ONE ARRESTED, TWO SOUGHT, IN JOSHUA TREE CAR THEFT

One man was arrested Wednesday, and Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two other suspects in an attempted vehicle theft. According to a Sheriff’s report, about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, a neighbor saw a man acting suspiciously around a Chevy pick up truck parked in the 62200 block of Verbena Road in Joshua Tree. Arriving deputies interrupted two men and a woman who were trying to steal the truck. One man and the woman fled in another vehicle, but deputies were able to detain Jeffrey Thomas, 27, of Bonair Road. The fleeing suspects left evidence behind, and deputies are searching for them. Jeffrey Thomas was arrested for investigation of attempted grand theft auto, and on a warrant for drugs, booked at the Morongo Basin Jail, with his total bail set at $50,000.