Man arrested for alleged Foster City crime spree

At around 8:45 p.m. March 25, Hernandez allegedly pulled up to a woman getting gas at the Arco gas station at the intersection of Edgewater and East Hillsdale boulevards and asked her for spare change. When she said no, he allegedly drove away but returned shortly after and blocked her car with his gray Honda, according to prosecutors.

Hernandez allegedly walked up to her car and asked her if he could borrow her credit card. When she refused, he said he would have to take her car and opened her car door, which she pulled shut before reversing and driving away from the gas station, according to prosecutors.

At 9:03 p.m., a 17-year-old girl called police with reports of a man doing doughnuts with his car and almost running over pedestrians at Edgewater Park, where she was practicing soccer with teammates. Hernandez allegedly drove onto a basketball court and at the group of teens, nearly hitting the 17-year-old, according to prosecutors.

As police officers responded to the scene, they got another report of a man trying to steal a bicycle and gas can nearby and arrived at the home of a 25-year-old man who said a man pulled up to his home in a gray Honda and attempted to steal his bicycle, according to prosecutors.

Hernandez allegedly asked the man for money or one of the two cars in the man’s driveway, explaining his wife was having a baby. When the man said no, Hernandez allegedly went into his garage and grabbed a bicycle, which the man was able to pull away from him. He allegedly proceeded to take a gas can from the man’s garage and walked back to his car when police officers arrived, according to prosecutors.

Hernandez allegedly jumped into his car and drove away from the scene, eventually leading police officers on a 1.7-mile high-speed chase through the rain that ended near the intersection of Edgewater and East Hillsdale boulevards, where his car spun out. Hernandez allegedly got out of his car and tried to run away from the scene, but police were allegedly able to apprehend him. He allegedly spit at officers and headbutted the glass of one of the patrol vehicles, according to prosecutors.

Hernandez allegedly told police, “I’m sorry, I faked the whole thing,” according to prosecutors.

District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Hernandez does have a previous record in San Mateo County and will next appear in court April 9 for preliminary hearing. He remains in custody on $100,000 bail, according to prosecutors.