Five adults and two juveniles received treatment at the scene
– A Bakersfield man was arrested Thursday after police said he pepper sprayed five adults and two juveniles during a confrontation in the parking lot of Food 4 Less in San Luis Obispo.
The incident occurred at about 11:45 a.m. Thursday in the 3900 block of South Higuera Street. According to the San Luis Obispo Police Department, a family of five adults and two juveniles became involved in an argument with an adult male later identified as Travis Franco, 38, of Bakersfield.
Police said one of the adult victims feared for the family’s safety and displayed pepper spray to compel Franco to leave them alone. Franco retreated to his vehicle, then returned with his own pepper spray and sprayed the adults and the children before fleeing the scene, according to police…