SALINAS METH ARREST 12/20/12 8:30a.m. PMD

SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL, EARLY WEDNESDAY, DETAINED A SUSPICIOUS PERSON, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH SANBORN AND FAIRFIELD ROADS.   THE SUSPECT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS 26-YEAR-OLD, FAUSTINO FLORES.   FLORES, INITIALLY LIED ABOUT HIS IDENTITY, AND THEN FLED ON FOOT, TO AVOID ARREST FOR AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. A SHORT CHASE ENSUED; FLORES THEN BECAME COMBATIVE, AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AFTER BEING TASED.    FLORES WAS SEARCHED AND BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND RESISTING ARREST.