Desert Hot Springs Man Suspected of Stealing Numerous Items Arrested

DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CNS) - A 45-year-old man suspected of stealing a
commercial diesel generator worth more than $20,000 and numerous other items in
Desert Hot Springs was behind bars today.
  

William Otis Moore Jr. of Desert Hot Springs was booked into the
Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of multiple felony charges,
according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department.
  

Bail information was not immediately available.
  

Officers responded to a report of a generator theft on Friday. They
learned that a generator along with its attached trailer was stolen that
morning, and later identified the suspect and his vehicle in the 13000 block of
Little Morongo Road, authorities said.
  

A search warrant was served at the address and authorities seized the
generator, along with four stolen vehicles, stolen tools, a commercial air
condition unit, a firearm, ammunition and narcotics, police said.
  

Moore was taken into custody without incident on Overture Drive in
Palm Springs during a traffic stop.
  

Anyone with additional information about the case was asked to contact
Sgt. Chris James at 760-329-2904.
  

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