Big Bear, Ca April 8, 2011 3:00 pm - Many residents in the Big Bear Valley have experience with attempted identity theft. They may have received a phone call from a person who represents themselves as a bank or agency. During the conversation, the caller asks for verification of a social security number. Hopefully awareness of the risk of identity theft will keep most people … [Read more...] about Fight Back Against Identity Theft
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Crestline Man Booked On Drug Charges
Crestline, CA, April 7, 2011, noon - A Deputy on routine patrol Wednesday in the Community of Crestline made a traffic stop on a Honda driven by 35 year-old Eric Dennison. Prior to yielding, the vehicle quickly pulled into a residence on Cedar Lane in Crestline. Dennison had an expired driver’s license and the Deputy found a scale commonly used for weighing drugs in the Honda. … [Read more...] about Crestline Man Booked On Drug Charges
Desiree Rodriguez Wanted For Felony Evading & Stolen Property
Big Bear, Ca, April 5, 2011, 12:00pm - On Monday, April 4, 2011, at about 4:45 am, Deputy Josh Parrott stopped to check a vehicle parked in a turnout on Highway 138 near Sawpit Canyon in the Lake Silverwood area. Sleeping in the vehicle were 24-year-old Desiree Rodriguez and 20-year-old Crystal Manzanares, both residents of Baldwin Park. The vehicle they were in was a 2008 … [Read more...] about Desiree Rodriguez Wanted For Felony Evading & Stolen Property
Law Enforcement Focuses On Eliminating Distracted Driving
Sacramento, CA, April 5, 2011, noon - The CHP is joining forces with traffic safety partners in a month-long effort to put and end to distracted driving. Driver distraction is a significant and growing problem in California. Inattention while behind the wheel proved to be especially deadly in 2009 as 116 people lost their lives as the result of a collision in which at least one … [Read more...] about Law Enforcement Focuses On Eliminating Distracted Driving
Chalen Winters Found Guilty in Lundin Case
Big Bear, Ca, March 31, 2011, 9:00am - On June 18thof 2008, 20-year-old Michael Lundin of Big Bear Lake was killed after being involved in an altercation involving then 18-year-old Chalen Winters, Mark Potts, Michael Day, and Alexander Ferguson. During police investigation, it was found that Chalen Winters had struck Lundin with a blunt object causing the injury that resulted … [Read more...] about Chalen Winters Found Guilty in Lundin Case