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Suspect's relative recalls body being exhumed in Ontario
Pictured above: The area of an Ontario backyard where Carmen Montenegro allegedly exhumed a dismembered body Sunday. Pictured below, at right: The holes Montenegro reportedly dug a month ago during...
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Police search suspect's Riverside home in case of dismembered corpse
Pictured is Carmen Montelongo's home in Riverside in the 6200 block of Indian Camp Road, where a neighbor said she's lived the last three years. Ontario police have been collecting evidence at the...
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Victim identified in Ontario dismemberment killing; suspect's children...
Pictured: Carmen Montelongo, Chanel Ortiz and Daniel Ortiz Ontario police late Wednesday said they recovered additional body parts belonging to the man whose remains were discovered Sunday being...
View ArticleProsecutor: Slain Diamond Bar man's arms, head found in flower pots
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A prosecutor said this morning that the head and arms of a Diamond Bar man were discovered by police Wednesday in two large flower pots at a Bell Gardens home. The victim,...
View ArticleUPDATED: Prosecutor: Slain Diamond Bar man's arms, head found in flower pots
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A prosecutor said today that the head and arms of a slain Diamond Bar man were recovered by police Wednesday in two large flower pots at a Bell Gardens home. The victim, 63-year-old...
View ArticleProsecutors reject case against suspect's children in dismemberment slaying
Updated at 5:10 p.m. RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Prosecutors said today that there's insufficient evidence to file criminal charges against the adult children of a Riverside woman who allegedly stabbed her...
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Love, theft, then death
Pictured: Carmen Montelongo DIAMOND BAR - Samuel Wiggins Jr. was a lifelong bachelor. Until recently, he told relatives he would never get married. His attitude changed after he began dating Carmen...
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Suspect in dismemberment killing appears in court
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A woman accused of killing and dismembering her boyfriend appeared this morning in West Valley Superior Court. A preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday in Carmen Montelongo's...
View ArticleConstruction worker pleads not guilty to bribing city employee
CHINO -- The superintendent of a Chino Hills home construction project has pleaded not guilty to charges that he bribed a building inspector. Nelson Chu, 61, of Rowland Heights entered the plea during...
View ArticleFederal authorities announce takedown of Azusa 13
Sixteen alleged members of the Azusa 13 street gang were arrested this morning as part of a federal indictment in which 51 alleged members are charged. Federal prosecutors charged the alleged gang...
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Church choir director charged with four felonies in lewd acts case
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Prosecutors filed criminal charges today against a 53-year-old church choir director who allegedly committed lewd acts with a 15-year-old girl. The San Bernardino County District...
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Church choir director pleads not guilty in lewd acts case
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A church choir director pleaded not guilty today in West Valley Superior Court to charges that he committed lewd sexual acts with a 15-year-old choirgirl. Mark William Michaels, 53,...
View ArticleFive teens sentenced to prison in Pomona park slayings
POMONA -- Prosecutors have reached plea agreements with five of the six teens charged in connection with the fatal shootings of two juveniles last year at Ted Greene Park. The five defendants pleaded...
View ArticleColonies defendants receive grand jury transcripts
SAN BERNARDINO -- Attorneys for four men charged with bribery and other crimes in connection with the county's $102 million legal settlement with Colonies Partners LP received transcripts this morning...
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Ontario woman seeks plea bargain in husband's death
SAN BERNARDINO -- An Ontario woman recently acquitted of murdering her husband is aiming to reach a plea agreement with prosecutors rather than stand trial a second time in her case, her attorney said...
View ArticleConvicted robbers receive lengthy prison sentences
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Two men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms this month for committing a string of armed robberies two years ago across the Inland Valley. Jose Antonio Rivera, 36, and Cruz...
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Bail remains $500,000 for 'Granny Bandit'
FONTANA -- A judge denied a request for reduced bail today for the accused robber dubbed the "Granny Bandit," who allegedly committed four robberies last month over four days. Dodi Wasbotten's bail was...
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Judge denies reduced bail for choir director
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A church choir director accused of committing lewd sexual acts with a 15-year-old choirgirl had a request for reduced bail denied today by a judge. An attorney for Mark William...
View ArticleProsecutors decline to charge Pomona boy in brother's slaying
POMONA -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has declined to file criminal charges against a 17-year-old boy who killed his brother last week in a knife fight, authorities said today....
View ArticleKey ruling expected in fatal La Verne DUI case
POMONA -- A judge is set to rule Thursday on an accused drunk driver's request to withdraw guilty pleas to murder charges stemming from a fatal car crash last year in La Verne. Alan Michael McConnell,...
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