Juvenile Arrested in Oakley Police Officer Assault Also Wanted in San Francisco Muni Attack

On Tuesday, Oakley Police Chief Paul Beard announced that a suspect who originally was arrested for shoplifting on December 9 and attacked an Oakley Police officer was also wanted by San Francisco Police.

The 17-year-old was determined to also allegedly be responsible for a violent attack on an elderly female on a San Francisco Muni bus on December 3, 2022.

Here is information released by Chief Paul Beard:

Chief Paul Beard

On December 9, 2022 the Oakley Police Department investigated a petty theft involving a male suspect who was a 17-year-old juvenile. Police announced Tuesday there have been additional developments.

Our officers took this person into custody and transported him home to be turned over to his foster parent. Under current legal practices transporting juveniles home to a guardian is a common practice when they are arrested for misdemeanor crimes.

While at the home of the foster parent our officer was simply going through the process of releasing the juvenile to the foster parent. The juvenile suddenly attacked our officer by punching our officer in the upper body area. The juvenile also stole the police radio from the possession of our officer and attempted to violently strike our officer with it. Our officer took the juvenile to the ground and attempted to gain control of him. The juvenile violently resisted against our Officer and continued to fight our officer, even to the point of reaching for our officers holstered gun in an attempt to gain control of it.

Other officers arrived and the juvenile was detained. After this incident the juvenile was booked into juvenile hall for a series of violent felony crimes against our officer.

At some point while the juvenile was in custody at juvenile hall it was determined he was also responsible for a violent attack on an elderly female on a San Francisco Muni bus on December 3, 2022. On December 29, 2022 the juvenile was transferred from the Contra Costa County juvenile hall to a San Francisco facility to be booked for the attack on the elderly woman.

“I am proud of my officers for always standing up against the criminal element and taking appropriate action whenever possible. I am grateful our officer is ok and I hope the lady in San Francisco is doing well too. This case simply underscores, yet again, violent crime can happen anywhere and it will continue to do so with so many violent criminals allowed to be in our society. I urge everybody to exercise diligence and awareness as you go about your daily activities. In the meantime the men and the women of the Oakley Police Department will continue working hard to protect potential victims against violent acts.”

~Chief Paul Beard

SFPD Seeking Public’s Assistance in Finding Suspect in Aggravated Assault on an Elder Victim 22-176

On Saturday, December 3, 2022, at approximately 11:21 a.m., San Francisco Police officers from Northern Station responded to the area of Geary Boulevard and Laguna Street for a report of an assault on a Muni Bus.

When officers arrived on scene, they located a 79-year female victim that had been assaulted. The victim was boarding the 38 Line coach at Geary Boulevard and Laguna Street when an unknown male suspect, in an unprovoked attack, kicked the victim in the abdomen with enough force to knock her to the ground. The victim hit her head on a railing as she fell to the ground. The suspect fled the scene on foot. — full story & release

Note – SFPD  announce arrest (but no mention or credit to Oakley Police)

Editors Note: Oakley Police Officer Assaulted

The Oakley Police reported the Dec. 9 arrest during a busy few hours which included a hazmat response, a shooting, and a theft.

11:03 PM- Assault on officer

One of our officers transported the juvenile from the earlier shoplifting investigation home (Hill Avenue in Oakley). Our officer intended to simply drop the juvenile off with his foster parents and then be available to assist with either the still ongoing HAZMAT incident or the fatal collision investigation.

As soon as our officer had the suspect get out of the patrol car the suspect attacked our officer by punching our officer in the chest area.  The suspect attempted to put our officer in a headlock and he started grabbing at our officer’s belt. Our officer was able to put out radio traffic indicating they were in a physical altercation.

The suspect then wrestled the radio out of the hands of our officer and attempted to strike our officer with it. Our officer was able to take the suspect to the ground and keep him pinned until back-up officers arrived. Due to all of the other activity going on it took awhile to free up some officers to assist our officer who was in the altercation.

The suspect was ultimately taken into custody. During our investigation the suspect stated he was trying to get our officers gun when he was grabbing at the officers belt.

The suspect was then booked into Juvenile Hall for felony crimes against our officer. Our officer was treated and released by a local hospital for injuries sustained during this altercation. — original story plus other incidents on Dec. 9