PA fugitive found hiding in High Point closet

HIGH POINT, N.C.– U.S. Marshals arrested a fugitive on the run from Pennsylvania authorities, in High Point on Thursday.

After receiving information from investigators assigned to the case, authorities arrested Jessica Torres at a home on Hamilton Street. Investigators found her hiding in a closet.

Torres was wanted in Pennsylvania for felony drug distribution, possessing a firearm by a felon and for possessing a bullet proof vest.

Torres will remain at the Guilford County Jail pending further legal proceedings.