DATE/TIME: Monday, March 17, 2025 / 1:44 a,m.
INCIDENT: PC 25850 – Carrying Loaded Firearm in Public
LOCATION: Kiowa Road & Bear Valley Road, Apple Valley
SUSPECT(S): 16-year-old Male Resident of Apple Valley
SUMMARY: On Monday March 17, 2025, at approximately 1:44 a.m., Deputy C. Hubbard and Deputy D. Ramires with Apple Valley Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a silver Nissan, for running a red light at Kiowa Road and Bear Valley Road, in the town of Apple Valley.
The driver of the vehicle pulled to the shoulder of the road and a juvenile male subject exited the vehicle’s rear passenger side and fled on foot. As the subject ran away, he threw an object (later found to be a non-serialized handgun) over a fence. Deputy Hubbard quickly caught the fleeing subject, and he was detained without further incident. A high-capacity magazine was located near the vehicle from which the male fled.
The 16-year-old male subject was arrested for carrying a loaded firearm in public. He was transported to the High Desert Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center for booking.
Anyone with any information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy C. Hubbard or Deputy D. Ramires with Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station at (760) 240-7400 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 the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Pamela Hoffman
Station: Apple Valley
Phone No: (760) 240-7428
Case No. 182401345
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
