On January 12, 2021 at 7:56 a.m. officers responded to the 1200 block of Lakeside Drive on report of a suspicious vehicle with someone sleeping in the driver seat. While officers were driving to the call, dispatchers determined the vehicle was currently being sought by Milpitas PD in a felony investigation. Once officers arrived on scene, they carefully approached the vehicle and the driver, later identified as Arnold Prakash of Hayward, California, attempted to flee by ramming his vehicle into two patrol cars. As a result, the officers were forced to quickly move out of the way of the suspect’s vehicle to avoid being seriously injured. The suspect continued to ram his vehicle into the officer’s patrol cars until he was able to escape. Officers pursued the suspect into the city of Santa Clara where he was ultimately arrested. During a search of the suspect’s vehicle, officers found several knives, flash drives, tools and a set of stolen firefighter turnouts. Thankfully, no officers or members of the public were injured during this dangerous incident. Arnold Prakash is also a wanted person by Hayward PD for two felony warrants. This investigation is ongoing.
We would like to thank the Santa Clara Police Department for their assistance in locating and arresting suspect Arnold Prakash.
Any witnesses are encouraged to contact Detective Kakis at 408-730-7297.
