UPDATE: Marijuana Eradication Nets 1,539 Plants
SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS OPERATION Motorists on Highway 18, near Running Springs, witnessed a Sheriff’s Department helicopter bring confiscated marijuana plants to a dumpster after being removed from a grow...
View ArticleAlleged Twinkies Bandit Hearing Delayed. . . Again
CHARLES STEVE ORTEZ The so-called Twinkies Bandit — accused of robbing a Twin Peaks market at gunpoint of Twinkies and other items — has had his disposition/reset hearing postponed until October 22....
View ArticleCHP Makes Felony DUI Arrest
CRASH INJURES JUVENILE PASSENGER The CHP has arrested a 58-year-old woman on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and felony child endangerment charges following the crash of her 1996...
View ArticleUPDATE: Vacation Rental Burglary Suspect Arraigned
Two subjects burglarized a Big Bear Lake rental property, with one suspect now in custody — Freddie Chavez — and an unknown suspect is listed as a fugitive. Chavez has been arraigned on the burglary...
View ArticleTeen Father Accused Of Child Abuse Returns To Court
The teenage father of a 22-month-old girl — Aaron Wayne Degrise, 19 — returns to Superior Court November 4, facing a felony charge of assault on a child causing coma. (File Photo) By Michael P. Neufeld...
View ArticleRevocation Of Probation Hearing Set For Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper Alyce Letisha Biggs returns to court Friday, November 15, for a disposition reset hearing and possible revocation of her parole. The 44-year-old bookkeeper was charged recently with grand...
View ArticleAlleged Arrowbear Child Molester Returns To Court
On Thursday, November 21, 24-year-old Carey Trevon Thomas will return to court to face charges of child molestation. He remains in custody on $500,000 bail. (File Photo) By G.T. Houts San Bernardino,...
View ArticleSex Crimes Against Children Suspect Has Court Date
By G.T. Houts San Bernardino, CA – Samuel Joseph Kardos, now 29, who faces eight felony counts of sex crimes against children returns to San Bernardino County Superior Court at 8:35 a.m. on Thursday,...
View ArticleMotion To Dismiss Charges Against Cold Case Murder Suspect Denied
A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge has denied a motion to dismiss murder charges in a 2005 cold case and set a trial readiness hearing for January 10. Bail remains at $1 million. (File Photo)...
View ArticleUPDATE: Continuance Granted Teen Father Accused Of Child Abuse
The teenage father of a 22-month-old girl — Aaron Wayne Degrise, 19 — was granted a continuance during a court hearing related to felony charge of assault on a child causing coma. (File Photo) By...
View ArticleTrial Set For Attempted Double Murder Suspect
A trial date has been set for Jakeb Otto Hume, of Big Bear City, who is in custody on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. The trial for the 26-year-old man is set for...
View ArticleMOST WANTED: David Thomas Pospychala Still On The Lose
David Thomas Pospychala is still being sought by the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station as a Most Wanted fugitive. (File Photo) By G. T. Houts Twin Peaks, CA – As 2014 gets underway, David Thomas Pospychala,...
View ArticleSentencing Due January 9 for Arrowbear Child Molester
A 25-year-old Arrowbear resident — Carey Trevon Thomas — returns to San Bernardino Superior Court for sentencing January 9 after accepting a plea bargain in a sexual molestation case. (File Photo) By...
View ArticleAzusa Child Molestation Suspect Arrested In Lake Arrowhead
Law enforcement officials arrested Robert Santos Arviza, 41, on suspicion of child molestation in a Lake Arrowhead cabin after he fled to that location following the alleged incident in Azusa. (File...
View ArticleThree Armed Men Rob Crestline Marijuana Dispensary
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the armed robbery of a Crestline medical marijuana dispensary. (File Photo) By G.T. Houts Crestline, CA – Three armed men entered the...
View ArticleConvicted Running Springs Child Pornographer Gets 10 Year Sentence
By G. T. Houts Los Angeles, CA – Eugene Ballantyne, 30, from Running Springs has been sentenced to 10 years in prison following his conviction for sexual exploitation of minors and producing child...
View ArticleDeputies Seize 850 Marijuana Plants And Close Dispensary
The Woodland Healing Center in Crestline has been closed following the seizure of 850 marijuana plants and three pounds of marijuana products. (Photo by G.T. Houts) By G. T. Houts Crestline, CA -San...
View ArticleShort Change Scam Targets Local Merchants
By Michael P. Neufeld Big Bear Lake, CA -Several Big Bear area businesses have been the victim of a short change scam initiated by a black male adult and possibly a black female adult. Male Suspect...
View ArticleUPDATE: Highway 330 Murder Suspect’s Hearing Delayed
The pre-trail hearing for Kenneth Blow, Jr., related to the murder charge filed in conjunction with a June 22, 2012, fatal accident on Highway 330, has been postponed to allow for additional...
View ArticleAlleged Crowbar Assault Leads To Arrest
A Crestline man is facing assault with a deadly weapon charges after his arrest related to an incident in Lake Arrowhead on Valentine’s Day. (File Photo) By G.T. Houts Twin Peaks, CA – A 35-year-old...
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