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A Yucaipa man surrendered to authorities Friday in connection with a automobile fraud investigation for a motorcycle that had been reported stolen.

Nick Alan Thompson, 43, of Yucaipa, surrendered to investigators with the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, officials announced Tuesday in a statement.

In September 2008, sheriff's deputies found a 2007 Suzuki GSX600 motorcycle which had been reported stolen. The motorcycle was found in Thompson's garage. The location was not available.

A jury has found a Yucaipa woman guilty on one felony count, but deadlocked on another count, in connection with the death of her 6-month old baby in 2006.

Jurors reached the verdict against defendant Lisa Marie VanDyne at 4:38 p.m. Friday in San Bernardino Superior Court. VanDyne was found guilty of willful cruelty to a child causing possible injury or death, according to court records.

However, Judge Bryan F. Foster declared a mistrial on a separate felony count when jurors couldn't reach a concensus on that count: Assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death.

VanDyne is scheduled to return to court Apr. 10 for a status hearing on the remaining count, court records indicate.

A Yucaipa man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Tuesday just as a trial was set to begin in the death of a 68-year-old woman in a DUI crash three years ago in Redlands.

Glenn Matthew Chiccarelli, 50, faces 15 years to life in state prison for killing Frances Fullingim, of Yucaipa, when he is sentenced June 4 in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to Deputy District Attorney William Lee.

A plea bargain was reached as a court trial, which is occurs before a judge only, was about to get underway, according to court records.

A superior court trial is underway for a Yucaipa woman charged with beating her infant daughter and causing her death almost three years ago, according to prosecutors.

Lawyers in the trial for Lisa Marie VanDyne have started selecting a jury in San Bernardino Superior Court, confirmed Deputy District Attorney Lynn Poncin. The lawyers' opening statements and witness testimony could begin by mid-week.

Sheriff's dispatchers received a 9-1-1 call from VanDyne at 9:16 a.m. on June 26, 2006. VanDyne, who was 18 years old at the time, reported that her 6-month-old daughter, Iyana Graham, was not breathing.

Two men suspected of beating another man to death outside of a Yucaipa biker bar will be going to trial after a Superior Court judge threw out plea bargains the men had reached with prosecutors.

Judge Bryan F. Foster rejected plea bargains for James Robert Hiles and Adrien Joseph Sotomayor during sentencing proceedings for the two men Thursday in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Hiles, of Mentone, and Sotomayor, of Yucaipa, both 22, are scheduled to return to court May 1 for a pretrial hearing. A jury trial was scheduled for later that month.

Three people were transported to local hospitals after the Yucaipa crash on the eastbound 10 Freeway that led to a Sig Alert.

The 6 p.m. crash took place near Yucaipa Boulevard.

A Cal Fire dispatcher said she did not believe the injuries were serious.

A crash on the eastbound 10 Freeway near Yucaipa Boulevard has caused the California Highway Patrol to issue a Sig Alert.

A number of vehicles were involved in a 6:03 p.m. crash on the eastbound 10 Freeway west of Yucaipa Boulevard in Yucaipa, according to the California Highway Patrol's incident page.

At least some lanes are blocked, and a person may be lying in the roadway.

A man accused of threatening to kill an alleged victim and witness following his acquittal on attempted murder charges has been released from police custody after agreeing to plead guilty to a felony count of witness intimidation.

Eric Brockway, 34, was arrested and charged with four felonies in September after he told a mental-health professional he needed care because of his homicidal thoughts.

Less than a week before his visit to the Yucaipa clinic, Brockway was acquitted by a Pomona Superior Court jury of the attempted murder of David Gregory, a Mt. Baldy resident who nearly died in 2007 after being hacked with a samurai sword

A rollover crash caused a Sig Alert on the eastbound 10 Freeway at Live Oak Canyon Road in Yucaipa Thursday night.

The Sig Alert was issued at 6:21 p.m., following the 5:49 p.m. crash.

The crash did not cause life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.

Shortly after the beginning of the board of education meeting Tuesday night, about 250 Dunlap Elementary School parents, teachers, and supporters got the news they hoped for when Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Sherry Kendrick, announced that the proposed closing of Dunlap was being pulled off the evening's agenda.

A huge roar erupted. Signs held by children and adults stating, "Save Dunlap, save our teachers," and "The children need their school" were thrust into the air. Applause rang out, and tears of relief and joy glistened in the eyes of relieved parents and teachers.

Read more at Yucaipa Now.

bob.otto@inlandnewspapers.com

Dunlap Elementary School parents, teachers, and students gathered at the corner of Yucaipa Blvd. and Oak Glen Road in cold, damp weather late Monday afternoon to show their opposition to the proposed closing of their school due to district budget cuts.

The Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District Board of Education will decide Dunlap's fate at a school board meeting Tuesday night at the district office. Because of a $4 million budget shortage the school board will vote on whether or not to close Dunlap in 2009-2010 school year to save $500,000.

But teachers attending Monday's protest have other ideas that they believe would save the district money and at the same time keep Dunlap open. But few of their ideas are being heard, say the teachers, who wish to remain anonymous.

Read more at Yucaipa Now.

bob.otto@inlandnewspapers.com

One person received minor hand and leg burns when a motor home caught fire in Yucaipa Tuesday night.

The 35-foot motor home was traveling on Wildwood Canyon Road near Fifth Street at 7:30 p.m. when it caught fire, Cal Fire firefighters said.

When firefighters arrived, the motor home was well involved, Cal Fire dispatchers said. It only took firefighters a few minutes to get the fire under control.

The passenger in the motor home who was burned refused treatment at the scene and then later went to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton for treatment.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A motor home caught fire Tuesday night in Yucaipa, burning one person.

The fire on Wildwood Canyon Road near Fifth Street was reported at 7:30 p.m. and took about five minutes to put out, said a Cal Fire dispatcher.

One person suffered hand burns.

The cause of the fire was not known.

Two men charged in connection with last year's fatal fight at a Yucaipa biker bar have a taken a plea bargain that will net them each three years in state prison, according to prosecutors.

James Robert Hiles and Adrian Joseph Sotomayer pleaded guilty Thursday to one count each of voluntary manslaughter in San Bernardino Superior Court. The men are scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 6, said Deputy District Attorney Alex Martinez.

Prosecutors had charged Hiles and Sotomayer, both 22, with the beating death of Cherry Valley resident, Grant Dodder, as the result of a fight on Jan. 5, 2008 in the parking lot of Angel's Roadhouse.

Paramedics found Dodder in the parking lot, and he was taken to a local hospital. He died the next day from his injuries.

Two people were arrested after a 25-mile police chase through residential areas that hit speeds of 80 miles per hour from Calimesa to Yucaipa Wednesday.

At 7:43 p.m., Riverside sheriff's deputies tried to pull over a stolen vehicle at Myrtlewood Drive and Fifth Street in Calimesa, according to a Riverside sheriff's news release.
The driver would not stop, and the pursuit began.

Finally, the driver went into a mobile-home park in the 31000 block of Yucaipa Boulevard in Yucaipa. The driver then tried to drive into a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy, according to the release.

Then two people got out of the car and started running.

Deputies were able to find the pair hiding in a storage shed in the mobile-home park.
Devon Richardson, a 26-year-old Calimesa resident, and 22-year-old Beaumont resident Ashley Gemmell were arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft, evading and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer.

Anyone with information about the case should call Riverside sheriff's officials at (951) 922-7100.

A midday fire at Braswell's Yucaipa Valley Convalescent Hospital led to evacuations Tuesday afternoon but no injuries, officials said.

Firefighters had the fire, which was reported at 11:40 a.m., under control by 12:10 p.m., said a Cal Fire dispatcher.

The cause of the fire at 35253 Avenue H is still under investigation, he said.

The fire at the 59-bed facility was confined to the roof and heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system, though smoke did spread through the building.

The dispatcher did not know how many people were evacuated.

A woman who answered the phone at the hospital Tuesday night said no one there could provide information about the fire.

A 29-year-old Riverside man was killed this morning when he was electrocuted while trimming trees in Yucaipa.

Jose Perez owns a tree trimming business and was working at a home in the 12700 block of Tenth Street, according to a coroner's news release.

Perez was in a harness 20 feet above the ground and using a 16-foot pole with shears to trim trees.

The pole hit a power line at one point. Perez was pronounced dead at the scene by Cal Fire paramedics.

The incident is under investigation.

A jury found a Lynwood man guilty of murder in the 2006 deadly shooting of two men along Live Oak Canyon Road in Yucaipa over a drug debt.

Jurors deliberated six hours and found defendant Alberto "Beto" Oropeza Delgadillo guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 53-year-old Pedro Sanchez and Salvador Felix, 31, prosecutors confirmed Friday.

The verdicts were returned Wednesday afternoon in San Bernardino Superior Court. Delgadillo faces 50 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced Jan. 14.

Lawyers gave their opening statements this morning in the trial for Alberto Oropeza Delgadillo who is charged with the execution-style shooting of two men in Yucaipa over a drug debt nearly two years ago.

Proceedings are underway in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Authorities say Delgadillo drove two men, 31-year-old Salvador Felix and Pedro Sanchez, 53, from the Los Angeles area to a desolate turnout on Live Oak Canyon Road, about a mile south of the 10 Freeway, and shot them both in the head on Dec. 18, 2006.

Nearby residents heard the gunshots and called Sheriff's deputies. A Chevrolet Astro van was seen leaving the location.