DATE/TIME: August 19, 2023 / 8:43 p.m.
INCIDENT: Possession of Stolen Property, Making or Possessing Fictitious Bills, Notes, or Checks with Intent to Defraud.
LOCATION: Locust Avenue / Bear Valley Road, Hesperia
SUSPECT(S): Savannah Duncan, 30-year-old, resident of Los Angeles Catherine Floyd, 19-year-old, resident of Los Angeles
SUMMARY: On August 19, 2023, at about 8:43 p.m., deputies with the Hesperia Police Department responded to an area check near Bear Valley Road and Mariposa Road in the city of Hesperia.
Deputies arrived on scene and conducted a traffic stop on a 2019 Honda Civic. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of Los Angeles, as a result of a carjacking. The driver, identified as Savanah Duncan, and the passenger, identified as Catherine Floyd, were detained and placed under arrest. During a search of the vehicle, approximately $1,400 of fictitious $20 bills were located in Floyd and Duncan’s purses along with merchandise purchased using the fictitious $20 bills.
Deputies and detectives served a search warrant at the hotel where Floyd and Duncan were staying and located approximately $3,340 in additional fictitious $20 bills.
Floyd was transported to the High Desert Detention Center and booked for PC476- Making or Possessing Fictitious Bills, Notes, or Checks with Intent to Defraud. Duncan was arrested for PC496- Possession of a Stolen Vehicle and PC476- Making or Possessing Fictitious Bills, Notes, or Checks with Intent to Defraud. Duncan was later released to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy J. Deberg the Hesperia Police Department at (760) 947-1500 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Amanda Paslak, Media Relations
Station: Hesperia Police Department
Phone No. (760) 947-1500
Case No. 192305467
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
