YUCCA VALLEY MAN ARRESTED WITH A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Monday, accused of being in possession of a stolen motorcycle. According to a Sheriff’s report, a neighbor called about 1 p.m. to report a suspicious man in front of her home in the 56500 block of Antelope Trail. The arriving deputy discovered a motorcycle, which had been reported stolen from Riverside, was in the front yard. The resident said that the man, later identified as Forrest Jones, 24, had pushed the motorcycle there after it had run out of gas. The deputy searched the area for Jones and found him in the Stater Brothers parking lot. Jones told the deputy his brother had asked him to hold the motorcycle for him while he was in jail, but the deputy determined the motorcycle had been altered with a new paint job, a battery pack welded on, and a toggle switch. Forrest Jones was arrested for investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.