Man stunned, arrested after foot chase with police

Published 10:39 am Friday, August 17, 2012

Hermiston Police put two of Umatilla Countys Most Wanted behind bars on Thursday in separate incidents.

After a foot pursuit that started inside Walmart and spanned three blocks, police arrested Antonio Pete Espino, 22, of Hermiston. An officer used a stun gun on Espino before he was taken into custody. One officer also suffered a severely sprained ankle in the incident and is on workers compensation. Espino has prior convictions of first-degree mischief, second-degree assault, first-degree burglary and a parole violation, according to Umatilla Countys Most Wanted Web page. Espino was lodged at Umatilla County Jail on a parole violation warrant from another agency and resisting arrest.

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Also arrested Thursday was Efren Castro Aguilar, 31. Aguilar was apprehended at his East Elm Avenue residence and arrested on another agencys warrant for a probation violation and a Hermiston Municipal Court warrant for contempt of court. Aguilar has a prior conviction of possession of a controlled substance.

Also Thursday, police collected two packages of methamphetamine and a glass methamphetamine pipe from a Hermiston man in the parking lot of Fuddruckers Restaurant. Jason Michael Francisco Garza was arrested on two outstanding warrants and unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Garza was lodged at Umatilla County Jail.

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