The son of an affluent San Diego businessman has been arrested, accused of grabbing a girl who was walking on a Solana Beach schoolyard and attempting to abduct her, officials announced Thursday.

Jack Henry Doshay, 22, of Fairbanks Ranch, is the son of one of the owners of the San Diego Padres and, as of Thursday, was in custody and accused in a brazen attempted abduction on the campus of an elementary school.

On March 23, the dismissal bell rang at Skyline Elementary School and a man walked onto campus, past the administrative office.

As a 7-year-girl walked from class to her after-school program, she was stopped by the man who was holding a roll of packing tape at the time, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

The girl's father would later tell other parents his daughter heard "if you want to see your mommy again" she would do what the man asked.

The father said his daughter's attacker tried to wrap the packing tape around his child's head several times and carry her off.

Instead, she fought back and the man ran off.

On Thursday, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore identified the man in this incident as Doshay. He said Doshay was arrested Wednesday after 7:30 p.m. in Laguna Niguel based on information provided by the suspect’s attorney, Paul Pfingst.

Gore said Doshay lives with his parents in Fairbanks Ranch. NBC 7 has learned Doshay is the son of Glenn Doshay, a San Diego businessman who was a minority stake owner of the San Diego Padres. 

Glenn and Karen Doshay are well-known in San Diego as philanthropists. In fact, Jack Doshay was profiled by the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2006 for donating $2,000 from his bar mitzvah gifts to a local charity.

Jack and his two brothers attended San Diego Jewish Academy, a private K-12 school on Carmel Creek Road east of Interstate 5 near State Route 56.

NBC 7 stopped by the school to find a holiday baseball tournament taking place. School was not in session. A security guard at the entrance to the school said no members of the media would be allowed access to the property.

Pfingst told NBC 7 that Jack Doshay has no criminal history and was getting treatment for depression in Laguna Niguel when he was arrested.

There were about 150 tips that came into the sheriff’s department from a composite sketch that was released two days after the incident, officials said.

Gore said some of that information led him to Doshay. “His arrest was within a few hours of the arrest warrant being obtained,” Gore said.

When his parents learned Jack had become a person of interest, they hired him, Pfingst said.

Officials said there was no direct connection between the suspect and the victim in the schoolyard abduction attempt.

Doshay’s brother lives near Skyline Elementary School, Gore said.

The girl's parents, Mike and Joy Paeske, attended the briefing Thursday and described their daughter as "our inspiration and our hero."

“This guy messed with the wrong girl and the wrong community," Mike Paeske said. "We are so proud of our daughter for the way she handled the attack.”

Paeske was referring to how his daughter fought off her attacker, screaming and kicking to get the attention of staffers nearby.

Jack Doshay was booked into the Vista jail on felony charges of cruelty to a child, false imprisonment with violence and kidnapping. He will be arraigned Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Vista courthouse.

Check back for updates to this developing story. 

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New York City's taxi drivers are demanding an apology from the police officer seen on video apparently verbally abusing an Uber driver in an at-times xenophobic roadside tirade in the West Village earlier this week. They say they hope the altercation spurs better treatment for hacks from the NYPD.

The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers demanded the apology at a news conference Thursday outside the NYPD's lower Manhattan headquarters, less than a day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton admonished detective Patrick Cherry for his role in the exchange with an Uber driver Monday afternoon.

"No good cop can watch that without a wince," Bratton said Wednesday of the video. "All good cops know that the officer just made their jobs a little bit harder."

Taxi drivers say they don't want Cherry, a member of the NYPD's elite Joint Terrorism Task Force who was re-assigned to modified paid duty, fired if he apologizes. They say they hope that the now viral video can help end widespread mistreatment of hired drivers by NYPD officers.

NYSFTD spokesman Fernando Mateo echoed those sentiments at Thursday's news conference, saying that Cherry "did us all a favor" because the video of him opens up the door to discussing the problem. Mateo also asked for Cherry's job to be spared.

Mateo said a meeting with Bratton on Thursday was productive and that it could lead to the NYPD training officers on how to treat taxi and Uber drivers.

The video Uber passenger Seth Sanjay captured of a police officer, later identified as Cherry, berating the Uber driver has been viewed nearly 2 million times on YouTube. Cherry's badge and gun have been taken away pending the outcome of the investigation by the NYPD and Civilian Complaint Review Board. Seth tweeted Wednesday that he testified before the CCRB.

According to Seth's original YouTube post, his Uber driver honked his car horn at the officer because the officer was trying to park on a Sixth Precinct street in the middle of the afternoon without using any blinkers or hazard lights, and the Uber driver's path to a green light was blocked.

The officer, seen wearing a green tie and blue shirt at points in the passenger video, got out of his unmarked car, which had flashing blue and red lights on the dashboard, and flagged down the Uber driver.

The three-minute video begins as the officer approaches the Uber driver's window and starts yelling at the driver, raising his voice over the Uber driver's muted apologies and efforts to interject.

"Stop it with your mouth, stop it with your, 'For what, sir,'" Cherry is heard saying in the video as he curses. "Stop it with that ... and realize the three vehicle and traffic law violations you committed."

"You understand me? I don't know what [epithet] planet you think you're on right now," the officer yells, making fun of the Uber driver's accent.

The officer then slams the hood of the Uber car and walks away; the Uber driver tries to apologize to his passengers, who tell him it was not his fault and inform him a video of the exchange was recorded. One of the passengers said it appeared the officer was on a "power trip"; the other called the man's behavior "really inappropriate."

The officer returns to the Uber car about 90 seconds after slamming the hood and storming off, the video shows, and continues to curse at and belittle the driver. The driver keeps trying to defuse the situation with respectful apologies. Then the officer goes off on him.

"I don't know where you're coming from or where you think you're appropriate in doing that," the man yells, apparently in reference to the car honk from earlier. "That's not the way it works. How long have you been in this country?"

"Almost how long? Two years?" the officer yells after the driver whispers a response. "I got news for you, and use this lesson: Don't ever do that again. The only reason you're not in handcuffs going to jail and getting summonses in the precinct is because I have things to do."

"That's the only reason that's not happening, because this isn't important enough to me, you're not important enough," he says.

The officer turns toward the passengers in the back seat, asks if they are fares and says something about the Uber driver wasting their days, too. The officer hands the driver some kind of piece of paper that looks like a ticket and leaves as the passenger cellphone video pans to the flashing lights on the dashboard of his vehicle, parked behind the Uber car.  

Two rare Laysan albatross will soon be free as, well, birds.

After being rescued separately last month, the pair will be released together at sea by the nonprofit International Bird Rescue on Thursday afternoon, officials said.

One albatross was found 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean on March 20 in the desert of Rancho Mirage, according to the rescue group. The second bird was found just one day later. It was covered in grease and stuck between two containers aboard a cargo ship, on its way to the Port of Long Beach.

They were rehabilitated at the IBR's Los Angeles center.

"This is very rare that we have two albatross in one year and also so close together at the center," center manager Kelly Berry said.

Laysan albatross are known for being regular guests on container ships, officials said. The birds sometimes see the flat surface and mistakenly believe it's a nesting island during breeding season.

"The one that we found on the container ship, he happened to be taking a break that day, thinking it was land he could land on and take a break," Berry said. "And he just didn't have either the energy or enough of a distance or wind-power to get back in the air."

Once they are in the air, Laysan albatross, with their 6 1/2 foot wingspan, can go far — sometimes 300 to 400 miles in one day, officials said. Albatross breed about 3,000 miles from California on islands in the North Pacific Ocean.

A woman who was fatally shot by a man in front of her 12-year-old son and a Hawthorne police officer, who then shot and killed the suspect, was identified Thursday by authorities, who also announced the arrests of two of the shooter's associates.

The boy was also shot by the suspect about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at Rosecrans and Kornblum avenues, but survived, according to sheriff's detectives who are assisting Hawthorne police in the investigation.

Denise Berry, 44, died at the scene, as did the suspect, identified by the sheriff's department as Robert Washington Jr., 37, of Rialto. The Hawthorne police officer was parked on Kornblum Avenue in his patrol vehicle, monitoring traffic, when the victim pulled alongside in a Mercedes-Benz and told him that another driver had been following her, according to sheriff's officials.

"The officer told her to pull her vehicle in front of his, and pull over so he could assist her," according to a sheriff's statement. "At that moment, another vehicle pulled (up) adjacent to her."

Washington got out of that vehicle and began firing at the woman and the boy, and the officer got out of his patrol car and fatally wounded the suspect, according to the sheriff's department.

Two men who were in the car with Washington -- the driver and a rear- seat passenger, identified as Stanley White, 24, and Brandon White, 19 -- were questioned and ultimately arrested.

The older man was booked on suspicion of murder and the younger man on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime, according to the sheriff's department.

Both were being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Sheriff's Lt. Dave Coleman told reporters that the shooting occurred after the boy -- who was riding in the car with his mother -- made eye contact with the suspect, who was a passenger in a Cadillac.

The suspect's feet were hanging out of the car's window at the time, Coleman said. The Cadillac then followed the Mercedes to the site where the shooting occurred, he said. The boy was hospitalized in stable condition.

Could Indiana's new religious freedom law be used as legal justification for smoking marijuana? Maybe.

The First Church of Cannabis Inc. has been approved by Indiana officials after the state’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law last week.

Bill Levin, founder of the church, reportedly filed paperwork almost immediately after Gov. Mike Pence signed the act into law last Thursday with hopes of having the church approved as a religious organization “based on love and understanding with compassion for all.”

Levin said shortly after his paperwork was filed, he received a letter of approval from Secretary of State Connie Lawson, he told the Washington Post.

The church lists cannabis, also called “the healing plant,” as its sacrament.

“It is our fountain of health, our love, curing us from illness and depression. We embrace it with our whole heart and spirit, individually and as a group,” according to the church’s “New Deity Dozen.”

Members of the church are also called “Cannataerians.”

Since the church’s approval, the group has raised more than $5,000 to rent a facility for their practice and garnered more than 20,000 likes on Facebook.

It has been the subject of national headlines and even got the attention of celebrities including Seth Rogen, who tweeted that Indiana “accidentally created a religion I can get behind.”

According to the church’s Facebook page, members will be able to print and download a “membership card” after donating a monthly fee of $4.20.

While the use of marijuana for both medical and recreational uses is currently illegal in Indiana, the church could potentially use the state’s new law to override that.

The law state’s that “government action may not substantially burden a person's right to the exercise of religion unless it is demonstrated that applying the burden to the person's exercise of religion is essential to further a compelling governmental interest” or “the least restrictive means of furthering the compelling governmental interest.”

Indiana attorney Abdul-Hakim Shabazz wrote in an op-ed for Indy Politics that “as long as you can show that reefer is part of your religious practices, you got a pretty good shot of getting off scott-free.”

It remains to be seen if lawmakers will in fact adhere to this interpretation of the law, but the RFRA has been at the center of a national controversy in recent days with many arguing the law allows for discrimination. Backlash from the law prompted lawmakers on Thursday to announce clarifications to the language, stating that discrimination against any class of citizens is not tolerated in the Hoosier state.  

In the wake of Wednesday's mandatory water restrictions announced by California Gov. Jerry Brown, it may be a good time to consider some of the advice from water conservation experts in the region.

Fixing a leaky faucet or plumbing joint can save 20 gallons a day, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Limiting water runoff by rethinking how much water you use on your lawn can save 750 to 1,500 gallons a month; shorter showers offer other savings.

High-efficiency clothes washers save over 10,000 gallons of water each year, and nearly $100 as well, since they use up to 50 percent less water than conventional top-loading models, the DWP says.

When taking a bath, start filling the tub with the drain already plugged instead of waiting first for the water to get warm, suggests Aquafornia, the Water Education Foundation of California.

Other ideas include turning off the water while brushing your teeth or while washing dishes. And while you’re at the kitchen sink, the foundation suggests using the least amount of dish soap possible to avoid a lot of water needed to rinse.

Outside the house, use a broom instead of a hose to clean driveways and sidewalks. Don’t water your lawn on windy or cool/overcast days.

Several federal and state agencies offer these water-saving tips:

• Check all faucets, pipes and toilets for leaks.
• Never use your toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket – throw it away, don’t flush it.
• Defrost frozen food in the refrigerator.
• Rinse dishes and vegetables in a full sink or pan of water instead of running water.
• Install water saving showerheads and ultra-low-flush toilets.
• Water your lawn or garden early in the morning or late in evening.
• Equip all hoses with shut-off nozzles.
• Use drip irrigation systems.
• Plant drought-tolerant or low water-use plants and grasses.
• Place mulch around plants to reduce evaporation and discourage weeds.
• Set your mower blades one notch higher, since longer grass means less evaporation.
• Use a pool cover to cut down on water evaporation.
• Use a bucket instead of a hose to wash your car.
• Sweep driveways, sidewalks, and steps rather than hosing them off.
• Take a short shower instead of a tub bath.
• Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading them into the dishwasher.
• Raise your lawn mower cutting height - longer grass blades help shade each other, reduce evaporation, and inhibit weed growth.  

Supporters of the Indiana pizzeria at the center of a public controversy surrounding the state's new "Religious Freedom" bill have raised more than $200,000 for the family business in less than 24 hours.

The owners of Memories Pizzeria in Walkerton temporarily closed the doors of their restaurant after receiving backlash on the Internet for supporting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's bill and stating that they would not cater a gay wedding.

Lawrence Billy Jones III, who works as a contributor to the conservative radio station The Blaze, created a Go Fund Me page to support the O'Connor family, who owns the restaurant. By 11 a.m. Thursday, the page had raised more than $130,000. By 2 p.m. the funds were up to $211,000. More than 7,000 people had donated in about 21 hours.

The purpose of the fund is "to relieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors' stand for faith," according to the site.

After the O'Connors said they would not cater gay weddings, opponents of the bill flooded the Memories Pizza Yelp page with negative reviews. Crystal O'Connor, one of the owners of the restaurant, told Dana Loesch on The Blaze that the family had also received threats, including a Tweet about burning down the restaurant.

The O'Connors claim they would not discriminate against gay customers in their restaurant.

"We stood up for what we believe," Crystal O'Connor told Loesch. "The news took it totally out of proportion. They lied about it. We said that we would serve anyone that walked in that door, even gays. But we will not cater (gay) weddings."

O'Connor said she has no source of income while the restaurant is closed and the family has considered leaving town.

Gov. Pence, who signed the bill, said he does not believe his law is discriminatory either. In a Tuesday op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Pence wrote that the bill is not a "license to discriminate" and that he "abhors discrimination."

The bill, which was enacted last Thursday, sparked outrage across the country. The measure prohibits state laws that "substantially burden" a person's ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. This means business owners, like the O'Connors, are allowed to refuse participating in gay weddings.

While opponents of the law see it as discrimination against gays, supporters of the O'Connors see the backlash against their restaurant as discrimination against religion.

"Nobody should ever have to suffer -- or suffer alone -- for their faith, for standing up for Christian principles," Loesch said.

A man died after being thrown from the car he was riding in after it hit another at high speed in Monterey Park Thursday night.

The victim was killed after the Cadillac smashed into the back of a BMW near the intersection of Garvey and Ramona avenues at around 10:10 p.m, a Monterey Park Police Department spokesman said.

Witnesses told investigators the car had been speeding eastbound on Garvey Avenue before hitting the other vehicle. The other Cadillac occupants were taken to the hospital as a precaution, but did not suffer serious injuries.

The crash is still under investigation, and so far no arrests have been made for driving under the influence.

Angelenos have complained of excessive helicopter noise for several years, and now they have a place to report those complaints.

"It's a good start to understanding the real noise problem in Los Angeles," said Bob Anderson, president of the Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition.

The website and its hotline, sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, "allows the public to lodge complaints about helicopter operations anywhere in the country." 

Heli-noise-la.com went live Tuesday for Southern California's airspace, described as "among the most congested and complex in the world."

The online system even lets users watch the movement of helicopters in the county.

Anderson said that his organization has held dozens of meetings with the FAA over the last two years to discuss how to how to "improve the quality of life throughout Los Angeles by reducing helicopter noise in our communities, without compromising safety."

The website is a result of the Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Initiative, a collaborative process involving local community organizers, helicopter operators and residents working with the FAA since 2012 to address helicopter noise in LA County.

Whether a noise complaint is submitted through the website or via the hotline 424-348-HELI (4354), complaints will be "routed to the appropriate place" and recorded in a central database.

Residents of the San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica, Palos Verdes, Hollywood Hills and Torrance areas have raised helicopter issues with their Congressional representatives.

Communities may be affected by different types of helicopter noise stemming from news choppers, tours, police, fire and rescue services. However, many comments received are tied to landmarks or locations such as the Hollywood Bowl and Griffith Park that need to be addressed with situation-specific measures, according to the FAA.

In May 2013, the FAA released its report on the LA Helicopter Noise Initiative. The report details a series of six voluntary measures to respond to chopper noise concerns. The comprehensive noise complaint system is on that list.

Anderson, who lives in Sherman Oaks, said he received a demo of the website last week, before it going live. The website will source data from five airports — Los Angeles International, Van Nuys, Long Beach, Bob Hope in Burbank and Zamperini Field in Torrance.

The Los Angeles Area Helicopter Operators Association could not be reached for comment. 

A woman who stopped inside a downtown Los Angeles courthouse to pay a bill left with a little bit more than a receipt: a newborn baby boy.

When the pregnant mom-to-be walked down the hall of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse just before noon Thursday, she suddenly felt labor pain. Onlookers watched and sprung into action.

"She goes down on the floor, she's leaning on the chair, she's like, 'No, the baby's coming right now!" LA County Sheriff's Deputy M. Oliver told NBC4. "And I'm like, 'No wait,' and she's like, 'I can't wait, the baby is coming right now."

About a dozen people scrambled to help the woman as Oliver went to get some towels and gloves.

"When we laid on the floor, on her back, she pulled her trousers down, and then I look and I see ... that's the baby's head!" Oliver said. "So I go down on my knees, cradle the baby's head, and the baby slides right into my hand, a healthy baby boy."

The sheriff's department tweeted a photo right after the birth and said "Mom & baby fine!"

#BREAKING - #LASD SEB Tactical Medics assist in delivery of baby at the Stanley Mosk Court. Mom & baby fine! @LASDHQ pic.twitter.com/5LUzBThapu

— SEB (@SEBLASD) April 2, 2015

Witnesses said the woman barely had to push and it took her just five minutes.

"I'm still surprised and shocked," the mother told NBC4 from the hospital as she held her newborn son, Malachi. "And it's actually hilarious ... When he was born everybody cheered."

A hit-and-run driver smashed into several parked cars at a mobile home park in Rosemead early Friday.

The person fled on foot after crashing a white Acuara through a fence and into at least three cars on Valley Boulevard just before 2 a.m, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.

An investigation is underway to determine whether the crash happened due to street racing.

Trailer park resident Ruby Ruiz said the vehicle was taking part in a race, however a deputy on the scene said there is no indication so far another car was involved in the smash.

The search continues for a man identified by police as a child predator after a 2-year-old girl abducted in Gardena was dropped off 14 miles away by her kidnapper.

The girl wandered away from her mother Thursday at a self-serve carwash, Gardena Police Department Chief Ed Medrano told reporters. The girl's mother heard her daughter call to her and then she was gone, Medrano said.

A family member said people were trying to help by, "looking around, (and) knocking on doors," after she disappeared. The child was later found in near Atlantic Street and Santa Ana Avenue in Cudahy, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. 

No arrests were reported Friday afternoon.

"This man is a child predator," said Gardena Lt. Steve Prendergast. "I haven't seen a crime like this in the 20 years I've been in Gardena."

The child was injured during the abduction, Prendergast said. Her condition was not disclosed.

Police believe she was taken and dropped off by someone in a white four-door 2008-2012 Nissan Altima. The vehicle, captured on surveillance video, might not have a front-end license plate.

The plate appears fixed to the vehicle in the surveillance video, but police said it might have been removed before the kidnapping.

"We're going to find this guy," Prendergast said.

Authorities released more surveillance video Friday in connection with the abduction. The video from a Gardena residence shows the white Nissan circling around a neighborhood.

Anyone within information about the case was urged to call 911 or Gardena police at 310-217-9670.

NBC4's Jonathan Lloyd and Toni Guinyard contributed to this report.

The death of a man whose passion was helping children has some in the East Village asking, who will take his place?

That question and others about his slaying plagued those gathered for a candlelight vigil Thursday in memory of Duane Wicker, the cyclist fatally shot in the back of the head on J Street last weekend.

At the Greater Apostolic Temple Church at dusk, dozens of friends and family mourned the father and step-father of seven, remembering his volunteer work with a Pop Warner football team and the advice he gave his players.

Malachi Batie has been on Wicker’s team for the last three years.

"He was a really nice person in general and he taught us really well. He told us to always stop playing around and get focused and be ready for this game on Saturday,” Malachi told NBC 7.

The boy said Wicker always told his players to do well in school. When he heard about the death of his coach, Malachi said he was shocked and didn’t know how to feel.

Others at the vigil talked about how Wicker had turned his life around, leaving behind his own past on the streets of East Village.

"He crossed that line, man, and he came to this side, man,” said a friend. “To know right or wrong, one must drink from both glasses, man. He chose that right one, man, and he produced these young men on that football field, outside of the classroom."

That friend urged his community to protect those who are helping to better the next generation.

Before his death, Wicker passed down some important wisdom to his step-daughter Lashonte Allexander.

"He even said, 'No matter how much you dislike somebody, you don't ever got to show them,’” said Lashonte. “’You don't even got to be around them. There's just too much space in the world to even be around somebody who don't like you.’"

In more light-hearted moments, a couple of people recalled Wicker’s passion for cleanliness. His mother, Pamela Godfrey, talked about calling him “Bleach Man” when he could come over to her home.

"'Mama, you got some bleach?'" his mother said, quoting her son. "No. He run straight to the store and get some bleach, and his cleaning was on.”

Wicker’s son Deouche laughed as he remembered his father spending hours trying to master the video game Madden NFL just so he could beat his children.

For his antics and his love for youth, everyone loved his father, Deouche said.

"I don't want to sit there and let him be some memory. I want him to be a legacy,” he told the tearful crowd.

The man accused of killing Wicker, 46-year-old Rafael Davis, appeared in front of a judge for the first time Thursday in a wheelchair.

Family members told NBC 7 Davis is a former teenage friend of Wicker's, but he hasn't seen him in years or ever mentioned him to the family.

Investigators believe the shooting was part of an ongoing conflict between Davis and Wicker, though the exact details are unclear, according to prosecutors.

Davis, who is affiliated with a street gang, has pleaded not guilty to murder.

A North County woman fatally shot Wednesday afternoon by her boyfriend in Oceanside was being mourned by the softball community as “outgoing” and a “beautiful soul.”

Kirsten Deanne Jelinski’s connection to the softball community in North County ran so deep that her death carried a heartbreaking coincidence: the 911 dispatcher who took the call of her shooting was the mom of one her softball friends.

On Thursday, community members were reeling from her death.

“She’s somebody you’d see in a movie being your childhood friend – like in a movie,” said close friend Stephanie Kellie. “The best person in your life that can help you grow.”

Police said her boyfriend, not yet identified, shot the 25-year-old inside a condo at 4215 Vista del Rio Way before turning the gun on himself. He survived, but was on life support at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla on Thursday afternoon.

Jelinski was an accomplished softball outfielder who played for Villanova University in Pennsylvania. She attended both Mission Hills and San Marcos high schools and earned three varsity letters in softball while also playing basketball and volleyball.

Friends of Jelinski said she grew up playing softball in North County. They described her as outgoing, a great daughter and a proud sister to two brothers – one of whom heard the shooting and made the 911 call.

“Just this morning I was thinking what would I want on my gravestone and everything I could think that she is … such a beautiful soul,” Kellie said.

Jelenski’s friends are planning a softball game on April 19 to remember her and raise money to help her family.

Meanwhile, the investigation into what police say was an apparent murder-suicide attempt is ongoing. Police have released little information, including any possible motive.

Editor's note: This story has been updated. It previously stated the home of California's Superintendent of Schools was ransacked while burglars attempted to steal a vehicle.

Video from a home surveillance camera in Pittsburg shows two suspects on Wednesday afternoon trying to get away in a stolen Corvette but ended up crashing into a mailbox and pole in California's Superintendent of Schools Tom Torlakson's neighborhood. 

The getaway was foiled though, because the driver did not know how to drive stick shift, and Torlakson's wife, Mae, captured the incident on surveillance video.

The suspects then jumped out of the car and attempted to run away before they were arrested, Mae Torlakson said, who added the police were around the corner.

Neighbors who witnessed the crash said they called police and went to check on if the suspects were injured.

Mae Torlakson said police told her that officers believe the suspects took BART to the area and are linked to other home burglaries in the area.

Mae Torlakson said living close to the BART station has its pros and cons.

"What's good and what's bad is we're very close to the BART station and what police told me is (the suspects) get off BART, they burglarize and they get on BART," Mae Torlakson said.