The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department provided an update Friday into an investigation concerning a string of reported commercial burglaries in Rancho Mirage.
Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to reports of “multiple” burglaries in the Rancho Mirage and Thousand Palms in October, according to a department statement. The statement claimed that a suspect identified as 48-year-old Thousand Palms resident Kenneth Cook stole $2,000 in cash, electronics and safes.
The suspect was also linked to commercial burglaries that the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office was in the process of investigating, according to the statement.
On Friday, Rancho Mirage Special Enforcement Team Personnel were able to apprehend Cook, who was driving an allegedly stolen vehicle near Ramon Road and Thousand Palms Canyon Road, according to the statement. Deputies allegedly found burglary tools and additional evidence pointing to the burglaries.
Inmate records indicate that Cook was arrested and booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on $500,000 bail on suspicion of burglary and vehicle theft. He is scheduled for an initial court appearance Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.
An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with relevant information was encouraged to call Deputy Jacob Paull with the Rancho Mirage Special Enforcement Team at the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station at 760-393-3220.