Woman crashes car into Canoga Park taco shop, a week after vandalizing their catering truck
Police arrested a woman for intentionally crashing a car into a Canoga Park taco shop Friday night.
The driver drove straight through the storefront of Taco Reyes near the intersection of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Saticoy Street. After destroying the storefront, she continued all the way into the dining area and resumed her destructive rampage. A video shows the driver repeatedly ramming a wall shared with an adjacent bar.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department arrested her shortly after the ordeal. Police booked her for felony vandalism and may add an assault with a deadly weapon charge since people were inside the restaurant when she rammed through the building.
Investigators said she allegedly vandalized a Taco Reyes catering truck last week in Reseda.
It's unclear if anyone was injured.
On Saturday, a member of the Taco Reyes ownership team told KCAL News that the woman who crashed into the restaurant was a summer employee from four years ago, who still has several family members that still work at the location, including her mother who has worked there more more than eight years.
They believe that the woman has been struggling with mental health issues and recalled her as a "sweet and respectful young lady" who left the restaurant on good terms to pursue other employment opportunities.
