Full Notification

FINAL UPDATE***********************************************************
On Monday, February 5, 2018 at about 5:20 pm, a San Mateo Police Officer was conducting a high visibility passing check of the Bridgepointe Shopping Center due to an increase of auto burglaries and retail thefts in the area. The officer noticed a light blue Toyota sedan driving erratically and at a high rate of speed out of the parking lot. The officer initiated a traffic stop of the Toyota when it fled onto Mariners Island Blvd and turned westbound onto 3^rd Ave. During the pursuit, the officer saw the occupants of the Toyota throwing multiple items out of the vehicle windows, later determined to be stolen property.
 
The pursuit of the Toyota ended at the intersection of 3^rd Av and Norfolk St when the driver tried to pass in between two stopped vehicles facing westbound on 3^rd Av and Norfolk St.  The Toyota collided with both vehicles causing minor damage with no injuries and incapacitating the Toyota.  The four occupants of the Toyota, two men and two women, ran from the officer. Our officers quickly saturated the area and located the driver, 19-year-old Juandell Joseph who was hiding in a nearby bush. Joseph was arrested with the assistance of SMPD K9 Zigi.  A rear passenger, 22-year-old Michael Wishom was arrested near the traffic collision. The other two female suspects, 19-year-old Tatiana Lewis and 19-year-old Eniaya Johnson, ran to the parking lot of St. Timothy’s School where they were located and arrested.
 
While the vehicle pursuit unfolded, our dispatch received a call from a local Bridgepointe Shopping Center business reporting a burglary that just occurred. The caller provided descriptive information that was consistent with the Toyota our officers stopped and the suspects involved.  Further investigation revealed that the suspects possessed stolen property from the business totaling over $10,000. All four suspects were later transported to county jail where they were booked on various charges (see below).
 
ARRESTED:
Juandell Joseph 19-year-old SF resident
Charged: Burglary, Conspiracy, Hit and Run, Felony Evading Police, Resisting Arrest, and Possession of an Illegal Weapon (not firearm)
 
Tatiana Lewis 19-year-old SF resident
Charged: Burglary, Conspiracy, and Resisting Arrest
 
Eniaya Johnson 19-year-old SF resident
Charged: Burglary, Conspiracy, and Resisting Arrest
 
Michael Wishom 22-year-old SF resident
Charged: Burglary and Conspiracy
 
MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY:
Here are a few helpful tips when reporting an in-progress crime (hopefully you will not have to, but better be prepared then not):
-Try to stay calm. Excited callers are hard to understand. Expect our dispatchers to repeat and/or confirm your information. We
want to be as accurate as possible.
 
-Clearly State the Problem. Don’t call, say you need
police and hang up. We need to know what is going on so
we can send the right kind of help. Don’t hang up.
 
-Know your address/location. Know your
house/apartment number, complex/business name, street
name/type (lane, drive street, avenue) and directional (NE,
SE, NW, S). This is extremely important for cell phone
callers. Cell phones do not provide an address.
 
-Let the 911 call taker control the conversation. We
know this is an urgent, scary situation. Please don’t interrupt
or talk over the call taker. If you do, we must repeat our questions.
The call taker may interrupt you to get things back on track or
get important information. Stick to the facts.
 
-We ask a lot of questions. We help get the right
assistance to you as quickly as possible. On medical
emergencies, we provide medical instructions while the
ambulance is coming.
 
-Answer the questions as truthfully and completely
as possible. If you don’t know, we might prompt you with
“dark or light colored clothing?” or “shorts or long pants?”
 If you don’t know the answer, don’t guess or assume.
 
-Don’t hang up until told to do so. Sometimes we
keep you on the phone until help arrives. Other times, we
let you go with instructions to call back if something
changes. Wait until we tell you it is okay to hang up.

UPDATE********************************************************************

SMPD is clear the area of 3rd Ave and Norfolk St.  Officers are invesitgating a felony evading, felony grand theft, hit and run etc.  There will be an update shortly on details of the investigation. Thank you. 
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Police activity in the area of 3rd and Norfolk-no threats to public safety. Please avoid the area. Will update when police activity is clear. Thank you