DATE/TIME: March 23, 2023 / 4:17 p.m.
INCIDENT: Vehicle Pursuit
LOCATION: I Avenue / Birch Street, Hesperia
SUSPECT(S): Elijah Reyes, 18-years-old, Male Resident of Victorville
Male Juvenile, 17-years-old, Resident of Hesperia
VICTIM(S): Confidential
SUMMARY:
On Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 4:17 p.m., deputies from the Hesperia Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of suspicious circumstances. A school bus driver reported being followed by a vehicle that was occupied by four males.
Deputies located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle failed to yield, and a pursuit ensued. When the vehicle entered a busy parking lot, a successful PIT maneuver was deployed, and the vehicle came to a stop. Two of the four occupants fled on foot and were captured a short distance away. Those two subjects were identified as Elijah Reyes, the driver, and a 17-year-old male juvenile, a passenger.
During a search of the vehicle, narcotics were located. Reyes was arrested and booked in at the High Desert Detention Center where he remains in custody on $100,000 bail. The 17-year-old juvenile was also arrested and booked in at the High Desert Juvenile Hall. The other two juvenile occupants were released to their parents.
This investigation is ongoing, and it is unknown why the vehicle was following the bus, or if it was coincidental. Investigators believed drug use might have been a factor.
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact the Hesperia Sheriff’s Station at 760- 947-1500. Callers wishing to remain anonymous should contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy I. Vega
Station: Hesperia
Phone No. 760-947-1500
Case No. 192301990
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
