A Yucca Valley man who left his children home alone while he went to go buy beer was arrested Monday. According to a Sheriff’s report, deputies were called to make a welfare check on three children in a home in the 6300 block of Dumosa Avenue about noon. The deputy determined that Eric Salazar, 21, had left the young children alone for about 15 minutes while he made a beer run. In addition, the children had visible injuries from being hit, and Salazar admitted to hitting the children. Eric Salazar was arrested for investigation of cruelty to a child, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $100,000.
