Suspect Arrested After Fleeing Downtown Palo Alto Traffic Stop
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) - Police have arrested man who fled from a traffic stop into a Palo Alto neighborhood Thursday afternoon, prompting a nearly two-hour search.
About 1:30 p.m., the suspect ran from his car in the area of Hawthorne Avenue and Waverley Street, a Palo Alto police dispatcher said.
Officers searched the neighborhood and arrested the man about 3:25 p.m.
He was described as a black man with a shaved head between 35 and 40 years old and about 6 feet tall. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants.
Further details about the arrest were not immediately available.
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