San Bernardino Press - 04/27/2020

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Covina Man Arrested Cyberstalking and Threatening Teenage Girls

Mobile Home Fire in San Bernardino County

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Former Hospital Worker Charged F E AT U R E D With Stealing Anti-Malaria Medication V I D E S SILENTIA SLABOCH

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COVID-19 & The Housing Market

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former pharmacy technician has been charged with allegedly stealing anti-malaria tablets last month from a hospital where he worked, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Christopher Mencias Agustin (dob 11/22/84) of Torrance was charged in case BA486647 with two felony counts of second-degree burglary during an emergency and one felony count of concealing or withholding stolen property exceeding $950. The case was filed for warrant on April 20. He is expected to be arraigned in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. Deputy District Attorney Michael Fern of the Cyber Crime

Orange County Pastor Agrees to Plead Guilty to $33M Fraud

If you were looking for a home before the chaos of COVID-19 and find yourself fortunate enough to still be in this position, I'm sure you have questions. Maybe you thought of selling your home instead. Jim Maceo, president of the Arcadia Association of Realtors, spoke with me (from a distance) about the current trends in the housing market. Is it a buyer's or seller's market? Should you wait it out? What are the new COVID-19 guidelines? Watch our interview here for the latest updates and subscribe to our channel.

Division is prosecuting the case. On two separate occasions, the defendant is accused of entering Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to steal prescription drugs. More than 700 tablets of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, which are used to treat malaria and recently touted to possibly combat COVID-19, were allegedly taken. The estimated total value of the tablets is about $6,700, the prosecutor said. If convicted as charged, the defendant faces a possible maximum sentence of four years and four months in jail. The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Homelessness in San Bernardino County: Point-In-Time Count 2020

Riverside County DA’s Office Recommends Vehicular Manslaughter Charges in 2019 Case

The pastor of the Westminster-based Church of the Healthy Self has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he orchestrated a church-based investment scam that took in more than $33 million, United States Attorney Nick Hanna announced recently. Kent R.E. Whitney, 38, of Newport Beach, has agreed to plead guilty to a two-count information charging him with mail fraud and filing a false federal income tax return. The criminal information and a related

Findings of San Bernardino County’s annual Point-In-Time Count (PITC), which took place on Jan. 23, calls for cities and the County to recognize the recent evolution of homelessness as a human services crisis, and to work together to provide much needed services and housing. The data collected found a 19.9% increase in the county’s homeless population compared to the 2019 count when 2,607 people were identified, compared to 3,125 this year. Of the additional 518 homeless counted, 470 are identified as unsheltered and 48 sheltered individuals are temporarily housed in shelters, motels, or

Members of the Moreno Valley Station’s Traffic Reconstruction Team continued their investigation into the collision which occurred on September 10, 2019. After an extensive effort, the case was submitted to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office who recommended charges of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, inflicting great bodily injury in the commission of a felony and driving under the influence of

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Living with Covid-19: A Story of Faith Ulises Gutierrez sat down with me recently via Zoom, to discuss the moment he found out he had COVID-19 and the struggles he had to overcome: the physical and emotional pain, and the stigma associated with it.


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