A Yucca Valley man was arrested Saturday after his girlfriend said he slashed her car’s tires and threatened her with a knife. According to a Sheriff’s report, the woman was sitting in her car in front of her residence in the 7400 block of Valley Vista in Yucca Valley about 1 p.m. when DeNeil Washington, 22, approached with a knife and punctured all four of her car’s tires. When the woman got out of the car, Washington allegedly approached her with the knife in his hand, and then pulled her to the ground, giving her scratches to her elbow and hand. DeNeil Washington was arrested for felony spouse abuse, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.
