Roseville burglar strikes woman with car during escape

By Art Campos - SacBee.com
Published 12:29 pm PST Thursday, January 31, 2008

Roseville police are seeking a man who fled a burglary Wednesday by striking one of his victims with his car.

Police said the female victim was tossed onto the hood of the car and rolled onto the ground. She was bruised but declined medical attention, police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther said.

The fleeing burglar may have been scalded in the face by hot coffee thrown at him by the woman's husband, Gunther said.

The incident occurred at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday in the Raley's parking lot at 1915 Douglas Blvd.

A Rocklin couple came out of the store and saw a man sitting in their vehicle, the driver-side window having been smashed, Gunther said. They yelled and the suspect ran, taking the couple's portable GPS unit and jumping into his own vehicle, she said.

The husband, carrying a cup of coffee, threw the hot liquid through the car's open window, Gunther said. The suspect then struck the man's wife with the car as he fled, she said.

The suspect was described as a Latino with a shaved head. He is in his 20s, about 6 feet tall and 170 pounds. He wore a white T-shirt. His vehicle was a white Honda Accord four-door, possibly an early 1990s model, Gunther said.

Citizens are urged to look for someone who may have scald marks from the coffee thrown in his face, she said.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (916) 774-5070 or the Roseville Crime Stoppers Program, which pays cash rewards for anonymous tips leading to arrest, at (916) 783-7867.