Sheriff's Sergeant Dominic Vaca died of his injuries after being shot during a pursuit in Yucca Valley Monday.
A Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Sergeant was shot and killed Monday afternoon after a brief gun battle following a pursuit in Yucca Valley, the suspect was also shot and killed. According to s
Last night, the Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council met in a lively virtual meeting that focused almost entirely on the problem of illegal marijuana grows, mostly in the Landers and Desert Heights areas. Reporter Heather Clisby was there …
The Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) gathered last night via Zoom for a nearly two-hour meeting where the main topic was illegal pot farms.
Captain Luke Niles from the Morongo Basin Sheriff station explained the sheriff’s effort and how it runs parallel to the county’s Narcotics Division. Local sheriffs have served 34 search warrants since the start of the year and the Narcotics Division has served 30. Since March 17, the sheriffs have spent 1,200 man hours serving these warrants and have seized 33,000 pot plants.
Morongo Basin Sheriff’s deputies raided 10 illegal marijuana grows in the Desert Heights neighborhood of Twentynine Palms Friday and Saturday. Between 8 a.m. Friday and 3:20 p.m. Saturday, deputies served search warrants at locations on Two Mile Road, Bellerue Road, Indian Trail, Morongo Road, Nandina Street, Meldora Avenue, Canyon Road, Rogers Lane, and Giant Rock Avenue. The Sheriff’s Department said more than 10,400 plants (weighing more than six tons) were seized and six arrests were made. There were no weapons or other drugs at any of the locations.
Arrested were:
Rebecca Feldman, 43-year-old female resident of Twentynine Palms, Charge: Marijuana Cultivation
A 49-year-old Yucca Valley man was arrested Thursday, accused of sexting a 17-year-old girl. Detectives at the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station learned that Miguel Alsop had been sending inappropriate text messages to the girl. Detectives obtained a search warrant, and about 9 a.m. Tuesday, went to Alsop’s home in the 7100 block of Rubidoux Avenue. During their investigation, detectives discovered that Alsop had sent several sexual-related texts to the girl. An arrest warrant was issued for Alsop’s arrest, and about 6 p.m. Thursday, April 8, Alsop turned himself in. Miguel Alsop was arrested on suspicion of sending obscene material to seduce a minor, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.