Police say woman on run after striking officer: Pair accused of fraud at Burlingame hotel, previously charged with similar crime

On Tuesday, Jessica Lawler, 22, assaulted a female officer in the parking lot of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport at 1333 Old Bayshore Highway around 10:30 a.m., according to police.

Fabian Hagnere, a 30-year-old resident of unincorporated Redwood City, was arrested at the hotel after the two allegedly used fake IDs and stolen credit cards to rent a room over the weekend, said Burlingame police Sgt. Don Shepley.

When the hotel caught wind of the fraud, employees locked the duo out of the room and contacted police, Shepley said.

Hagnere was apprehended but Lawler, who has an extensive criminal record, fled in a rented gray Mercedes while striking an officer with the side view mirror, according to police. The officer, who was on foot, was not injured, Shepley said.

A countywide alert was sent out and South San Francisco police pursued Lawler on Interstate 280 before losing sight of her, Shepley said.

Shortly after, Hillsborough police spotted Lawler near Interstate 280 and Golf Course Road. Lawler fled, driving onto the Crystal Springs Golf Course and eventually onto the 1500 block of Hayne Road, according to Hillsborough police.

A witness reported seeing Lawler abandon the gray Mercedes and get picked up by a white luxury car and fled the area, according to police.

Due to the proximity of the West School, campus officials were notified and students and staff were instructed to shelter in place, said Hillsborough police Capt. Doug Davis.

Lawler’s and Hagnere’s Burlingame crimes were remarkably similar to an August incident, Davis said.

The two were apprehended at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara on Great America Parkway last August and charged with using stolen credit cards, possessing drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

In that case, the couple fled out of a hotel window when police attempted to serve an arrest warrant for Lawler. The two made it onto the roof and Lawler, who was reportedly naked at the time, surrendered. Hagnere jumped off the roof’s edge and landed onto a tree where he became stuck. Hagnere was arrested after firefighters brought a ladder allowing him to climb down, according to the Mercury News.

Lawler managed to escape Tuesday and is now wanted for assaulting a police officer, evading arrest and other crimes, according to police.

Those with video cameras near Hayne and Darrell roads in Hillsborough are asked to review footage from Tuesday morning and contact police. Anyone with information is asked to call Burlingame police at (650) 777-4100 or Hillsborough police at (650) 375-7470.

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