A Twentynine Palms man was arrested after he robbed an elderly man at gunpoint Saturday. According to a Sheriff’s report, the 82-year-old man had gone to his mailbox in the 5000 block of Adobe Road about noon when he said Randy Ragsdale, 31, approached him with a handgun and demanded his wallet. Ragsdale then allegedly fled, running into the desert. After an investigation, Randy Ragsdale was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $100,000.
