3 Women Arrested in Beating of Neighbor
Three women were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after they allegedly beat and doused a female neighbor with lighter fluid because they mistakenly believed she molested one of their daughters, authorities said.
Yvonne Roach, 26, of Yucca Valley was taken Tuesday to High Desert Medical Center, where she was treated for gashes to her head, a broken arm and several broken teeth, investigators said.
Authorities said Mindy Pyle, 26, believed, based on statements made by her 6-year-old daughter, that Roach had molested her child.
Pyle; Katherin Aceves, 25; and Vickie Lynne Hammond, 44, all of Yucca Valley, beat Roach with various household items, including a frying pan and a fireplace poker, said San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Ginter.
But the 6-year-old told investigators she had not been abused.
“Basically, we believe the parent and the suspects involved overreacted to statements from the child,” Ginter said.
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