On Sunday in Palo Alto, a man, later identified as Andru Sheldon, a 20-year-old from Redwood City, was arrested for a flurry of criminal activities spanning two cities, including robbery and fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run, as released in a joint press statement by the Palo Alto and East Palo Alto Police Departments.
According to the City of Palo Alto, the incidents began at approximately 10:16 AM in East Palo Alto, with Sheldon and two accomplices, who remain at large reportedly, committing an armed robbery against a juvenile in Jack Farrell Park and, a mere minute later, attempting to rob a woman in downtown Palo Alto. The suspects were said to be armed with a firearm, and the woman negotiated to retain certain personal items before the assailant fled in a stolen green Kia Soul.
Pursued by the Palo Alto Police, Sheldon ultimately crashed the vehicle in East Palo Alto, where officers were able to detain him while his cohort managed to elude capture after the pursuit ended at the intersection of University Avenue and Donohoe Street, and a collision involving an innocent bystander occurred, who thankfully sustained only minor injuries and received treatment at a local hospital…