Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested for Refusing to Cooperate
She had a young child in her car, and deputies were trying to call the father today.
A routine traffic stop escalated into an arrest when the suspect refused to cooperate.
The woman, whose name was unavailable shortly after the incident, was arrested around 2 p.m., leaving deputies trying to contact the father.
When she was pulled over, she was “uncooperative,” said sheriff’s Cpl. Courtney Donowho.
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A toddler sat in the suspect’s car while deputies questioned her. “The cops forced her out of her car,” said Rose Marie Salzman, who saw the arrest.
Five patrol cars and a motorcycle scattered in the Del Taco parking lot on the northwest corner of Ynez and Rancho California roads.
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Why the woman struggled with the deputies was under investigation today, Donowho said.
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