A Landers woman was arrested on suspicion of car-jacking last week, and she has a history of arrests related to automotive crimes in the hi-desert.
Sonia Monique Zink-Bitcon, 31, was contacted by Sheriff’s Deputies from the Morongo Basin Station on Friday (February 23) near 5th Ave and Fortuna in Landers. She was arrested on suspicion of carjacking, possession of brass knuckles, and interfering with a wireless communication device.
Zink-Bitcon was booked into the West Valley Detention Center on $120,000 bail. At an arraignment yesterday, she entered “not guilty” pleas for charges of felony carjacking and misdemeanor communication device interference. She is expected to be arraigned on felony charges related to possessing metal knuckles and misdemeanor drug charges tomorrow (February 28).
She was arrested in 2017 for allegedly fleeing from deputies through Landers on a stolen dirt bike, and again in 2021 for suspicion of leading deputies on a pursuit through Landers and possession of methamphetamine.
