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The driver of a black Volkswagen that was the subject of a late night police pursuit last week pleaded not guilty Monday to the numerous felony charges he is facing following the incident, which left one San Ramon officer with minor injuries.
The driver – 25-year-old Anthony Parsons of Oakley – is facing five counts of assault on a peace officer for allegedly driving his car into multiple SRPD vehicles, one count for fleeing from police while driving recklessly, and one count for knowingly receiving a stolen vehicle.
Police were in the area for a surveillance operation near Kyler Court and Kyler Lane, believing that the suspects in a series of recent car thefts would be returning to the scene where a stolen vehicle had been abandoned.
Parsons and three other suspects arrived in the area after 11 p.m. on Dec. 29, at which point police attempted a “high-risk vehicle stop,” leading the suspects to flee the scene and strike multiple police cars in the process.
Parsons and another suspect, who has not been charged, were detained later that evening after abandoning the Volkswagen that had led the police chase and attempting to flee on foot through an apartment complex on Ivy Hill Way. Despite an extensive police search, two other suspects were not located that evening.
Parsons was arraigned Monday afternoon, with a preliminary hearing in the case set for Jan. 14. He remained in custody on a $445,000 bail as of that evening.
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