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San Bernardino

Redlands police arrest teen's suspected molester

REDLANDS — A 48-year-old man suspected of molesting a 15-year-old Redlands boy was arrested on Friday. On Wednesday, Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said that Joe Phillip Morales may also

San Bernardino

Redlands police arrest teen’s suspected molester

REDLANDS — A 48-year-old man suspected of molesting a 15-year-old Redlands boy was arrested on Friday. On Wednesday, Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said that Joe Phillip Morales may also

San Bernardino

One man detained after drug-related explosion

YUCAIPA – San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies, who were looking for two men suspected of being involved in a drug lab explosion on Thursday, detained one after he showed up

San Bernardino

Ontario mother kills son, then self

ONTARIO – A mother beat her 11-year-old son to death with a hammer and then killed herself Friday night, according to the Ontario Police Department. An autopsy of the mother, Libia Lopez,

California Riverside

DNA match leads police to suspect 31 years after murder

HEMET – Just weeks after authorities matched his DNA to the crime scene, Homeland, Calif., resident Shelby Shamblin pleaded not guilty Monday to the 31-year-old strangulation and murder of a

San Bernardino

Police unable to find links to dead baby

SAN BERNARDINO – Police are still searching for the mother of a newborn girl found dead last month in a San Bernardino alleyway, wrapped in garbage bags. A county coroner’s

San Bernardino

San Bernardino cop fatally shoots knife-wielding suspect

SAN BERNARDINO – A suspect who threatened to slash the throat of a 73-year-old man was fatally shot by police on Sunday night. Richard Matus, 43, who died about an

San Bernardino

Looting suspects targeted unlocked cars

REDLANDS – Two men, seen looting cars by a resident early Thursday morning, were arrested by police later that day following a short crime spree. Phillip Aaron Moreno, 20, of

Riverside San Bernardino

Car thief kills motorcyclist during escape

SAN BERNARDINO — Police are still looking for a car thief who killed a motorcyclist while escaping on Saturday. San Bernardino coroner’s officials on Sunday identified the cyclist as Mark

Riverside

Jury decides against death penalty in 11-year-old's death

RIVERSIDE — Jurors decided Wednesday that a man convicted last month of killing an 11-year-old boy would be spared the death penalty. Martin Leyva Valdez, 24, will likely be sentenced