A convicted felon on probation was arrested in Santa Rosa after being found with a rifle. On Tuesday evening, an officer and his K-9 partner stopped a pick-up truck for a vehicle code violation. The officer asked the driver, 27-year-old Jose Torrestepuri, to get out of the vehicle when he thought he saw a knife handle under his right leg. It turned out to be a screwdriver. The K-9 officer sniffed around the truck and alerted his partner near the driver’s door of the truck. The officer found a loaded rifle in a black plastic bag in a large toolbox in the bed of the truck behind the cab. Torrestepuri was arrested on several charges related to firearms and violation of probation.
Convicted Felon Arrested After Rifle Found During Traffic Stop in Santa Rosa
