The Inland Empire Crime Blog

Redlands Police arrested a 19-year-old man Saturday for rape of a 13-year-old girl.
The girl’s family reported that the victim was raped on Friday, Aug. 27, by a family member of a friend while she was staying at the friend’s house.
Investigators say the girl was intoxicated when the suspect, Hugo Enrique Barrientos-Cano, took her to another [...]

On Friday August 20th, 2010 the Murrieta Police Department conducted a combination sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint in the City of Murrieta. The checkpoint was set up to screen traffic northbound Jefferson Ave. between Guava St. and Murrieta Hot Springs Rd.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, [...]

On Thursday, July 29th, 2010, at approximately 3:21 p.m., Deputies of the Victorville Police Station were dispatched to a report of a false imprisonment that just occurred. According to the reporting party her sister was the victim and the suspect’s vehicle had already left the area.
Through investigation Deputy Matthew Gordon learned that the 19 year-old [...]

On Friday July 9, 2010 at about 5:30 AM, officers from the Coachella Police Department responded to a home intrusion robbery and kidnapping that occurred in the 83-000 block of Ixtapa Avenue in the City of Coachella. The victim, a 26-year-old male, called 911 after being released and walking to a residence in the 70-000 [...]

On Sunday, June 20, 2010 at approximately 2:17 a.m., Sheriff’s Dispatch received a 911 report of a stabbing at an apartment in the 1900 block of Erin Drive, Needles.
Deputies arrived within 2 minutes and found a 22 year old male suffering from stab wounds to his upper body and rib areas. Deputies also located a [...]

On Sunday, June 13, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Menifee Police Department responded to the intersection of Ethanac Road and Sherman Road, in Menifee regarding a single vehicle fatal traffic collision involving a motorcycle.
The driver, a 23-year-old male, was heading east on Ethanac Road when the vehicle ahead of him began to slow to make a [...]

Detectives assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Police Station have been investigating a series of armed robberies that have occurred during the last two weeks at convenience stores located on Foothill Boulevard. In all three robberies, the suspects brandished guns at the store clerk and demanded money from the cash register.
Investigators learned that similar armed robberies [...]

Driving While Under the Influence Arrests are UP
The Memorial Day Weekend DUI crackdown has resulted in a strong number of DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 25 DUI deployments through day three of the campaign in San Bernardino County.
From 12:01 AM Friday May 28, 2010 through Midnight Sunday, May 30, [...]

On Saturday, May 22, 2010, at approximately 9:37 p.m., Deputy Nick Downey from the Victor Valley Sheriff’s Station, assigned to the City of Adelanto, responded to a call of a Kidnapping. The victim and his mother met Deputy Downey at the station.
During Deputy Downey’s investigation he learned that on Thursday, May 20, 2010 the victim [...]

Riverside’s auto theft task force unit found stolen engines at a business in Riverside in the beginning of April and learned the owner also had an automotive shop in Victorville. San Bernardino County Auto Theft Task Force (SANCATT) was contacted to look into the Economy Transmission and Muffler on 7th St.
On Monday, May 24th, 2010, [...]