{"id":305670,"date":"2026-05-08T08:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305670\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:11:11","slug":"man-charged-in-sideshow-that-shut-down-bay-bridge-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305670\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged in sideshow that shut down Bay Bridge traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alameda County prosecutors on Thursday charged one man in connection with a sideshow that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/crime\/article\/bay-bridge-dirt-bike-arrests-22240305.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">halted traffic on the Bay Bridge on Sunday<\/a>, as authorities consider charges against at least nine others. <\/p>\n<p>Jose Mendoza, 30, was charged with two counts of felony evasion and one misdemeanor count of battery of a police officer in connection with the May 3 sideshow involving 77 dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers tried to detain Mendoza, but he allegedly ignored their commands, attempted to flee and tried to strike an officer. <\/p>\n<p>Mendoza allegedly drove recklessly and sped through a section of the bridge blocked by police, all while being pursued by the California Highway Patrol. Prosecutors said that Mendoza was driving with \u201cwillful and wanton disregard for the safety of officers and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis conduct created an extremely dangerous situation for law enforcement officers and snarled traffic on the Bay Bridge,\u201d District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza had been on felony probation at the time of the arrest, and prosecutors have sought to revoke his probation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At least nine others are facing charges, as Oakland police continue the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews, Oakland Interim Police Chief James Beere said he hopes authorities can destroy the dirtbikes and ATVs seized by police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alameda County prosecutors on Thursday charged one man in connection with a sideshow that halted traffic on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[184,7,1312,723,332,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-305670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-east-bay","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}