A convicted felon who is on probation for a robbery in 2012 was arrested Monday for assaulting two probation officers. According to a Sheriff’s report, Yuriy Abaryants, 27, of Morongo Valley, was at the probation office in Joshua Tree when he broke a water cooler, punched Sergeant Patrick Norris in the shoulder and kneed Probation Officer Samuel Warketin in the hip. Both probation officers were in uniform and on-duty at the time of the assault. Abaryants was handcuffed and arrested for investigation of assault on a peace officer. He was booked at the Morongo Basin Jail and is being held on a no-bail warrant for violating his probation.
