CC Briefs

By Erika Aguilar  |Staff Writer|

11/20

San Bernardino Police Seek Man Who Kidnapped Woman

Police are investigating a carjacking and kidnapping of a woman that begun at the St. Bernardino’s Medical Center parking lot.

After finishing her shift at the medical center, the woman was approached by a man who was carrying a knife and forced her to get inside the car with him, according to authorities.

The suspect then dropped off the woman at IHOP in Rancho Cucamonga with no injuries and police were able to find her car yet it is unclear weather the suspect was arrested.

Man Falls While Hanging Christmas Lights

A 51-year-old Victorville resident man fell from his roof Sunday afternoon while hanging Christmas lights.

When paramedics came to his house, they found a latter leaned against the second floor as the man had attempted to hang lights on his two story home but fell and was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center in severe conditions.

The San Bernardino County Fire Department are now advising individuals to be careful when hanging lights especially during these upcoming holidays.

Mon. 11/21

Shootings That Appear to Be Targeting Police Officers

Police are being alerted after four officers were shot on Sunday in different places around the country.

An officer in Florida was shot while conducting a traffic stop, a Missouri officer was shot after a traffic stop, a 20-year veteran of the St. Louis Police Department was injured and a San Antonio Police Detective  was killed outside police headquarters, according to authorities.

Police are still looking for some of the suspects while others were killed during the shootings.

San Bernardino Student Pokes Classmates Needle
A sixth-grade student at Bing Wong Elementary School poked his classmates with a hypodermic needle she found in the street on her way to school.

Ryan Rainbolt, the school’s principal sent home a letter to the parents informing them about the incident and encouraging them to contact their student’s pediatrician for safety.

In the letter, Rainbolt said that the hypodermic needle tip had no reservoir or plunger which made it impossible for any substance to be injected yet the school is taking the incident seriously.

Tues. 11/22

School Bus Driver Asked Kids If They Were Ready to Die

A mother told reporters that the bus driver asked the kids who were riding the bus if they were ready to die before the crash, that occurred on Tuesday, which killed at least five children in Tennessee.

The mother had three children on the bus, one that was killed in the accident.

The bus driver was identified as John Anthony Walker, who has been arrested and charged of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.

Man Killed Outside Marijuana Dispensary

A security officer shot a man after the two got into a fight in the parking lot of San Bernardino marijuana dispensary.

The security officer said he was trying to defend himself when the man had came to the dispensary asking for the manager but there was no manager and began attacking.

During the struggle, the security told the man several times to stop before shooting the man in the leg and was taken to the hospital but died afterwards.