Missing Joshua Tree child located at hotel in city of San Bernardino
On Thursday (October 1) at around 6:15 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a missing child in the 62400 block of Crestview Drive in Joshua Tree.
Deputies identified the suspect as Rebecca Centeno, a 45 year-old resident of Tulare. They say she arrived at the home, and attempted to contact the resident and several children in the home. Deputies said that Centeno was the mother of the children in the home, but she did not have custodial rights to them.
Deputies say Centeno went to the back of the home and grabbed a child through a window. Deputies say the father attempted to grab the child, but lost his grasp. They say Centeno took his cellular phone and fled the scene in a vehicle with the child.
Deputies say they located the suspect vehicle at a hotel in San Bernardino. The Sheriff’s Specialized Enforcement Division contacted Centeno in a room at the hotel and took her into custody. The child was safely rescued and reunited with the custodial parent.
Rebecca Centeno was arrested on suspicion of burglary, robbery, and violating a court order. She was booked in the Central Valley Jail and has since been released on bail.
