A man who Porterville Police say is a gang member and a women were eventually arrested in an incident that began as a traffic stop on Monday. The two were eventually arrested on Tuesday.
Jesse Torres, 29, who Porterville Police say is a gang member, and Frances Marie Vasquez, 30, were arrested.
At about 11:30 p.m. Monday, a Porterville Police Officer contacted Torres during a traffic stop in the 300 block of South Hockett Street for driving without headlights. A records check revealed Torres had warrants for his arrest, including a felony for PRCS violation.
As the officer was taking Torres into custody and handcuffing him, he began to fight and was able to break free with one handcuff on him after causing injury to the officer. Torres escaped custody and wasn t located.