Two Yucca Valley residents were arrested on suspicion of possession for sales of fentanyl, methamphetamines, and psilocybin mushrooms. On Friday (September 2) County Sheriff’s Deputies report that they were speaking to an unidentified person who was currently on parole in the front yard of a house in the 7400 block of Borrego Trail in Yucca Valley. The unidentified individual granted Sheriffs permission to perform a full parole compliance check at the residence, he also informed Sheriffs that Bruce Johnson, a 34 year old resident of Yucca Valley, was inside the residence.
Sheriffs say that Johnson attempted to flee the living room and exit the house through a back bedroom belonging to Jamie Risnes, 27. In the bedroom Sheriffs spotted a large quantity of fentanyl next to a digital scale. A warrant was obtained, and Sheriffs found 13.83 grams of fentanyl, 15.30 grams of meth, and 15.31 grams of mushrooms. Bruce Johnson and Jamie Risnes were both arrested on investigation of Possession of Controlled Substance Intent to Sell, and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, before being transferred to West Valley Detention Center. Risnes was released Sunday (September 4) on $50,000 bail, and Johnson was released Monday (September 5) on $50,000 bail.
