A Twentynine Palms man was arrested, accused of harassing and assaulting a woman. Just before 8:30 a.m. Saturday, a woman was taking a walk near Bullion Avenue and Highway 62 in Twentynine Palms when she said a man, later identified as Jarred Earnest, 25, started following her. She said he started taking off his clothes, exposed himself to her, threw his phone at her, and chased her. When the woman’s husband arrived, she said Earnest ran to his home on Bullion Avenue and grabbed a stove grate and threw it her husband, who was recording the assault on his cell phone. The arriving deputy observed Earnest yelling at the woman; when Earnest was ordered to walk toward the deputy, he turned around and ran away. The deputy was able to detain Earnest without further incident. Jarred Earnest was arrested on suspicion of assault with a weapon, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.
