PORTERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

Information below is provided to The Recorder by the Porterville Police Department. It should be noted that only arrests are reported, and the suspects have not been found guilty of any crime.

Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

Vehicle theft

A silver 1990 Honda Accord was reportedly stolen at 8:24 a.m. from the 200 block of North Main Street.

Residential burglary

A residence in the sub-100 block of North Villa was reportedly burglarized at 8:20 a.m., taken was Insignia Flex tablet, three bongs, one buck knife and one ounce of processed marijuana.

Drunk in public/shoplifting

Officers responded at 8:53 p.m. to Target regarding an intoxicated subject offering drugs and alcohol to employees and customers. The subject was also reported to be putting on store clothing and was identified as Roger Martinez, 26. He was also wearing multiple items of store clothing with the store tags still attached and was very intoxicated. He was arrested.

Hit-and-run/dui

Officers responded at 11:34 p.m. to the 1600 block of West Wall regarding a vehicle collision with a parked vehicle. The motorist was determined to be Geovanny Escalante, 23, who initially fled the scene, but later returned and was arrested.