A two-day statewide manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, who came out with his hands up as a SWAT team prepared to raid a home in Bakersfield, California. Perez Arriaga was taken into custody using the slain officer’s handcuffs, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said. Perez Arriaga crossed the border in Arizona several years ago and had worked a variety of jobs as a labourer, including at several dairies. “The type of tone and attitude that Sheriff Christianson has taken instills fear and panic in all immigrant communities” that could make people afraid to report crimes, de Leon said. Three people also were arrested at the home near Bakersfield for helping Perez Arriaga, Youngblood said.

Source: National Post December 29, 2018 05:16 UTC