Full Notification

DATE/TIME: November 10, 2018 / 9:13am

INCIDENT: Possession of Marijuana for Sale, Possession of a Controlled Substance While Armed, Inflicting Injury on a Child, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited Person in Possession of Ammunition, Accessory to a Crime

LOCATION: 12600 block of Amargosa Road, Victorville

SUSPECT(S): Jennifer Teresa Lee, 30-year old Victorville resident
Matthew Lee Jipp, 30-year old Victorville resident

VICTIM(S): Confidential,10-year old male

SUMMARY: On November 10, 2018, Deputy S. Tamayo, with the Victorville Police Department, responded to a business in the 12600 block of Amargosa for a welfare check. An employee at the business reported a 10-year old boy had been found hiding in one of the aisles. Deputy Tamayo learned the boy had been hit and kicked by his mother. He was fearful of her and decided to hide in the store.

Deputies went to the boy’s home in the 12700 block of Trotters Lane, where they contacted the boy’s mother, Jennifer Teresa Lee, and her boyfriend, Matthew Lee Jipp, who also lives at the home. Through investigation, it was discovered the boy had been left alone for several hours the previous night. When Lee and Jipp returned, Lee became angry at the boy and hit and kicked him.

As a result of information received during the initial investigation, a search warrant was obtained. Inside the home deputies located loaded firearms, ammunition, cocaine, large amounts of marijuana, cannabis wax, currency, multiple large capacity ammunition magazines, and other paraphernalia associated with the use and sales of drugs.

Representatives from the Department of Children and Family Services responded and took custody of the 10-year old boy and his 1-year old sibling. Lee was arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for possession of marijuana for sale, possession of a controlled substance while armed, inflicting injury on a child, and accessory to a crime. Jipp, a convicted felon, was arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for possession of marijuana for sale, possession of a controlled substance while armed, inflicting injury on a child, felon in possession of a firearm, and prohibited person in possession of ammunition. The case will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for review and consideration of additional charges.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

Refer: Mara Rodriguez, Media Relations

Station: Victorville Police Department

Case #: 171812454

Phone No. (760) 241-2911

JOHN MCMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department