Coachella Valley Robbery Investigation Leads To Woman's Arrest

COACHELLA VALLEY, CA — A 33-year-old Indio woman suspected of robbery, vehicle theft and other crimes was arrested Wednesday in Coachella.

Lucero Cagno was arrested and booked into the John Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of robbery, conspiracy, vehicle theft, possession of the stolen property and possession of an expandable baton, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Jeff Cryder.

Deputies responded to Ramon Road and Thousand Palm Canyon Road on July 29 to a report regarding a robbery, Cryder said. A preliminary investigation led deputies to discover that Cagno approached a victim at an establishment in the 32200 block of Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage and lured her into a vehicle in a parking lot.

A man and woman were in the vehicle the victim was lured into. The suspects left the scene and drove the victim to the area near Ramon Road and Thousand Palms Canyon Road, where the driver brandished a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded the woman's property, Cryder said.

Deputies investigated further and discovered that 31-year-old Palm Springs resident Nicholas Tyler Young was the driver.

Young was arrested Aug. 2 during a traffic stop in the 68000 block of Ramon Road in Cathedral City and booked into John Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of parole violation, robbery and conspiracy.

There was no word on the third suspect. She was described by the victim as a white female in her 40s, according to the sheriff's department.

Anyone with information regarding the robbery was urged to call Palm Desert Sheriff's Station Deputy Paull at 760-578-4275.