DATE/TIME: September 11, 2024 / 2:00 a.m.
INCIDENT: PC - 409.5 Unauthorized Entry to a Closed Emergency Area
LOCATION: 320000 Block of CA-18, Running Springs
SUSPECT(S): Robert Jones, 40-year-old Resident of Crestline
Jose Valdez-Roque, 35-year-old Resident of Running Springs
VICTIM(S): State of California
SUMMARY: In early September, the communities of Running Springs, Arrowbear Lake, and Green Valley Lake were placed on an evacuation order due to the Line Fire. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department supplemented the Twin Peaks Station with additional county and mutual aid resources in response to the Line Fire.
On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at approximately 2:00 a.m., members of the Rialto Police Department Mobil Field Force Unit attempted to stop an off-highway vehicle on CA-18 in Running Springs. A short time later, Robert Jones and Jose Valdez-Roque abandoned their off-highway vehicle and were contacted near the intersection of Deep Creek Drive and CA-18 in Running Springs. Their off-highway vehicle was later located near the intersection where they were contacted.
Jones and Valdez-Roque were arrested, transported, and booked at West Valley Detention Center on charges of California Penal Code 409.5, Unauthorized Entry to a Closed Emergency Area. Their quad was towed because of their arrest.
Anyone with information about the 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 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to wetip.com.
Refer: Sergeant R. Whiteside
Station: Twin Peaks Station
Phone No. 909 336-0600
Case No. Rialto Police Depratment 932409830
Twin Peaks 052401411
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
