BARSTOW, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A 19-year-old Phelan woman and a 28-year-old Fontana man were arrested in connection with a carjacking that occurred in Phelan after Barstow Police officers located the stolen vehicle through an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) alert.
On Saturday, June 13, 2026, at approximately 10:16 p.m., officers responded to an ALPR notification indicating a felony vehicle involved in a carjacking earlier that day in Phelan had entered the city. The vehicle was described as a gray 2014 Scion tC.
Officers located the vehicle in the 200 block of North Yucca Avenue and attempted a traffic stop. The driver failed to yield and fled toward Riverside Drive. Once on Riverside Drive, the vehicle stopped and both occupants exited and ran from officers.
Following a brief foot pursuit, officers detained 19-year-old Phelan resident Priscilla Viallvazo. The male driver escaped at the time but was later identified as 28-year-old Fontana resident Keith Hendrickson.
According to investigators, officers gathered evidence indicating that earlier in the day Viallvazo and Hendrickson were at a park in Phelan when they allegedly pepper-sprayed and assaulted the vehicle’s owner before taking his keys and driving away in the victim’s car.
Police obtained a Ramey warrant for Hendrickson’s arrest and booked Viallvazo into the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto on suspicion of carjacking under California Penal Code 215.
On Friday, June 19, 2026, at approximately 2:12 p.m., officers spotted Hendrickson in the 1100 block of East Main Street. When officers attempted to detain him, he allegedly fled on foot but was quickly apprehended.
Hendrickson was later booked into the High Desert Detention Center on suspicion of carjacking under California Penal Code 215.
Anyone with information regarding the investigation is asked to contact Officer Jacob Gatti at (760) 255-5111 or by email at jgatti@barstowca.gov. Those wishing to remain anonymous may provide information through the WeTip hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463).
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