A woman alleged to be a knife- and baseball bat-wielding burglar and car thief was arrested on Wednesday morning. Sheriff’s Deputies have linked a series of reports regarding robberies and attempted armed robberies in Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley to one woman, Jessica Allen, a 35 year-resident of Yucca Valley. On Monday (October 31), Allen is alleged to have tried to steal a truck from employees at the Castanedas restaurant in Joshua Tree while armed with a knife, before walking into a nearby home, stealing clothes, and attempting to steal a pest control truck parked in the driveway.
Just after midnight on Wednesday morning (November 2), the Sheriff reports that Allen entered a residence in the 58200 block of Joshua Dr in Yucca Valley, where she demanded keys to a car while threatening the resident with a baseball bat. Later that morning, Allen is alleged to have entered another residence in the 7700 block Victor Vista in Yucca Valley, where the 88 year-old resident believed she was a nurse. There, Allen reportedly stole phones and keys to vehicle, then fled in the stolen vehicle, but crashed a short distance away. Deputies set up a perimeter around the crashed vehicle, and were able to locate Allen quickly. Jessica Allen was arrested for suspicion of Residential Robbery and Theft of a Motor Vehicle and booked at the Morongo Basin Jail.
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