CHANDLER, Ariz. — Chandler police say they have arrested a suspect after an officer was assaulted at a traffic stop Thursday afternoon.
Police said the officer was making a traffic stop near Gilbert and Riggs roads when an occupant inside the vehicle sprayed the officer in the face with a substance similar to pepper spray.
The officer is OK after being treated by Chandler firefighters on scene.
Police identified the suspect arrested as Frank Zamora. According to police, Zamora and the other occupant in the store had just committed a theft at an Albertson's store, which the officer did not know at the time of the stop.
Police located the registered owner of the vehicle, who said it was Zamora driving the vehicle. Zamora was booked into jail for aggravated assault on a police officers, three counts of shoplifting, possession of narcotic drugs, organized retail theft and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Zamora was tied to other thefts in Chandler, police said. The investigation is ongoing.
