The man police say shot and killed an Auburn police officer has a long history with drugs and violence towards cops, had repeatedly violated probation this spring and had been arrested just a week ago on motor vehicle charges, according to Worcester district and superior court documents.

Jorge Zambrano, 35, was shot and killed by police yesterday 18 hours after they say he killed Ronald Tarentino, 42, an Auburn police officer.

Zambrano was arrested last Monday when police noticed him driving a car with plates that belonged to a Nissan Maxima, not the Acura Infinity he was driving. He was pulled over and arrested without incident and charged with driving with a suspended license, driving an unregistered motor vehicle, and a number plate violation to conceal his ID. He was arraigned that day and let go on personal recognizance, according to court papers.

The Worcester resident has an extensive record and court papers show he had violated probation repeatedly this spring. A notice of probation violation and hearing filed in court states Zambrano tested positive for cocaine on April 11 and April 25, self-reported for cocaine on April 22, self reported for Suboxone use on April 11, missed a drug screening on April 8, and missed visits with his probation officer on April 4, April 8, April 11, and April 22. He was due in court for a probation violation hearing May 11, but the hearing was continued to June 9 because Zambrano said he needed to hire an attorney, records show.

He was also arrested in Worcester on Jan. 24 and charged with assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.

The arresting officer said Zambrano grabbed his uniform shirt and pulled him into a car, which had a large pit bull inside. Zambrano refused to put his hands behind his back and pulled away several times from officers as they attempted to arrest him. Zambrano was released on personal recognizance, records show.

A few days earlier, on Jan. 19, Zambrano had received a summons for driving with a suspended license after police were called to the scene of an accident in Worcester.

Last year, in May 2015, Zambrano led cops on a high-speed chase when a police officer who knew Zambrano — and knew his license had been revoked — recognized him driving a car, according to court papers. Police followed him through early rush-hour traffic in Worcester and attempted to pull him over with lights and sirens. Zambrano stopped briefly before taking off and, according to the police report, drove at speeds “far greater than what was reasonable,” buzzing past the Rice Square School just after 2 p.m. — as it was letting out — driving an estimated 60 mph and “operating recklessly to endanger the public,” records show.

Zambrano damaged a Mercedes while he was fleeing, and police elected to terminate the pursuit, records show. He was charged with failure to stop for police, leaving the scene of a property damaging crash, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Zambrano previously served two stretches in state prison for drug and assault charges — including attacking cops.

On December 9, 2007, police responded to a report of a fight in the Vernon Hill section of Worcester and found three people there, including Zambrano, superior court records show. In the report, police described Zambrano as being “apprehensive, was breathing heavily, the front of his shirt hanging out of his pants,” and said he “stepped back from the officer and kept his hands in his pockets.”

When officers asked Zambrano to put his hands on the hood of a car, he was frisked, and then stepped away and struck one of the officers with a closed fist, court papers show. Zambrano then wrestled away from two officers, leapt through the open passenger window of an idling Cadillac, and grabbed a knife from the center console, records show. Police were able to pin the knife against Zambrano, and eventually tackled him — but not before he wrestled free again, punching and kicking officers, records show.

When police searched Zambrano, they found a plastic bag stuffed in his pants containing smaller bags of cocaine, records show.

Zambrano was charged with cocaine trafficking, possession with intent to distribute, three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and a drug violation near a school. Zambrano’s case had dozens of evidentiary, status and motion hearings from 2008 until May 2011, when he pleaded guilty to numerous charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison, court records show. He was given 1,637 days — nearly four and a half years — credit for time served.

Zambrano was charged in May 2003 with cocaine trafficking, possession of a class D substance with intent to distribute, and driving with a suspended license. He pleaded guilty to the lesser included offense — possession with intent to distribute — and was sentenced on May 28, 2004, to serve one to three years in state prison.