DATE/TIME: February 26, 2019 / 8:43 am INCIDENT: Possession of a Firearm at a Public School LOCATION: Cobalt Institute of Math & Science, 14045 Topaz Road, Victorville SUSPECT: 13-year old male student SUMMARY: On February 26, 2019, school resource deputies, with Victorville Police Department, were notified by staff at Cobalt Institute of Math & Science that an eighth-grade student brought a gun to school. Deputies responded and learned an anonymous tip was received by school staff, indicating the student had…

DATE/TIME: Saturday, February 23, 2019/4:15 pm   INCIDENT:   Man with a Gun/Attempt Murder of a Peace Officer/Deputy Involved Shooting   LOCATION: 17900 block of Bear Valley, Victorville   SUSPECT:    Daniel David Messmer, age 24 a resident of Apple Valley   VICTIMS:      San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputies   SUMMARY: On Saturday, February 23, 2019, at approximately 4:15 pm, deputies from the Victorville Police Department, Sheriff’s Aviation and officers from the Victor Valley College responded to a report of a man…

DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 21, 2019 2:49 p.m. INCIDENT: Death Investigation/Elder Abuse LOCATION: 15450 Nisqualli Rd., Victorville SUSPECT: Patricia Jones, 62 years old, resident of Victorville VICTIM: John Tucker, 80 years old, resident of Victorville SUMMARY: On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 2:49 p.m. fire personnel requested assistance at the Mountain Vista Apartment complex for a medical aid call. The caller said the 80-year-old victim was unresponsive. When deputies and medical aid arrived, the victim was found in the bathroom and…

  DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 21, 2019 INCIDENT: PC 288(a)-Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child Under the Age of 14 LOCATION: City of Victorville VICTIM: 10 year-old female SUSPECT: Johnny Albert Bean, age 38 a resident of Victorville SUMMARY: On November 19, 2018, deputies and detectives at the Victorville Sheriff’s Station received information, Johnny Albert Bean, had sexually abused a 10 year-old female victim at the Challenger School of Sport and Fitness in Victorville. The sexual abuse allegation occurred approximately…

DATE/TIME: February 14, 2019 / 3:15 p.m. INCIDENT: Evading a Peace Officer with Disregard for Safety, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, Receiving Known Stolen Property (Firearm) LOCATION: Interstate 15, Victorville SUSPECT: Thomas Strong, 22-year old Victorville resident SUMMARY: On February 14, 2019, Deputies J. Dean and K. Campbell, with the Victorville Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Division, observed a 2018 Chevy Cruz traveling at a high rate of speed on northbound Interstate 15 near Palmdale…

DATE/TIME: February 8, 2019 / 2:07pm INCIDENT: Minor Injury Traffic Collision LOCATION: La Paz Drive and Vallejo Street, Victorville INVOLVED VEHICLE(S): Vehicle #1-San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Ford Explorer, Patrol Unit Vehicle #2-2017 Honda Civic Vehicle #3-2006 Honda CRV SUMMARY: On February 8, 2019, a deputy from the Victorville Police Department was involved in a minor injury traffic collision on La Paz Drive. The deputy was traveling north on La Paz Drive behind a 2017 Honda Civic. The driver of a…