(BCN)-- Police arrested a 53-year-old woman suspected of threatening people with a knife near a Santa Rosa grocery store on Sunday morning. About 9:45 a.m., several 911 callers reported that a woman armed with a large knife was chasing people into the street and attempting to stab them near Safeway , in the 2200 block of Mendocino Avenue. When officers arrived, they found the suspect, later identified as Tiffany Espinoza, near the front of the Chase Bank building. Espinoza didn't comply with officers' commands, at one point pointing the knife toward officers and directing them to stay back, police said. Mendocino Avenue was temporarily blocked in the southbound direction, and medical personnel were staged nearby. For 10 minutes, the suspect refused to surrender and allegedly continued to threaten officers, police said. A less‑lethal projectile was used, but had not effect. A Taser was then successfully deployed and she was taken into custody. Espinoza was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. No other injuries were reported. Espinoza, a transient, was was arrested and booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and resisting officers. Copyright © 2026 Bay City News, Inc. ...read more read less