A man suspected of drinking alcohol inside of the Yucca Valley Walmart was arrested for suspicion of resisting arrest and injuring two deputies, requiring one to be sent to the hospital.
On Sunday (March 2) at around 3:45 p.m. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Walmart in Yucca Valley to investigate a shoplifting incident. According to security footage shown to a deputy, 35 year-old Joshua Tree resident Angel Castro took a bottle of alcohol off of a shelf and began drinking it inside of the store, and then ate food from the shelves.
Deputies say that Castro ignored orders as he walked out of the store. A deputy detained Castro and reports that a struggle ensued. Additional deputies and an officer from the California Highway Patrol assisted with the arrest of Castro who was taken into custody.
The Sheriff’s Department says that two deputies sustained injuries and one was treated at a local hospital.
Angel Castro was arrested for investigation into robbery and resisting arrest, and is being held at the West Valley Detention Center on $50,000 bail.
