A man was arrested in Twentynine Palms for suspicion of sexually and physically assaulting and imprisoning a minor.
County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of domestic disturbance just before 11 a.m. at the Motel 6 in Twentynine Palms on Wednesday (January 17).
Deputies found Payton Barnes, 22, and an unidentified 17 year-old victim. The victim was removed from the hotel room and taken to Palm Springs Medical Center for treatment. Deputies say Barnes and the victim were known to one another.
Deputies arrested Payton Barnes on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or date, false imprisonment, and committing forced sexual acts with a person under the age of 18 years old. He was booked into the West Valley Detention Center on $50,000 bail. Barnes was arraigned on several felony charges yesterday, including assault with great bodily injury, false imprisonment, and three charges of sexual assault, to which he entered a “not guilty” plea.
