A convicted felon arrested on suspicion of elder abuse in Yucca Valley was found with a ghost gun.
On March 12, County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a caregiver threatening to murder his elderly client in the 57000 block of El Dorado Drive in Yucca Valley. The elderly victim identified his caregiver as Jose Gonzalez, 48, saying he lives at the residence along with the victim.
The victim told deputies that Gonzalez threatened to kill him, then pulled out a knife and a gun before fleeing. Gonzalez returned to the residence and deputies searched his room, where they say they found a loaded firearm with altered serial numbers.
Jose Gonzalez was arrested on suspicion of elder abuse, being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition , and altering serial numbers on a firearm. He was booked into the West Valley Detention Center where he is being held on $40,000 bail.
