Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

SBSD - Headquarters
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 :: 09:16 a.m. PST

Advisory

Cyber Tip Leads to the Arrest of a Yucca Valley Man for Child Pornography

DATE/TIME: Monday, November 20, 2023

INCIDENT: PC 311.11(a) Possession of Child Pornography

LOCATION: Town of Yucca Valley

VICTIM: State of California

SUSPECT: Joseph Anthony Borges III, Age 48, Resident of Yucca Valley

SUMMARY: 
On November 7, 2023, detectives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Specialized Investigations Division - Crimes Against Children Detail received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) concerning child sexual abuse material. 

During the investigation, detectives from the Crimes Against Children Detail and Morongo Basin Station identified Joseph Anthony Borges III, a teacher at La Contenta Middle School, as the suspect.

At the conclusion of the investigation, Borges III was arrested and booked at the Morongo Basin Jail in Joshua Tree for violation of PC 311.11(a) Possession of Child Pornography, in lieu of $40,000 bail.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Detective Alexander Stumbo of the Specialized Investigations Division - Crimes Against Children Detail, at (909) 890-4904. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.   


Refer: Detective Alexander Stumbo

Station: Specialized Investigations Division – Crimes Against Children Detail

Phone No.  (909) 890-4904

Case No. 602300082



SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Address/Location
SBSD - Headquarters
655 E 3rd St
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700

Submit an anonymous web tip

Navigate & Discover