Woman accused of pointing and waving gun in the air arrested after traffic stop in Morongo Valley

A woman wanted on suspicion of assault with a pistol was located while driving a stolen vehicle.

On Thursday (September 3) at 3:30 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an assault in the 6900 block of Balsa Avenue in Yucca Valley. Deputies Rocio Martinez, 40, pointed a gun at a victim and waved it in the air. The victim was not injured, and deputies say that Martinez had fled the scene.

Deputies say that at around 4:10 p.m, they conducted a traffic stop on Twentynine Palms Highway near East Drive in Morongo Valley. Deputies say they contacted Martinez, and that she was driving a stolen vehicle. They say they recovered the pistol that was used in the assault. Martinez was taken into custody without further incident.

Rocio Martinez was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being in possession of stolen property. She is being held at the West Valley Detention Center on $140,000 bail.