DATE: August 12, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
INCIDENT: PC 148(D)-Taking a Firearm from a Police Officer
PC 69(A)-Resisting an Executive Officer
VC 23152(A)-DUI Alcohol
VC 23152(G)-DUI Alcohol and Drugs
LOCATION: 11700 block of Hesperia Road, Hesperia
SUSPECT(S): Christopher Harman, 38-year-old resident of Victorville
INVOLVED PARTY: 39-year-old female resident of Hesperia
VICTIM(S): Confidential
SUMMARY:
On August 12, 2026, at 7:22 p.m., Hesperia deputies were dispatched to the 11700 block of Hesperia Road after a vehicle collided into a house. The residents of the home were able to safely exit.
Arriving deputies observed the driver continue accelerating into the home, causing a small fire. The driver, identified as Christopher Harman, and his female passenger were given verbal orders by deputies to exit the vehicle. Both vehicle occupants refused, and deputies attempted to remove them.
While deputies were pulling Harman from the vehicle, Harman grabbed one of the deputies' firearms. Deputies subdued Harman and removed the female passenger, who was transported to a hospital for her injuries.
Harman was arrested and booked into the High Desert Detention Center on numerous charges.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Hesperia Sheriff’s Station at 760-947-1500. Callers wishing to remain anonymous should call or text “REPORT” to We-Tip at 844-909-3006. Online reporting is also available at: https://mobile.catapultems.com/sbcsd/Sites
Refer: Deputy Hawkins
Station: Hesperia Station
Phone No. 760-947-1500
Case No. 192605216
SHANNON DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
