Inland Empire teen bites man, smashes TV, deputies say

An Inland Empire teen was arrested after ripping a television off a wall and smashing it, threatening another teen and biting an adult who stepped in to stop the chaos, officials said.

The struggle broke out just before 10:45 p.m. Saturday in the 21300 block of Pine Ridge Avenue in Apple Valley , the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release .

At a home on that block, a 17-year-old boy threatened a 16-year-old boy after leaving “a large hole in a wall when he ripped a tv from the wall and subsequently broke the television,” the release said.

A 27-year-old man stepped in, and the 17-year-old scratched and bit him, officials said.

That teen was booked into the High Desert Juvenile Detention Center and faces charges of vandalism, assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats.

Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to call Deputy Mammolito at 760-240-7400 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at 760-956-5001.

Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the WeTip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or visit wetip.com .

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