Hayward police arrested a California State University, East Bay student this week in connection with three recent attempted kidnappings in Hayward.
Twenty-two year old Sagar Patel, currently enrolled at CSUEB as a business administration and accounting student, was arrested March 16 at 10 a.m. on the 27000 block of Baldwin Street while leaving his home in Hayward, according to Sergeant Ryan Cantrell of the Hayward Police Department. According to Alameda County’s online inmate locator, Patel is being held at Santa Rita jail without the option of bail.
On Monday, Patel was officially charged for the attempted kidnapping of three girls with the intent to commit robbery, according to documents filed in Alameda County Superior Court. Police identified no other suspects or persons of interest in these cases.
“It’s with high confidence that we know he committed these crimes,” said Cantrell.
Although Hayward Police cannot release any evidence used in this case, Contell explained that they developed enough probable cause and had the support of the district attorney to arrest Patel.
The attempted kidnappings happened on Feb. 20, March 6 and March 27. All three victims were able to escape the attacker and identified that he drove a white four-door vehicle. It is unknown if the victims were called in to identify their attacker. Cantrell explained that Hayward Police would not be releasing this information to the public at this time.
In a news conference held by the Hayward Police on Monday, authorities explained that a search warrant was served on Patel’s white Chevrolet on April 10. That same day a Hayward police officer saw Patel driving the car in the Tennyson Corridor.
According to a representative from Santa Rita Jail, Patel had a court hearing Tuesday, and the results from that hearing will not be released to the public until later this week.