DATE/TIME: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m.
INCIDENT: PC 243.6 - Battery Committed Against a School Employee
LOCATION: 5455 Luckie Avenue, Twentynine Palms
SUSPECT(S): 16-year-old male of Twentynine Palms
VICTIM(S): Morongo Unified School District Employees
SUMMARY: On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m., deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station responded to a call for service regarding an assault on school staff at the PLUS Program in Twentynine Palms. Deputies learned a 16-year-old male student violently battered two female Morongo Unified School District employees then fled on foot from the school.
One of the staff members fell to the ground, sustained a concussion and an injury to the head. The second staff member also sustained a head injury. Medical aid was provided on-scene, and the employees received further medical care at a local hospital for their injuries.
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at approximately 8:05 a.m., Deputy Coakley located the 16-year-old suspect. The suspect was placed under arrest and booked into High Desert Juvenile Detention Center.
Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's Morongo Basin Station at (760) 366-4175. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may contact We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy A. Coakley
Station: Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station/ Twentynine Palms
Phone No. 760-366-4175
Case No. 202500617
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
