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Wrestling champ arrested after rumble with six Gresham officers

01:50 PM PDT on Tuesday, September 23, 2008

By NICK BRADSHAW, kgw.com Staff

GRESHAM, Ore. -- A man claiming to be a Cuban wrestling champion was arrested on Saturday night after a real-life royal rumble with six Gresham Police officers.

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Police were called out to the Plaid Pantry at 590 West Powell on a report of a drunk and belligerent man who would not leave the store around 11:45 Saturday night.

The first two Gresham officers arrived and reportedly escorted 28-year-old Worter Torriente-Vele out of the store.

Gresham Sergeant Michael LeDuc said once in the parking lot Torreinte-Vela snapped.

LeDuc said the 28-year-old Vancouver man started fighting with the two officers. One of them shot Torriente-Vele with a taser but it had no affect.

"He punched one cop and he dropped his flashlight and then he went for the cops and by then another cop came," witness Garrett Combs said.

During the struggle, a third officer showed up and tried to help the other two contain Torriente-Vele.

Three more officers responded to the call. LeDuc said even after being tased three more times Torriente-Vele would not stay down.

After three minutes of struggling, the six officers were finally able to get some handcuffs on the five-foot-nine Torriente-Vele.

Torriente-Vele told police he was a five-time Cuban National Wrestling champion.

Three of the officers involved were injured in the fight, though not seriously.

Torriente-Vele was arrested on charges of Trespass, Criminal Mischief, Resisting arrest, Disorderly Conduct and Possession of Cocaine.

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