Authorities were called to a home on 14th Avenue in Hanford on Friday afternoon with reports of two people stealing copper pipe from a water heating system, according to a media release sent by the Kings County Sheriff's Office. Once at the scene, sheriff's deputies were told that a man was seen running through a nearby pistachio orchard.
Investigators said they soon found 40-year-old Cristobal Palafox in the orchard and arrested him in connection with the incident. They also said they arrested 53-year-old Betty Wilson at the home on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance. Both were booked into the Kings County jail.
