TOP STORY, JULY 28, 2010
YUCCA VALLEY MAN PLEADS INSANITY IN RAMMING OF SHERIFF’S PATROL CARS
A Yucca Valley man accused of attempted murder of a sheriffs deputy and ramming two sheriff’s patrol cars, pled not guilty by reason of insanity during a court hearing in Joshua Tree. Jeremy Quinones, 20 entered the plea Friday. In January, Quinones was arrested after deputies responded to a call of a disturbance in the 5500 block of Onaga Trail in Yucca Valley about 11:00 the morning of January 26. Deputies arrived to find that the suspect, Quinones, had left the home in a white SUV. As deputies conducted their investigation, two patrol cars were parked parallel in front of the house. Quinones returned to the area accelerated towards the scene directly at one of the deputies, who jumped out of his path taking cover behind one of the patrol cars. Quinones swerved and rammed the rear end of a parked sheriff’s vehicle. The force of the collision pushed the sheriff’s vehicle into the second sheriff’s vehicle. Quinones’ vehicle continued forward and struck a deputy. The Deputy who was hit, sustained minor injuries and was treated and released. Due to the insanity plea, Jeremy Quinones is scheduled to undergo psychiatric evaluation, then report back to Judge Rod Cortez in September.
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