Police: Two Fresno gang members in stolen car arrested

Two Bulldog gang members were arrested Tuesday morning in southeast Fresno after they were seen in a stolen car, police reported.

Sgt. Doug Goertzen of the Police Department’s Career Criminal Auto Theft Team said Danny Escobar, 19, was seen driving the 1997 Honda Accord near Huntington Boulevard and Callisch Avenue just before noon. Detectives followed the Honda to the 2800 block of East Belmont Avenue, where Escobar, on probation for burglary, and Gloria Barajas, 21, on probation for auto theft, were taken into custody.

Goertzen said both are members of the East Side Bulldog gang.

This story was originally published January 27, 2016 at 8:36 AM with the headline "Police: Two Fresno gang members in stolen car arrested."