A man was arrested for investigation into assault after threatening a neighbor with a spike and threatening to kill his dogs.
At around 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday (May 22), County Sheriff’s Deputies received a report that two men were arguing in the 73000 block of Sunnyslope Trail in Twentynine Palms. As part of their investigation into the incident, deputies report that one of the men, identified as Marcus Burrel Jr., a 20 year-old resident of Twentynine Palms, confronted the victim about his dogs. The victim told deputies that Burrel was carrying a large stick with a metal end, and that Burrel shoved the stick into the victims ribs, then threatened to kill the dogs, before fleeing the scene towards Desert Trail.
Deputies attempted to speak with Burrel, but he was not at his residence. They contacted him on Thursday, and he was detained.
Marcus Burrel, Jr. was arrested for investigation into assault with a deadly weapon that was not a firearm, and booked into the West Valley Detention Center on $40,000 bail.
