March 22, 2023 - Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials report that on March 21, 2023, at 5:07 p.m., Riverside County Sheriff’s Thermal Station deputies responded to the 53000 block of Fillmore Street regarding an assault on a firefighter.

Deputies arrived on the scene and arrested Bernabe Aceves Ruiz, a 74-year-old resident of Thermal, for punching a firefighter in the face as he was extinguishing a fire from an illegal burn. Aceves was arrested for the battery and booked into the Indio Jail.

Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Adan Yamaguchi

File # C230800028

Source: Riverside County Sheriff's Office