A Twentynine Palms man was arrested Wednesday, accused of kidnapping and sexual assault. Just before 10 p.m. on September 11, deputies were called to a report of a sexual assault near Highway 62 and Mesquite Springs Road in Twentynine Palms. The victim said she was walking along the highway when she was attacked and assaulted by a man, later identified as Jamaceeo Edwards, 23. Over the following months, investigators gathered additional evidence linking Edwards to the sexual assault. On Wednesday, Jamaceeo Edwards, who was in West Valley Detention Center awaiting trial for an unrelated burglary charge, was arrested for investigation of kidnapping, sodomy, and one other sexual assault charge. He was booked into the West Valley Detention Center with his bail set at $250,000.
