San Rafael, CA – SRPD Officers arrested Megan Joan Ebert, a 27-year-old Fresno resident, after she was involved in a violent attack that left a carwash employee injured on Monday morning.  Ebert was booked into the Marin County Jail on felony assault charges.  

On Monday, March 24, 2025, just after 9:30 a.m., SRPD received multiple 9-1-1 calls about a physical fight occurring in the parking lot of a car wash near Bellam Boulevard and Francisco Boulevard East.  Witnesses were describing a violent assault with a victim being pinned to the ground.  Witnesses also provided a detailed description of the suspect and vehicle, including the license plate number.  Officers immediately responded to the scene.

Officers arrived within two minutes, but the female suspect, Ebert, had already fled the scene.  Officers learned that an argument had occurred between Ebert and another customer while they were waiting in line for the car wash.  A car wash employee attempted to resolve the conflict peacefully.  While the employee intervened, Ebert attacked the employee by threatening her with a knife, punching her, and pinning her to the ground.  The victim was injured and treated at the scene by San Rafael Fire Department paramedics.

With the detailed descriptions provided by multiple witnesses, SRPD officers began searching for Ebert.  The vehicle Ebert had been driving was flagged as a wanted vehicle in SRPD's automated license plate reader (ALPR) system, along with other agencies that were also assisting by using their own ALPR systems. 

Just before 8:00 p.m., the San Pablo Police Department was alerted by its ALPR system that the vehicle had entered its jurisdiction.  San Pablo Police located the vehicle and detained Ebert.  SRPD Officers responded to the scene and arrested Ebert.  Ebert admitted to being involved in the attack.

Ebert was booked into the Marin County Jail on charges of felony assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm) and felony battery causing great bodily injury and is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.