JOSHUA TREE MAN ACCUSED OF STALKING

A Joshua Tree man was arrested Wednesday evening, accused of stalking a woman. According to a Sheriff’s report, Jimmy Canez, 46, first approached the victim at a grocery store about two months ago and told her he knew her and knew where she lived. The woman told deputies she did not know him. Canez then went to the woman’s work place about two weeks ago. Then Wednesday evening, the man went to the woman’s home in Joshua Tree about 7:30. The victim called police, who located Canez at another residence near Demesne and Olympic Road. Jimmy Canez was arrested for investigation of stalking and for violating his felony probation. Canez is being held without bail at the Morongo Basin Jail.