Neighbors were shocked to hear that a friendly, soft-spoken Pasadena man was charged with attempted murder after driving the family Tesla off the cliff on Highway 1.
With their pair of Teslas parked in the driveway, Dharmesh Patel, 41, and his wife, Neha, 41, were the most visible family on the quiet residential block of single-family homes on Lomay Place in Pasadena. As a couple, they pushed a stroller occupied by their 4-year-old-son and 7-year-old daughter as they went for runs in the morning. Patel would pass out cookies to neighbors. His wife started a mass text thread for neighbors to stay in contact.
“They’re a beautiful, idyllic family, no indication of issues,” said Roger Newmark, who has lived on the block more than 40 years. “It’s so strange because he is a great guy. Maybe it was a moment of insanity.” Video surveillance taken on a Ring camera on Christmas Eve at the Newmark home shows Patel walking over to deliver a poinsettia plant to his neighbors, though they weren’t home. He left the plant and a Christmas card after speaking to a relative who was taking care of the house.
The incidents were all labeled as false alarms, unfounded or canceled, according to Pasadena Police Department records shared with The Times. The two suspicious person incidents were marked off as “gone on arrival.”
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