A Yucca Valley man is behind bars after steel knuckles were found in his possession. According to a Sheriff’s report, dispatch received a call about 9:45 Sunday night about 1989 Volvo almost sideswiping another car in the area of Pueblo Drive and Borrego Trail in Yucca Valley. The Volvo’s driver, later identified as Tommy Marquez, 27, got out of his car and started walking toward the car he almost sideswiped, which is when the driver called police. A few minutes later a deputy located the Volvo being driven southbound on Church Street. After a search, the deputy found steel knuckles on Marquez, which is a felony. Tommy Marquez was arrested for investigation of being in possession of a dangerous weapon and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $25,000.
