOUTHBOUND I-805 TO WESTBOUND BONITA ROAD AND CONTINUED TO EVADE THE OFFICERS ON SURFACE STREETS AT SPEEDS APPROACHING 50 MPH.
THE PURSUIT CONTINUED ON SURFACE STREETS AND EVENTUALLY TRAVELED WESTBOUND ON F STREET APPROACHING THIRD AVENUE. ANOTHER CVPD OFFICER HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF AT THIRD AND F STREET WITH A SPIKE STRIP. THE OFFICER DEPLOYED THE SPIKE STRIP AS THE SUSPECT VEHICLE APPROACHED BUT THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE HITTING THE SPIKES. THE OFFICER POINTED HIS DUTY WEAPON AT THE SUSPECT AND ORDERED HIM OUT OF THE CAR BUT THE SUSPECT ACCELERATED OVER THE SPIKE STRIP AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF THIRD AND F STREET.
THE SUSPECT VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL AND STRUCK THE CENTER MEDIAN AS IT TRAVELED WESTBOUND IN THE 300 BLOCK OF F STREET. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND COLLIDED INTO THE FRONT OF CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER'S OFFICE AT 333 F STREET, SUITE A. CONGRESSMAN FILNER'S OFFICE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND THE DRIVER HAD TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE VEHICLE BY CVFD.
THE SUSPECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UCSD TRAUMA CENTER WITH A COMPLAINT OF PAIN TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AND HIS INJURIES APPEAR TO BE NON-LIFE THREATENING. THERE WAS AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN THE VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT APPEARED TO POSSIBLY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. THE SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY EVADING, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND DUI WITH PRIORS.
NO OTHER PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT AND THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. CVPD HAS NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THE BUILDING AND IS ATTEMPTING TO NOTIFY CONGRESSMAN FILNER'S OFFICE TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO EVADE THE OFFICER AND CONTINUED WESTBOUND ON I-54 TO SOUTHBOUND I-805 AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 110 MPH AS A SECOND CVPD UNIT JOINED THE PURSUIT. THE SUSPECT EXITED FROM SOUTHBOUND I-805 TO WESTBOUND BONITA ROAD AND CONTINUED TO EVADE THE OFFICERS ON SURFACE STREETS AT SPEEDS APPROACHING 50 MPH.
THE PURSUIT CONTINUED ON SURFACE STREETS AND EVENTUALLY TRAVELED WESTBOUND ON F STREET APPROACHING THIRD AVENUE. ANOTHER CVPD OFFICER HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF AT THIRD AND F STREET WITH A SPIKE STRIP. THE OFFICER DEPLOYED THE SPIKE STRIP AS THE SUSPECT VEHICLE APPROACHED BUT THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE HITTING THE SPIKES. THE OFFICER POINTED HIS DUTY WEAPON AT THE SUSPECT AND ORDERED HIM OUT OF THE CAR BUT THE SUSPECT ACCELERATED OVER THE SPIKE STRIP AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF THIRD AND F STREET.
THE SUSPECT VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL AND STRUCK THE CENTER MEDIAN AS IT TRAVELED WESTBOUND IN THE 300 BLOCK OF F STREET. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND COLLIDED INTO THE FRONT OF CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER'S OFFICE AT 333 F STREET, SUITE A. CONGRESSMAN FILNER'S OFFICE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND THE DRIVER HAD TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE VEHICLE BY CVFD.
THE SUSPECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UCSD TRAUMA CENTER WITH A COMPLAINT OF PAIN TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AND HIS INJURIES APPEAR TO BE NON-LIFE THREATENING. THERE WAS AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN THE VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT APPEARED TO POSSIBLY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. THE SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY EVADING, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND DUI WITH PRIORS.
NO OTHER PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT AND THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. CVPD HAS NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THE BUILDING AND IS ATTEMPTING TO NOTIFY CONGRESSMAN FILNER'S OFFICE TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
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