County prosecutors union wins round in battle with Cooley
By Rick Orlov Staff Writer Created: 10/06/2011 06:00:16 PM PDT The union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors won a major round this week in its battle with District Attorney Steve Cooley, with...
View ArticleJim Morrison's alleged son facing life in prison
Mike Cruz, Staff Writer Posted: 10/07/2011 04:51:25 PM PDT A man who says he is the son of Jim Morrison, the late front man for the band the Doors, is facing charges of robbery and ramming a police car...
View ArticleRancho Cucamonga man sentenced for workers compensation fraud
Posted: 10/07/2011 06:16:20 PM PDT The president of a Rancho Cucamonga company was sentenced last month to probation and fines for Worker's Compensation fraud. Anthony Perry, president of Perry Roofing...
View ArticleMontclair dispensary a target in crackdown
Staff and wire reports Posted: 10/07/2011 12:37:02 PM PDT Federal prosecutors in California are ordering dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries - including one in Montclair - to shut down in 45 days...
View ArticleThree arraigned in Vagos raid
SAN BERNARDINO - Three San Bernardino County members of the Vagos motorcycle gang were arraigned Friday in connection with the drug and weapons raid connected on Thursday. A fourth member from Oak...
View ArticleTrial begins in deadly Westside beating
SAN BERNARDINO - The trial began Tuesday for two brothers accused of fatally beating a 63-year-old man after police say he held open a door for them at Jimmy's Food Market on the city's Westside....
View ArticleJury finds man mentally competent in "bunker killings" case
The man charged in the killing of a High Desert couple at an abandoned military bunker in 2008 has been found to be mentally competent to stand trial. Jurors returned the verdict Wednesday in the trial...
View ArticlePomona man arraigned in embezzlement case
A former Marine from Pomona, accused of embezzling $200,000 from a Palm Desert non-profit group that provides educational scholarships to other Marines, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Jason...
View ArticleDUI driver convicted in Redlands fatal crash
SAN BERNARDINO - Sara Cisneros had gotten off early at her job at San Manuel Indian Casino in August 2009 for a family celebration, and she was headed home to Redlands. But on Cisneros' way home, a...
View ArticleCourt culls mountains, burn areas from jury pool in Old Fire case
SAN BERNARDINO - A Superior Court judge has ruled that residents from the local mountains and northern portions of San Bernardino and Highland will not be among potential jurors in the upcoming trial...
View ArticleTrial begins in deadly beating at Westside San Bernardino store
SAN BERNARDINO - Emotions ran high Monday at the trial for two brothers accused of beating to death a 63-year-old man at a Westside convenience store. A woman in the courtroom gallery reacted with a...
View ArticleAttorney: Former San Bernardino County Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin civil...
Joe Nelson, The (San Bernardino County) Sun Posted: 10/17/2011 02:19:00 PM PDT The attorney defending former San Bernardino County Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin in a sweeping corruption probe is...
View ArticleTwo Vagos motorcycle club members seek lower bail
SAN BERNARDINO - Four local members of the Vagos motorcycle club, who were arrested earlier this month in a raid across Southern California, appeared before a Superior Court judge Tuesday. Two of the...
View ArticleProgram to offer discount for old, unpaid traffic tickets
SAN BERNARDINO - Have an old, unpaid traffic ticket that you just haven't taken care of? Now is your chance. Starting in January, the Superior Court of San Bernardino County will be offering a...
View ArticleInformant attacked in gang case
SAN BERNARDINO - Three of nine defendants in a conspiracy to commit murder case involving a local street gang took plea bargain Friday, while a fourth one picked up new charges for assaulting a...
View ArticleDrunken driver in fatal crash gets 19 years
FONTANA - A Phelan man who plowed into a family on bicycles in Rialto while driving drunk - killing a little girl weeks before her second birthday - has been was sentenced to 19 years in state prison....
View ArticleSeven deny murder charges in death of Montclair man
By Will Bigham, Staff Writer Posted: 10/23/2011 03:16:18 PM PDT RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Seven people have pleaded not guilty to murder and other criminal charges in connection with the alleged kidnapping...
View ArticleTrial begins in deadly DUI crash
SAN BERNARDINO - Jeffrey Ortiz testified Thursday about the horrific, alcohol-related crash in 2005 that killed his brother and best friend - both just 17 years old - as the first witness called in the...
View ArticleCourt orders Ontario dispensary to close
Liset Márquez, Staff Writer Posted: 10/20/2011 12:03:54 PM PDT RANCHO CUCAMONGA - City officials have reached agreement with the landlord to evict a medical-marijuana dispensary that has operated in...
View ArticleJudge declines to bar Grand Jury transcripts in San Bernardino County...
Mike Cruz and Joe Nelson, The (San Bernardino County) Sun Posted: 10/24/2011 02:55:29 PM PDT SAN BERNARDINO -- A Superior Court judge on Monday declined to bar more than 2,000 pages of Grand Jury...
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