DATE/TIME: April 25, 2022, 3:30 a.m.
INCIDENT: Suspicious Circumstances Call
LOCATION: Banyan Road/Day Creek Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga
SUSPECT: Thomas Silva, 57-year-old resident of Victorville
SUMMARY: On Monday, April 25, 2022, a resident of Rancho Cucamonga called Sheriff’s Dispatch to report a subject was following her in his vehicle, as she was running. Deputies responded to the area and found the suspect, later identified as Thomas Silva, near the reporting party’s original location. When deputies attempted to contact Silva, he fled and a vehicle pursuit was initiated.
Silva led deputies and the California Highway Patrol on a vehicle pursuit that terminated in the city of Duarte, after deputies conducted a pursuit intervention technique. At the termination of the pursuit, Silva failed to comply when ordered to exit the vehicle. Deputies deployed pepper balls into Silva’s vehicle. Silva exited his vehicle and deputies arrested and booked him into the West Valley Detention Center for PC 2800.2 (a) – Evading Police and Disregard for Public Safety. Silva is being held on $100,000 bail.
If anyone has information regarding this investigation, please contact the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department at 909-477-2800. If you choose to remain anonymous, call We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME or go to www.wetip.com.
Refer: Sheriff’s Public Affairs Division
Station: Rancho Cucamonga Police Department
Phone No. 909-477-2800
Case No. 112204847
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
