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Here are the public comments that were not read aloud during the Barstow City Council s Feb. 1 meeting
Victorville Daily Press
During the Feb. 1 Barstow City Council meeting, which was held via Zoom, 18 public comments went unheard by those watching online when they were not read into the record.
City Attorney Matthew Summers announced on Jan. 19 when 29 public comments went unheard that comments would not be read aloud during meetings, saying state law does not require emailed public comments to be read aloud.
“Rather, the requirement is that the emails be provided to the Council and that has been done,” said Summers, who did not cite the referenced state law.
Apple Valley woman taken to trauma center after being struck by vehicle on Deep Creek Road
Victorville Daily Press
Apple Valley authorities reported Thursday that a 29-year-old woman was taken to a trauma center after being struck by a Honda Civic driven by a 69-year-old woman.
The Apple Sheriff’s Station reported that at approximately 7:46 p.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to the collision on Deep Creek Road near Monte Vista Road.
Sheriff s spokeswoman Jackie Alban told the Daily Press that Monte Vista Road may be Monte Vista Lane.
Deputies learned the pedestrian had been walking from the east to the west side of Deep Creek Road when she was struck by the 2016 Civic as it traveled northbound on the road, the report said.
Oak Hills High School assistant principal arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child
Victorville Daily Press
San Bernardino County Sheriff s officials have arrested an Oak Hills High School assistant principal, alleging he sexually abused a 10-year-old girl “multiple times” when she was several years younger.
Authorities arrested Matthew Lin Johnson, 42, of Apple Valley, Thursday afternoon after contacting Johnson at a business in Rancho Cucamonga, according to sheriff s spokesperson Cindy Bachman.
Johnson was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, booking records show.
Victorville man arrested, charged for alleged animal cruelty
Victorville Daily Press
A 25-year-old Victorville man tased and arrested after he allegedly abused a family dog and obstructed a deputy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to four criminal charges.
Christian Camarillo appeared by video in a Victorville courtroom and pleaded not guilty to making a criminal threat, obstructing an executive officer, animal cruelty and vandalism, court records show.
Camarillo had a public defender appointed and is scheduled to appear before a judge Feb. 18 for a pre-preliminary hearing.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a report of animal abuse in the 13500 block of Mesa Linda Avenue on Feb. 6.