Man Arrested for Tossing Rocks From Overpass
An Arleta man was arrested Friday for throwing softball-sized rocks from an overpass on the Golden State Freeway, hitting at least five cars and slightly injuring a teen-age boy, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The man was held for CHP officers by a motorist who left the freeway and circled back to the overpass after a rock struck the roof of his truck as it passed beneath Branford Street in Arleta. The motorist said he ran across the freeway, up the incline to the overpass, and chased the suspect for a mile and half.
David Colon, 29, was arrested on suspicion of throwing debris at cars on a freeway, a felony, said Officer Dennis Yates.
Yates said some of the cars had dents and broken windows, and that the teen-ager suffered a slight cut from broken glass but did not need medical treatment.
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