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Victorville Daily Press
A 45-year-old man was found dead inside his vehicle at the Green Tree Inn in Victorville after authorities said he caused a disturbance there and fought with a security guard.
San Bernardino County sheriff s deputies found the man sitting unconscious in his vehicle without a pulse at 7:25 p.m. Thursday after responding to a report of an assault at the hotel on Green Tree Boulevard, officials said Friday.
The deputies performed CPR and medical personnel took the unidentified man to Victor Valley Global Medical Center in Victorville, where he died.
Homicide Detail detectives responded to conduct the investigation. They learned the man was not a guest and that hotel staff received reports of him causing a disturbance, authorities said.
Homicide detectives investigate after man s body found with stab wound in Victorville home
Victorville Daily Press
A 32-year-old Victorville resident was found fatally stabbed inside a home on Jay Post Road, according to authorities who are seeking the public’s help in identifying the assailant.
San Bernardino County sheriff s deputies found Bryan Brewer s body Tuesday after responding to a report of a deceased man inside a residence in the 15600 block of Jay Post Road in Victorville.
On Friday, authorities said Brewer s body had a knife wound. They did not specify which part of his body had been stabbed.
Detectives from the sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division, Homicide Detail responded to conduct a murder investigation.
I m here and I m doing this : An interview with American Idol hopeful Chayce Beckham
High Desert native talks music, family and what s next
Victorville Daily Press
“American Idol” singer and High Desert native Chayce Beckham recalls being a young boy when he first laid eyes on an old guitar at his grandmother’s home.
“I was 3 years old when I started messing with it, so that was my earliest memory of music,” said Beckham, who’s currently vying to win season 19 of ABC s singing competition. “I’ve been playing guitar ever since.”
Beckham, 24, has become a favorite among the show s fans and country singer Luke Bryan, one of its three judges. The gritty-voiced singer took time this past week to speak with the Daily Press about music, life’s challenges, desert sunsets and life beyond “Idol.”
Stop stealing from us : Victorville homeless shelter asks public to help find second stolen van
Another year, another stolen van.
Jimmy Waldron, the executive director of the High Desert Homeless Services in Victorville, is asking the public to keep an eye out for the shelter’s van, which he said was stolen Thursday.
Waldron said the nonprofit’s white 2003 Chevrolet Express 2500 passenger van, with a California license plate number of 5ANT610, was stolen at around 10:30 p.m. from the shelter located at 14049 Amargosa Road in Victorville.
“The guy that works here at night looked outside and saw someone driving away with our van,” Waldron said. “He chased the van down the alley, but the driver got away.”