Full Notification

DATE/TIME: February 15, 2021, 2:49 PM

INCIDENT: Corporal Injury to a Spouse / Domestic Violence

LOCATION: 1200 block of Klondike Drive, Lake Arrowhead

SUSPECT(S): Debora Countess, 56 years old a resident of Lake Arrowhead

VICTIM(S): CONFIDENTIAL


SUMMARY: On Monday, February 15, 2021, at around 2:49 PM, deputies from the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station responded to the 1200 block of Klondike Drive in reference to an alleged domestic violence investigation. Debora Countess was involved in an argument and physical altercation with the victim, resulting in Countess choking and physically assaulting the victim, causing injury. The victim was able to escape the residence once deputies arrived on scene. Several times during the incident, Countess walked out the front door of the residence holding an AR-style rifle, taunting deputies and demanding they kill her. At one point, Countess walked out of the residence and stood in the middle of the street crying with the rifle in her hands. Countess retreated back inside the residence, where she was seen climbing over an outside railing and hanging from an elevated rear deck by her hands, approximately 40-45 feet off the ground. The deputies made entry into the residence and were able to pull Countess over the railing, safely taking her into custody.

Countess was arrested and booked at West Valley Detention Center for the charge of PC 273.5(a) - Corporal Injury to a Spouse/Domestic Violence where she is being held on $50,000 bail.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Twin Peaks Station at (909) 336-0600. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may contact We-Tip at 1-888-78-CRIME.


Refer: Deputy Ian Buchowiecki

Station: Twin Peaks Station

Phone No. 909-336-0600

Case No. 052100206

JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department