15-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED AFTER STEALING GRANDMOTHER’S CAR

A 15-year-old boy who stole his grandmother’s car in Joshua Tree early Saturday morning was arrested several hours later in Landers. Sheriff’s reports say the car was reported stolen about 12:30 a.m. Saturday when a neighbor said someone ran into her awning in the 6100 block of Valley View Street in Joshua Tree. She said the driver then backed up really fast and ended up in the dirt, before driving away. About 7:30 Saturday morning, the boy went to a home in the 2400 block of Goat Mountain Road in Landers and said he had run out of gas. Deputies recovered the stolen vehicle and returned it to his grandmother. The boy was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft and booked at juvenile hall.