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6 Tweakers, a Father-Son Act, a heroine addict, & a liar picked up in Coachella crime sweap

February 17, 2011
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6 Tweakers, a Father-Son Act, a heroine addict, & a liar picked up in Coachella crime sweap

On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 9:00 AM, the Coachella Police Department continued “Operation Safe Coachella.” The Coachella police Community Action Team, along with California State Parole conducted parole compliance checks, warrant services, and proactive patrol. Ten suspects were arrested for various criminal charges and warrants. The operation’s goal is to continue our pro-active mission to (1) reduce the fear of crime, (2) reduce calls for service and (3) increase the quality of life within the city of Coachella. The following persons were arrested during the operation and transported...

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Marine Base Trespass = Justice at Black Rock

February 7, 2011
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Marine Base Trespass = Justice at Black Rock

Was it a “Bad day at Black Rock”? Well’ that depends on who you are. For me, it was enlightening! I have lived just down the road from Black Rock Canyon (AKA Yogi Bear Park) for some thirty years and although I occasionally take visiting relatives up there I had no idea the little visitor’s center served as a part time Court House where a traveling Magistrate arraigns those folks who manage to find themselves crosswise with the law, on any of the regions federal lands. A hundred or...

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With the keyboard sticky, Duane sent the Dell off to the shop

February 4, 2011
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With the keyboard sticky, Duane sent the Dell off to the shop

NEEDLES, CA– Duane Stowers 54 of Needles, took two computers into a repair shop to be repaired in the City of Bullhead, Az. Once there, it was discovered the computers contained suspected child pornography. An investigation was initiated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department when they were contacted by Detectives of the Bullhead City Police Department. The computers were turned over to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for examination and a forensic investigation was conducted by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department High Tech Crimes unit. They...

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Assemblyman Paul Cook to Host San Jacinto Senior Scam Stopper Event with Senator Bill Emmerson

January 31, 2011
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San Jacinto, Ca– Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) announced that he will co-host a free Senior Scam Stopper event in coordination with Senator Bill Emmerson (R-Hemet) at the City of San Jacinto Community Center (665 S. Pico Ave., San Jacinto, Ca 92583) on Friday, February 4, 2011 between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.  Cook worked closely with the California Contractors State License Board to organize this event. Constituents are invited to drop by and hear presentations from an expert panel on how to best protect against scams.  The panel includes...

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Martin thought he got away with it.

January 24, 2011
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Martin thought he got away with it.

On Saturday January 22, 2011, at about 10:00 PM, an officer from the Coachella Police Department was driving in a marked unit equipped with an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) near Grapefruit Blvd. and Avenue 52. This device can scan the license plates of vehicles and compare them automatically to wanted vehicle databases. The ALPR system picked up a stolen white van occupied by a male adult driver. After confirming the vehicle had been stolen out of Rancho Mirage, the officer attempted to stop the driver, who immediately fled...

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Selling Paint to Minors

January 19, 2011
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Selling Paint to Minors

Over the past year, the number of vandalism and tagging calls responded to by sheriff’s deputies has increased dramatically throughout the Morongo Basin. Arrests have been made in many of these cases and, through an investigation, deputies have determined that some juvenile suspects have purchased the aerosol paints used in their crimes. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Morongo Basin Station, would like to remind businesses and citizens that it is unlawful (a misdemeanor) to sell (or give) any aerosol paints or etching creams to any minor. Businesses engaged...

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UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Petro Murder

January 12, 2011
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UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Petro Murder

On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at approximately 9:35 p.m., Ronald Wayne Paoletto was booked for the murder of Tanya Marie Petro. Paoletto remains in custody at the West Valley Detention Center and is being held without bail. He is scheduled to go to court on January 13, 2011. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has been conducting the missing person investigation of Tanya Petro. Tanya was reported missing by her family on January 7, 2011, and was last seen leaving her apartment complex in Lake Elsinore on January 4, 2011. As...

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Godzilla west of Walmart?

January 9, 2011
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Godzilla west of Walmart?

I don’t know what it is about those guys at the Town of Yucca Valley, but they are hell bent on getting me involved with the politics of  the Town of Yucca Valley. That ain’t going to happen. My bailiwick is 29 Palms politics, obits, off-road issues, crime news and the occasional eclectic rant. We have folks like Margo and Branson that use this site to report the happenings of Yucca Valley, that know the ins and outs of the in and out action of local government over there....

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And we start the year off with 3 Dumbest Criminal Winners

January 6, 2011
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Burglar Bill (small)

On Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 at approximately 10:34 a.m., Sheriff’s Service Specialist Barbara Calvert was dispatched to a report of a commercial burglary at a storage facility where several storage units were broken into. One of the storage units had a quad and a Rhino stolen from it. The items taken were stored in the same garage, but belonged to different family members. A few days later, one of the victims located and recovered his quad that was parked in the desert near North Star, in the City of...

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azdailysun.com | Daughter of County Supervisor arrested in sex case

December 30, 2010
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azdailysun.com | Daughter of County Supervisor arrested in sex case

Daughter of supervisor arrested in sex case Chandler, Arizona police say they have arrested the daughter of a Maricopa County Supervisor on suspicion of sexual conduct with the same minor her mother is accused of sexually abusing. Police arrested 21-year-old Rachel Katherine Brock, the daughter of Supervisor Fulton Brock, on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation surrounding her mother, 48-year-old Susan Brock. Between the dates of February 2007 and August 2008, police say Rachel Brock committed numerous acts of sexual conduct with a minor and at least one...

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