YUCCA VALLEY MAN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING PROBATION

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Thursday after another man said he threatened to shoot him. About 11:30 p.m., an unidentified man said he was in his car in the Joshua Tree post office parking lot when another man, later identified as Michale Matson, 43, walked up to him and threatened to shoot him. The victim saw something in the man’s hand but wasn’t sure what it was. Matson allegedly said that if the victim said anything, he would shoot him in the head, and then walked off, walking westbound on the highway. A deputy spotted Matson, who matched the suspect’s description, and Matson then tried to run northbound into the desert. The deputy apprehended Matson without incident. Matson was on felony probation. Michael Matson was arrested for investigation of violating the terms of his probation, was booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, and is being held without bail.