On a day that would otherwise pass into the quiet hall of routine, the Colma Police Department was drawn into a sequence of events ending with one San Francisco resident behind bars. According to a social media post from the Colma Police Department, what began as a simple traffic violation spiraled into a drug arrest and a struggle between officers and a suspect last Thursday.
In the 100 block of Colma Boulevard, an eastbound driver was seen making an illegal U-turn over a double yellow solid line by an officer, the post detailed. Now heading westbound, the vehicle was stopped in the BevMo parking lot, leading to a confrontation that quickly escalated. The male driver, found to be on probation with search terms from a neighboring county, complied with the initial request to exit the vehicle, but as officers attempted to search him, he began to tense his arms and pull away.
What proceeded from there was detailed in the arresting narrative: for safety purposes, officers tried to handcuff the man, only to be met with active resistance. Eventually, officers had to bring the man to the ground, a maneuver that ended with minor injuries to both the suspect and the officers involved. They were all attended to by medical personnel at the scene. It was underneath the male suspect that officers reported finding a plastic baggy with a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine.
The man, identified as a 29-year-old San Francisco resident, was arrested on charges of resisting/obstructing a police officer and for possession of a controlled substance, as affirmed by the police's statement. Following the altercation, he was booked into the San Mateo County Jail, where the legal process would take its next steps.
