Man Arrested For Setting Fire That Injured Probation Officer

A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly igniting a gas can during a confrontation with probation officers in downtown Stockton, leaving one officer with significant burns, police said.

At approximately 2:20 p.m., Stockton police officers responded to the area of South San Joaquin and East Lafayette streets to assist San Joaquin County probation officers who were engaged in a physical struggle with a man later identified as 39-year-old Adam Lopez.

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