Martinez, California – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed charges on June 25th against two men who cut a utility line that severed 911 service for residents in Pinole, Hercules, and San Pablo.
31-year-old Jesus Francisco Arias-Ayala of Hayward and 49-year-old Daniel Antonio Mena-Diaz of Richmond were arrested by Pinole Police on June 22nd. On that evening, around 7:15 pm, officers responded to reports of a 911 system outage. They traced the issue to a bridge near the Pinole-Hercules city line on San Pablo Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found Arias-Ayala and Mena-Diaz under the bridge. After a brief chase, both suspects were apprehended, arrested, and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility.
After reviewing the case, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office charged Arias-Ayala with a felony for cutting utility line [PC 591], felony vandalism [PC 594(a)], a misdemeanor for resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer [PC 148(a)(1)], and a misdemeanor for possession of burglar’s tools [PC 466]. Mena-Diaz’s two felony charges are the same as Arias-Ayala, as is one misdemeanor charge of resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer.
Both men are scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 pm on June 27th in Martinez.
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- June 25 – Two Arrested for Disabling Pinole Police Communications Center – The incident impacted 911 service for a week in June. The system went down against on June 22 and still not working. 911 calls for Pinole, Hercules, and San Pablo continue to be answered by the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office and transferred to our Communication Center.
