Officers with the San Mateo Police Department arrested a man Tuesday for allegedly resisting arrest and threatening an officer after he was suspected of shoplifting from a Safeway store in San Mateo, the department said.
On Christmas Eve at 4:45 p.m., police officers responded to a call from a Safeway in the 1600 block of South El Camino Real. An employee reported the theft and told officers that the suspect had left the store.
After the employee provided a description of the suspect, officers searched the area and found him walking near the intersection of 17th Avenue and Palm Avenue in San Mateo.
Jose PirirBoch, a 41-year-old San Mateo resident, allegedly “grabbed a metal chain and waved it toward an officer” when police approached him, the department said in a news release.
PirirBoch then reportedly began running north on Palm Avenue as officers chased him. When officers caught up with PirirBoch, he stopped running and apparently tried to fight with officers.
His alleged combative behavior prompted an officer to fire his Taser, which deterred him from attempting to fight with suspected officers. He was arrested and handcuffed.
PirirBoch was medically examined in a hospital after the use of the taser. After he was acquitted, he was arrested and taken to the San Mateo County Jail.
He was booked into jail on suspicion of resisting arrest, threatening a police officer and petit larceny with an additional prior count of theft.
PirirBoch has previously been arrested for shoplifting. Resisting arrest is a misdemeanor and PirirBoch was denied bail.
