IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEWLY MISSING A FINGER?
Sheriff’s deputies spent two hours Friday afternoon looking for a person who cut his finger off in Morongo Valley. A little before 2:30 p.m., deputies were called to Hess Boulevard and Senilis Avenue for a report of a self-inflicted finger amputation. However, despite tracking the blood trail, and even calling in a helicopter to help in the search, deputies were unable to find the victim, although they did find the finger. Paramedics with the Morongo Valley Fire Department were staged at the scene but because the victim wasn’t found, their assistance ultimately was not needed. Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Department at 760-366-4175.
A PUNCH IN THE FACE RESULTS IN AN ARREST
A Yucca Valley man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of punching another man in the face. According to a Sheriff’s report, Montgomery Evans, 25, was at a gas station near Cherokee Trail and Highway 62 about 3 p.m., when a witness said he got out of his vehicle and punched another man in the face. The victim was knocked out cold, and suffered a possible broken jaw. The witness said Evans then fled the scene, but a deputy contacted Evans at a home in the 7300 block of Bannock Trail. The report states that Evans said he punched the victim because he believed the victim had stolen items from his home. Montgomery Evans was arrested for investigation of assault with serious injuries, booked at the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $100,000.
WHAT NOT TO BRING TO A CASINO
An Arizona man decided to bring his pot with him to the casino Thursday night—in the form of plants. According to a Sheriff’s report, the Tribal police at Tortoise Rock Casino called the Sheriff’s Department at 7:10 p.m. to report that a white Toyota truck in the parking lot had two marijuana plants in the truck. The deputy searched the driver of the truck, identified only as “Goar” and found two additional bags of methamphetamine on him. The suspect was cited and released at the scene for possession of methamphetamine.
