Adelanto News

“The guy shouldn't be around children”

Four years after he pleaded guilty to the crime, Donald Luis Cooper is now in prison for having sex with the corpse of a 4-year-old girl. via Victorville Daily Press

Sheriff's deputies have broken up a ring of six gang members linked to drugs and auto theft, officials said. via Victorville Daily Press

Authorities said Thursday they are searching for a man they believe was responsible for a stabbing that took place last week. via Victorville Daily Press

“We may see prices drop a few more percentage points in the first half of 2008, but land values already have taken the 'big hit' and whatever comes next will be minor in comparison.”

Land prices have plunged as low as 50 percent in some areas of the Inland Empire to reach levels not seen since 2002, according to a report released recently by The Hoffman Company, a leading land brokerage ... via Herald News

Four gang members, three of which are teens, were arrested Thursday night for having a gun in their house. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“This grant will help make Adelanto just that much safer of a place to live and work.”

A grant aimed at more aggressively curbing DUI incidents -- in time for the holiday season -- has been given to the Adelanto Sheriff's Station by the California Office of Traffic Safety. via Victorville Daily Press

“But we got information that the guy fled to Alabama where his mom lives.”

Within the Sheriff's Department, members of the two Crime Impact Teams are known as the go-to guys. via Victorville Daily Press

“We learned that the victim had recently been the target of a burglary and through investigation involving the Adelanto gang unit and patrol, investigators identified five PDK gang members responsible for the burglaries and the arson”

Five teenage gang members were arrested Wednesday after reportedly setting fire to a trailer and a shed belonging to a man they had previously burglarized, officials said. via Victorville Daily Press

“I do like the fact that more and more citizens are helping us take the streets back by being more observant and calling in any suspicious activity and license plates”

A concerned neighbor was assaulted by a group of burglars Tuesday after he chased them away from his neighbor's house, officials said. via Victorville Daily Press

“And this comes with, of course, support from the district office, support from folks in speech [therapy], all the way through”

The Joshua Circle Bulldogs have beaten the odds and brought home one of the state's top honors. via Hesperia Star

“We're pretty sure the victims were dead before the deputy arrived the first time”

Residents of a rural community just outside south Apple Valley expressed shock and disbelief Thursday after learning a depressed man shot three of his children, then turned the gun on himself. via San Bernardino County Sun

“At this time both Chades and Raphael are being held for attempted murder, because the victim was being shot during the commission of a felony, a robbery”

Weeks after a man was shot in the face, investigators have made a second arrest in the attempted murder. via Victorville Daily Press

Think about problems with home sales, and places like Miami, with its huge unsold inventory, come to mind. via Press-Telegram

Two men kicked in the front door of a 60-year-old woman's Adelanto home, took her television and fled Tuesday morning. via Victorville Daily Press

“We're trying to develop their resumes by mentoring them with career fire fighters”

By AARON AUPPERLEE, city editor BARSTOW - For many, it is their first time prying open cars with the Jaws of Life, cutting through doors with hydraulic powered circular saws and dousing a flaming car with ... via Desert Dispatch

“I think he tried to dive under the tires.”

A man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in the intersection of Highway 395 and Chamberlaine Way in Adelanto on Saturday. via Victorville Daily Press

A string of four burglaries over seven months at the city Public Works Yard has apparently been solved with the arrest of a woman, three men and a teenage boy, authorities said Friday. via Victorville Daily Press

Tour beautiful homes decorated for Christmas Celebrate the spirit of the mountain community with the 14th Annual Wrightwood Holiday Home Tour and Boutique on Saturday. via Victorville Daily Press

A robbery suspect has been arrested after he tried to rob several homes in a neighborhood in the 15000 block of Barranca Way. via Victorville Daily Press

“I don't know how God does it, but He does.”

''The camaraderie and the love is exactly what Jesus would want here on Earth,'' says Heather, organizer of the local chapter of Kairos Outside. via Hesperia Star