Sam Yassin of Las Vegas is arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, following a traffic stop for excessive speed
DATE/TIME: July 4, 2019 / 11:18pm
INCIDENT: Possession of a Stolen Vehicle
LOCATION: Interstate 15, near Stoddard Wells Road, Victorville
SUSPECT: Sam Yassin, 30-year old Las Vegas, NV resident
VICTIM: Confidential
SUMMARY: On July 4, 2019, Deputy J. Dean, from the Victorville Police Department, observed a 2019 Volvo traveling at a high rate of speed, northbound on Interstate 15 near Stoddard Wells Road. Dean conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and contacted the driver, identified as Sam Yassin.
While talking to Yassin, it was discovered the newly purchased vehicle and numerous items inside did not belong to him. Yassin had burglarized a home in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 3, 2019, and the vehicle and contents were stolen from the residence. Deputy Dean called the homeowners, who were in the process of filing a report with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and notified them that their vehicle and property had been recovered. The grateful victims made the drive to Victorville on July 6, 2019, to pick up their car and property.
Yassin was arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for possession of the stolen vehicle. He is expected to remain in the custody of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department while the case is adjudicated. At the conclusion of that case, he will be extradited to Clark County, Nevada on the residential burglary charges.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy J. Dean at 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 #: 171905794
Phone No. (760) 241-2911
JOHN MCMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Address/Location
SBSD - Victorville Police Department
14200 Amargosa Rd
Victorville, CA 92392
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700