A woman has been arrested for allegedly purposefully hitting another car and pepper spraying the occupants of the car she struck, Palo Alto police said yesterday.
Police responded to the 700 block of Embarcadero Road on Saturday at 5:45 p.m. on a report that a man in his 20s was a victim of a road rage incident, police said.
The man told police that he and his family were traveling eastbound on Embarcadero and was trying to change lanes to make a left turn. A gray Nissan Sentra driven by Mahima Yaqoob, 26, of Lakeport, would not let the man change lanes and would accelerate to block him, according to police.
At a red light, Yaqoob made a u-turn and hit the man’s car, police said. Yaqoob then got out of her car and threatened the man before hitting him with her keys and pepper spraying him, police said.
The passenger of the man’s car, a woman in her 20s, also got out of their car, and was also pepper sprayed by Yaqoob, police said. The man’s four children, ages 9, 4, 4 and 1, were in the car and also exposed to the pepper spray.
Yaqoob drove away before police got to the scene. The family received medical aid.
Yaqoob was ultimately arrested in South San Francisco yesterday (Dec. 28). She was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful use of tear gas, and child endangerment.
Is Mahima Yaqoo a legal resident? And did she make bail?
Why is it relevant if she’s legal or not? And because she’s not white, she might be an immigrant. She’s a troubled human who needs help or to go to jail.
Why do you assume she’s a “troubled” human. Also, there’s enough evil people here without having to deal with illegal evil people. And yes, she looks like an immigrant. Be grateful it wasn’t your children sprayed with pepper spray.
Oh for frack’s sake! Grow up!
Mahima Yacoob, 26, doesn’t seem to be listed in the Santa Clara county or the San Mateo jail inmate locator databases. Am I’m missing something? Is she out?
LocalCrimeNews lists 4 arrests, mostly related to her driving-related offenses, for the April 2021 to September 2025 time period.
If she was arrested and processed out, she wouldn’t be. That’s a list of inmates, not arrestees. You’re not an inmate unless you’ve been sentenced and assigned to that facility.
Let me guess. You’re white, she’s brown colored – hence your maga infected question about her legal status. So original!
Deport!!!! Third world people need to go back to their third world country.
She has been arrested 7 times in 18 months. How is she back on the streets today?! Gavin Newsom doesn’t allow criminals to stay in jail. We are all in danger under his leadership.
This is not the first time she has assaulted someone. She has pepper sprayed someone 2 separate occasions aside from this. She has filed multiple false police reports and has been involved in multiple hit and run cases. She continues not to face any repercussions because our District attorneys are incompetent!!!