Palm Desert Woman Arrested

Metal police handcuffs Photo from Alpha Media Portland OR

53 year old Kelly Lynette Cronn of Palm Desert is being charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and is currently in custody and recovering from her injuries at the Riverside University Health Systems Detention Care Unit.

On Sunday, December 10th 2023, at 2:45 a.m., deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Palm Desert Station were dispatched to the Indian Springs Mobile Home Park on Highway 74 in Palm Desert for a burglary in progress.

Residents were hiding in a bedroom as intruders broke into their house.

Cronn wielded a knife and refused to drop it.

Deputies shot her. Her injuries are not life-threatening.

Another suspect in the house with Cronn has been released.

Metal police handcuffs

Photo from Alpha Media Portland OR