On the morning of Sunday, May 12th at around 9:30 deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station received reports of a disturbance at a home in the 6400 block of Valley View St. in Joshua Tree. According to the Sheriff’s press release, deputies discovered an elderly victim inside her home with significant injuries to her face and right eye, leaving her unable to see and immobilized from her injuries.
The Sheriff’s Department says that through further investigation they determined the elderly victim was attacked by 35 year-old Scott Grogins, reportedly punching her several times on the right side of the head and fleeing the house before law enforcement arrived.
The victim’s injuries required transport to a local hospital, and the Sheriff’s department says that as a result of Grogins’ attack, the victim sustained multiple orbital fractures and contusions.
Later that day just after 3 p.m. deputies did an area check in the 61000 block of Twentynine Palms Highway and located Grogins on Valley View St. near the intersection of Petunia Dr.
Scott Grogins, 35, was arrested for Attempted Murder and is being held at the West Valley Detention Center on $500,000 bail.
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