A Barstow man was arrested early Wednesday morning after he was found sleeping in a stolen vehicle. According to a Sheriff’s report, just before 1 a.m. a witness called to report that someone had stolen his vehicle from his driveway in Yucca Valley. Responding deputies located the empty vehicle on Buena Vista Drive, and followed footprints to the 55900 block of Sunland Drive, where they found Jody Young, 23, sleeping in the back seat of a white Chevy Silverado pickup truck, which deputies determined had also been stolen. According to the report, Young was under the influence of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia was located on the seat next to him. Jody Young was arrested for investigation of grand theft auto, and possession of stolen property, booked at the West Valley Detention Center, with his bail set at $100,000.
