Tiburon Man Allegedly Tries to Run Over Pedestrian Because of Plaid Jacket

Marin Independent-Journal ^ | 07/24/2012 | Gary Klien

[nickcarraway]

A Tiburon man was arrested Monday on allegations he tried to run over a pedestrian because he didn't like his jacket, police said.

Eugene Thomas Anderson, 31, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $50,000.

The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. in downtown Tiburon, where police received numerous calls on a reckless driver on Tiburon Boulevard, said police Sgt. Steve Hahn. One caller reported a driver doing spinouts in the parking lot at the CVS pharmacy, and another reported a man who got out of a car in Belvedere and started throwing garbage cans in the street, Hahn said. Around the same time, Tiburon fire Capt. Steve Ardigo saw a car come up on the sidewalk and nearly hit a pedestrian in front of the fire station.

"He sped off and we called the police," Ardigo said. As police searched the area, a sheriff's deputy stopped a potential suspect in a Honda on westbound Tiburon Boulevard.

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"He said he didn't like the jacket the guy was wearing," Hahn said. "He found it offensive."

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[nickcarraway]

Ping

[EggsAckley]

*ping*

[Jack Hydrazine]

Just seeing plaid makes me angry! Don't get me near a golf course 'cause I'll take my golf cart and run over every golfer wearing it!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

My old boss at the coal company was a bit color blind. He would have slipped on a pea green sport coat with those blue plaid trousers.

[Disambiguator]

Don’t get mad, get plaid.

[bolobaby]

When are we going to stop these maniacs with the cars? Clearly we need tighter car control! Ban cars, especially automatics!

[seowulf]

Clearly we need tighter car control! Ban cars, especially automatics!

Maybe we could license drivers and limit the size of the gas tank to one or two gallons.

[Slings and Arrows]

[Revolting cat!]

Jusrtifiable homicide!

[Sir Napsalot]

Cars don't kill. People kill.

Let's not be too hasty to call for tighter Car Control.

[Revolting cat!]

Now, plaid undies is another matter altogether.

[Iscool]

Before I pass judgment, I’d have to see the jacket...

[dfwgator]

[Billthedrill]

A little over the top, I think, unless the guy was wearing lederhosen and argyle socks as well. You can only push a feller so far...

[OldEagle]

"...and limit the size of the gas tank to one or two gallons."

Would that cause violence at the pump?

[USMCPOP]

[stylin19a]

...stopped a suspect in a Honda...

i'd be looking for a guy driving a Tiburon

[MarineBrat]

It looks good on you, though.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I find this behavior reprehensible, unless the man was wearing striped pants with the plaid jacket.