Staff Reports Eastvale – April 16, 2013- Eastvale: deputies from the Eastvale Police Dept., received information regarding an illegal cultivation of marijuana within a residential neighborhood on the 6900 Block of Rapids Dr., Eastvale. An investigation was initiated and a search warrant was obtained for the residence. When officers arrived on scene, they found over 1100 marijuana plants, one pound of processed marijuana, digital scales and packaging material. Additionally, electricity was being bypassed around the meter, causing a serious fire hazard and resulting in approximately $4500 a month in stolen electricity. April 13, 2013- A postal worker delivering mail in Corona was shot in the left temple by a pellet gun according to police. Mail service has stopped until a suspect is arrested or until the mailbox is moved and/or deemed safe to work again. April 18, 2013- Booked for investigation of burglary and conspiracy to commit a felon were 35-year-old Eric Lee Rivera, 42-year-old Camilo Rivera, and 22-year-old Dloreen Jae Lachesky. All 3 suspects were accused of robbing grocery stores, pharmacies and hardware stores in Corona, Moreno Valley, Perris, Menifee and Murrieta. April 21, 2013- A Riverside bus driver is credited with helping police catch a violent robbery suspect who boarded his bus in Corona. Bob Owens, a Riverside Transit Agency bus driver, recognized Eric Cunningham’s face from wanted posters. Police said that on April 16, Cunningham, 45, used a hammer or mallet to bludgeon the 52-year-old owner of a Riverside tobacco shop and then grabbed cash from the register. The victim was hospitalized in serious condition, officials said. On Thursday morning, Cunningham boarded the bus on Smith Street in Corona and took a window seat at the front of the bus, according to the Riverside Transit Agency. Owens played it cool, taking care not to look back at Cunningham, appear nervous or report the crime over the radio, for fear Cunningham would hear. Owens waited until he could quietly ask another bus driver to alert police during a stop. Minutes later, Owens made a stop on his route at the Galleria at Tyler, where officers were waiting for Cunningham. April 12, 2013- A former Corona police officer who did not disclose allegations that a 13-year-old boy was possibly being abused by the pastor and other members of her church was sentenced to three years’ probation and 250 hours of community service. Margaret Bell Former cop testified in court on April 12 stating that she was never told that anything criminal was going on at the church other than a witness report stating the boy was poked in the chest with a pair of pliers. Lonny Lee Remmers, 54, Nicholas James Craig, 22, Darryll Duane Jeter, 28, who are the pastor and church members, are facing a slew of felony charges for allegedly threatening and physically assaulting a then-13-year-old boy, one allegation stated that the men tied the boy to a chair in Remmers bathroom and pepper sprayed and pinched him in the chest to punish him.
