Sheriff’s deputies arrested 11 people Saturday, during a shoulder-tap sting operation in Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley. Deputies Shaunna Ables and Brandon Abell conducted a juvenile alcohol decoy sting, in which juveniles, under the supervision of the deputies, visited several liquor stores in Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley and asked people to buy alcohol or tobacco for them. The deputies made four arrests for furnishing alcohol to a minor, three arrests for furnishing tobacco to a minor, one citation for a juvenile in possession of tobacco, one citation for a juvenile in possession of marijuana, one arrest for a misdemeanor traffic warrant, and one arrest for driving under the influence.
