The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has filed multiple felony charges against Juan Noel Vargas and Genesis Castaneda that stem from a street sideshow in Richmond.
Charges against Vargas include Attempted Murder of a Police Officer and Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Castaneda was charged with Accessory After the Fact, Conspiracy and Falsifying a Police Report.
In the early morning hours of Sunday January 28, 2018, Richmond Police Officers responded to the intersection of Marina Way and Regatta Blvd following calls from residents concerned about a large crowd and multiple cars spinning donuts at the intersection. As law enforcement arrived on the scene, participants in the sideshow began to disperse. An Officer exited his patrol car and approached on foot. Vargas rapidly accelerated, the Officer was hit and the force of the impact projected the Officer into the air and against the windshield of Vargas’ car.
The Officer was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for significant injuries including a dislocated shoulder and a head wound which required staples.
The suspect vehicle was abandoned and found a few blocks away. Visual inspection revealed damage to the windshield and body panels to the vehicle.
The defendants are currently in custody awaiting arraignment on the filed charges.
Original Information released by the Richmond Police Dept.
UPDATE – SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY
On Sunday, we informed you that one of our officer was struck by a car involved in a sideshow event at the intersection of Marina Bay Parkway and Regatta Blvd. We asked for help from people in the community through our social media platforms.
Since then, we have taken two suspects in custody – Juan Vargas of Patterson and Genesis Diaz-Castaneda of Santa Nella, both are 18 yrs. old. Vargas has been booked for attempt murder on an officer, assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and false report of a crime. Diaz-Castaneda has been booked for conspiracy, accessory to a crime and false report of a crime. We have seized the car used to hurt our officer.
The injured officer has since been released from the hospital and is recovering from his injuries.
The department would like to thank the community members for sharing with us, pertinent information that helped with the identification of the suspects. We appreciate the partnership we have and together, we can make this city a safer place to live and work.
YOUR ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED
A Richmond police officer was struck by a car when he attempted to break up a sideshow.
On January 28, 2018 at around 1:20 AM, the Richmond Police Communications Center received numerous calls of a possible sideshow in the area of Marina Bay Parkway and Regatta Blvd.
Officers arrived at Marina Bay Parkway, just north of Regatta Blvd and found approximately 40-50 cars in the area. While officers were trying to stop a few cars for vehicle code violations, one of the cars accelerated toward one of our officers who was on foot. The car struck the officer which caused the officer to slide onto the hood and windshield area. The car continued southbound on Marina Bay Parkway leaving the injured officer in the middle of the roadway.
The officer, an 8-year veteran of our department suffered serious injuries with broken bones, cuts to his head and road-rash. He is at a hospital recovering from his injuries.
We don’t have anyone in custody for the assault at this time. The only information we have regarding the suspect vehicle is that it was a black sedan. We have since impounded several cars from this incident and we are continuing to interview witnesses.
If anyone has any information, please call the RPD’s Traffic Unit Sergeant Pomeroy at (510) 621-1578. Thank you.
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Throw the book at these whack job side show groupies. They’re nothing but trouble.
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