Police Blotter: Son Stabs Dad, Booked for ADW

According to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department news release, on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 12:49 a.m., Sheriff’s Dispatch received a 911 call reporting that a man had been stabbed in his home. Highland station deputies, Highland Fire and AMR responded to the scene and found 52-year-old Jorge Garcia with several stab wounds to his upper torso. He was transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment.

According to a neighbor, Jorge Garcia knocked on her door and said his son had just stabbed him. Twenty-six-year-old Carlos Garcia was located inside the Garcia home. He had suffered facial injuries apparently from a fight and was also transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment. Following that treatment, the younger Garcia was arrested and booked at the Central Detention Center for Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Jorge remains at LLUMC in critical condition following surgery.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact either Dep. David Clifford or Sgt. James Williams at the Highland Sheriff’s Station, (909) 425-9793

Mother Of Highland Teen Struck, Killed By Deputy's Patrol Car, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The Press-Enterprise is reporting that the mother of a 14-year-old boy, who died after being struck by a sheriff's deputy in a patrol vehicle, has filed a lawsuit against the city, sheriff's department and county alleging wrongful death.

In the lawsuit, seeking $3,000 for funeral expenses and general damages yet to be determined, Stacey McCombs alleges the unnamed deputy was speeding and blinded by a setting sun when he struck her son, Justin Ames, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Drummond Avenue the evening of Aug. 22.

The deputy was driving one of two patrol cars responding to a call about 6:30p.m. when the collision occurred. Neither of the deputies, both alleged to have been traveling between 50 and 60 mph, had their sirens or flashing lights on, and the posted speed limit was 35 mph, according to the lawsuit. MORE>>

Definition of Observed

observed |əbˈzərvd|
verb [ trans. ]
1 notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant : [with clause ] young people observe that decisions are made by others.
• watch (someone or something) carefully and attentively : Rob stood in the hallway, where he could observe the happenings on the street.
• take note of or detect (something) in the course of a scientific study : the behavior observed in groups of chimpanzees.
• [ reporting verb ] make a remark or comment : [with direct speech ] “It's chilly,” she observed | [with clause ] a stockbroker once observed that dealers live and work in hell.
2 fulfill or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or religious obligation) : a tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice.
• (usu. be observed) maintain (silence) in compliance with a rule or custom, or temporarily as a mark of respect : a minute's silence will be observed.
• perform or take part in (a rite or ceremony) : relations gather to observe the funeral rites.
• celebrate or acknowledge (an anniversary) : many observed the one-year anniversary of the flood.
DERIVATIVES
observable |əbˈzərvəbəl| adjective
observably |-blē| |əbˈzərvəbli| adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from Old French observer, from Latin observare ‘to watch,’ from ob- ‘toward’ + servare ‘attend to, look at.’