Kept On Ice Without Treatment For 230 Days

A 77-year-old man arrested in May 2024 on attempted murder charges after he began fighting with a co-resident of a senior citizen care facility in Hesperia and was held in sheriff’s custody for nearly eight months without release died on January 22 from a cause or causes that have yet to be disclosed.
According to a member of the department working the detention detail, Stanley Eugene Brabant had mental health issues that were apparent from the time of his booking and which were not being adequately addressed or addressed at all while he was under the supervision of department. Both the district attorney’s office and the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health dropped the ball in following through with proper evaluation and treatment for Brabant, according to the individual who saw him on a continuous basis, four to five days per week for months.
San Bernardino County Superior Court records indicate that Brabant languished in custody for months on end and was not given proper medical care and mental health treatment his condition required at least partially because of the discontinuity in his legal processing, as an inadequate concentration of attention to his circumstance attended the suspension of criminal proceedings against him and what ultimately proved to be a drawn-out and unresolved determination of his placement in a facility that could properly deal with his physical and psychological issues. Continue reading →

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on January 28 arrested Ronalee Barrett Stanberry, who has been identified as the assailant who killed Fontana business owner Fritz Mendoza by clubbing him about the head with a decorative miniature baseball bat.
After Stanberry’s apprehension, he was turned over to the Fontana Police Department, which had issued an all-points bulletin in the aftermath of Mendoza’s slaying.
On January 10, the 79-year-old Mendoza and his son went into their Allstate Insurance office, located at 9782 Sierra Avenue around 8:45 a.m. Stanberry had gained access to the premises, it is believed, the previous evening, having come through the roof. He dropped through the ceiling and once inside could not leave as the doors were locked and he had no key.
When Mendoza’s son went to the back of the office, he saw that ceiling panels were on the floor. Moments later both Mendozas saw Stanberry, who by that point had donned a white and blue pinstriped United States Postal Service button-up shirt that Mendoza had at the office. The younger Mendoza confronted Stanberry and sought to escort him out of the office. As he was doing so, Stanberry seized a baseball bat was imprinted with the Allstate insurance logo and Mendoza’s grandchildren’s initials. He then used it to inflict a fatal blow to the elder Mendoza’s head, according to police. Continue reading →

The Morongo Unified School District in August will transition all of its sixth graders to its middle school/junior high campus.
Currently, elementary schools in Morongo Unified consist of grade levels kindergarten through sixth. Traditionally, upon graduation from sixth grade, students in the district move into junior high, which covers the 7th and 8th grade levels.
The Morongo Unified School District has 16 schools, including 11 elementary schools and five junior high and high schools. Four of the elementary schools – Condor Elementary School, Oasis Elementary School, Palm Vista Elementary School and Twentynine Palms Elementary School – are in Twentynine Palms. Twentynine Palms also hosts Twentynine Palms Junior High School and Twentynine Palms High School.
According to the district, “Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, all sixth-grade classes in Twentynine Palms will transition to Twentynine Palms Junior High School. This change will expand the junior high to serve students in grades 6 through 8, creating a more cohesive and enriching learning environment for middle-grade students.” Continue reading →

The already pleasant work conditions a select group of county employees are experiencing will become even nicer and safer pursuant to a vote of the board of supervisors at their meeting next week.
On Tuesday, February 12, the board is scheduled to approve upping the amount of money being spent on the remodeling of the sheriff’s department’s Colorado River Station in Needles from $10,071,989 to $10,361,650.
The increase in the contract amount by $289,661 will cover a third amendment and a sixth change order to the county’s contract with Angeles Contractor, Inc., which on August 22, 2023 was warded a $9,115,000 construction contract after an open bid process that had been called for by the board of supervisors, which then invited proposals/bids from construction companies with the experience and expertise to perform public improvements of the type being requested within a construction contract term of 393 days. Three companies made bids and Angeles Contractor, Inc. was determined to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, for the construction contract term of 393 days.
After the three sealed bids submitted by the May 3, 2013 deadline were opened, it was learned that Angeles pledged to complete the sought-after work for $9,115,000.
The Sheriff’s Colorado River Station was built in 1974 and was previously co-manned by the Needles Municipal Police Department, which in 1989 was dissolved, its function taken over by the sheriff’s department, pursuant to a contract between the City of Needles and the sheriff’s department/San Bernardino County. Continue reading →

Department of the Treasury – Internal Revenue Service
Notice of Public Auction Sale
(OTHER THAN REDEEMED PROPERTY)
Under the authority contained in section 7506 of the Internal Revenue Code, the property described below will be sold. The United States acquired this property from a Quit Claim Deed by and between Ron Smith, Advisory Manager, Southwest Area, on behalf of the Director, Civil Enforcement Advice & Support Operations of the Internal Revenue Service, a duly authorized agent of the United States of America, grantor, and Dawn T. Harris, Director, Civil Enforcement Advice & Support Operations of the Internal Revenue Service, grantee, entered on the 31st day of January, 2024.
WHEREAS, the real estate conveyed herein was a court-ordered conveyance for nonpayment of taxes from Massoumeh Kharazmi, Trustee of the APF Revocable Trust to the Internal Revenue Service which transfer was pursuant to an Order of the Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2019-01116852-PR-TR-CJC that was filed on March 17, 2023.
This sale will be by public auction to be held on:
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 11:00am with registration from 9:00am – 11:00am
Sale location: IRS office – Glendale, CA 225 W. Broadway
Glendale, CA 91204 (outdoor courtyard)
Description of properties:

BIG BEAR LAKE, CA – 3.73 acres of land
APN 0310-672-35-0000
Minimum bid: $13,800
Legal description: PTN N 1/2 SE 26 TP 2N R 1E COM AT MOST SLY COR LOT 114 TR NO 7427 TH N 57 DEG 31 MIN 15 SECONDS W 374.58 FT TH N 50 DEG 28 MIN 08 SECONDS W
373.02 FT TO BEG OF NON TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE NELY WHOSE RADIUS IS 140 FT TH NWLY ALG SD CURVE THRU AN ANGLE OF 77 DEG 22 MIN 43 SECONDS AN ARC DISTANCE OF 189.07 FT THE RADIAL LINE AT THE BEG OF SD CURVE BEARS N 12 DEG 46 MIN 58 SECONDS W TH N 25 DEG 21 MIN 30 SECONDS W 97 FT TO BEG OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE NELY WHOSE RADIUS IS 120 FT TH NWLY ALG SD CURVE THRU AN ANGLE OF 9 DEG AN ARC DISTANCE OF 18.85 FT TH N 16 DEG 21 MIN 30 SECONDS W 76.49 FT TH S 61 DEG 15 MIN 45 SECONDS W 77 FT TH S 28 DEG 44 MIN
15 SECONDS W 78 FT TH S 61 DEG 15 MIN 45 SECONDS W 100 FT TO A PT ON NELY LI SAND CANYON RD TH SELY ALG SD NELY LI SAND CANYON RD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH WLY LI TETON DR TH NLY ALG WLY LI TETON DR TO PT BEG
3.73 AC M/L

WESTERN WHIP CT, BARSTOW, CA 92311 – 1.03 acres of land
APN 0183-231-20-0000
Minimum bid: $5,500
Legal description: N ½ SW ¼ NE ¼ SE ¼ NE ¼ SEC 7 TP 9N R 1 W EX SLY 1/3 ELY ½ THEREOF AND W ½ THAT PTN LOT 135 SEC 7 TP 9N R 1W ADJ ON S DESC AS COM AT NEL Y COR SD LOT TH ALG ELY LI LOT 135 S 0 DEG 03 MIN 52 SECONDS W 39.46 FT TH W 328.99 FT TO A PT IN W LI SD LOT 135 DISTANT ALG SD W LI 39 FT SLY FROM NWLY COR THEREOF TH NO DEG 03 MIN 34 SECONDS E 39 FT TO NW COR SD LOT 135TH ALG N LI SD LOT 135 N 89 DEG 55 MIN 10 SECONDS E 328.99 FT TO POB EX ST AND EX MNL RTS AS RESERVED BY USA

WESTERN WHIP CT, BARSTOW, CA 92311 – 0.22 acres of land
APN 0183-231-28-0000
Minimum bid $7,500
Legal description: SLY 1/3 ELY½ N ½SW¼ NE¼ SE 1/4 NE 14 SEC 7 TP 9N R
I W AND ELY 1/2 THAT PTN 135 SEC 7 TP 9N R IW ADJ ON S DESC AS COM AT NELY COR SD LOT 135 TH ALG ELY LI THEREOF S 0 DEG 03 MIN 52 SECONDS W 39.46 FT TH W 328.99 FT TO A PT IN W LI SD LOT 135 DISTANT ALG SD W LI 39 FT SLY FROM NWLY COR THEREOF TH ALG W LI SD LOT 135 NO DEG 03 MIN 34 SECONDS E 39 FT TO NW COR TH ALG N LI SD LOT 135 N 89 DEG 55 MIN 10 SECONDS E 328.99 FT TO POB EX ANY PTN LYING SLY OF FOLLOW DESC BEG AT A PT IN THE E LI PARCEL 3 DISTANT THEREON NO DEG 03 MIN 47 SECONDS E 41.43 FT FROM SECOR SD PAR 3 TH DEPARTING SD ELIS 89 DEG 26 MIN 49 SECONDS E 378.90 FT AND THERE TERMINATE

GRACE ST, BARSTOW, CA 92311 – 0.34 acres of land
APN 0183-021-03-0000
Minimum bid: $11,000
Legal description: PTN GOV LOT 9 SEC 7 TP 9N R 1 W DESC AS COM AT NW COR SD LOT 9 TH S 89 DEG 30 MINE ALG N LI SD LOT 134.15 FT TO TRUE POB TH CONT S 89 DEG 30 MIN E 110 FT TH S 00 DEG 06 MIN W 135.28 FT TH N 89 DEG 30 MIN W 110 FT TH N 00 DEG 06 MINE 135.29 FT TO TRUE POB

RIVERSIDE DR, BARSTOW, CA 92311 – 0.20 acres of land
APN 0181-561-21-0000
Minimum Bid: $7,500
Legal description: Lot 2 of Tract 4161 of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of said County.

YUCCA ST, HESPERIA, CA 92345 – 0.44 total acres of land
APN 0413-042-12-0000 and APN 0413-042-13-0000
*Two parcels to be sold together Minimum Bid: $37,200
Legal descriptions:
Assessors Map No 15 Lot 7 Blk 69A Ex Water Rights and Ex 1/2 I Nt Min Rts Without Surface Entry
Assessors Map No 15 Lot 6 Blk 69A Water Rights and Ex 1/2 I Nt Min Rts Without Surface Entry

Property may be Inspected at: By drive by only
Form of Payment: Payment shall be by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the United States Treasury

Terms of Payment: Full payment due upon acceptance of highest bid.
If the highest bidder defaults in payment of the bid price, and the property is not sold for at least the amount of the highest bid, the bidder’s deposit will be retained pending final determination of damages the Government sustained because of the bidder’s default. If damages exceed the amount of the deposit, the bidder will be liable for the excess damages.
The Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withdraw the property from the sale. The property is offered for sale “as is” and “where is” and without recourse against the United States. The United States makes no guarantee of condition of the property, or its fitness for any purpose. The United States will not consider any claim for allowance or adjustment or for the rescission of the sale based on failure of the property to comply with any expressed or implied representation.
The sale is ordered in accordance with 28 U.S.C. Section 2001 and 2002 and is made without the right of redemption.
You may obtain information about the property and proposed sale by contacting the office at the address shown below: Address for information About the Sale and submission of mail-in bids Brittanny Dipla
51 SW First Avenue, M/S 800 PALS Miami, FL 33130-1608 Brittanny.Dipla@irs.gov
Irsauctions.gov
Phone 805-479-2552
Published in the San Bearnardino County Sentinel on February 7, 2025

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