The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the widening criminal probe of the San Bernardino County assessor's office led to the arrest Thursday of Highland resident James Erwin, chief of staff for county Supervisor Neil Derry and a former assistant assessor, on 10 felony counts including "failure to disclose receipt of prostitution and masseuse services." MORE>>According to a release issued by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, Erwin, 46, was arrested Thursday morning without incident at the County Government Center, and was charged with ten felony counts including eight counts of Perjury by Declaration (PC 118) and two counts of Offering a False or Forged Instrument for Filing (PC 115(a). If convicted on all counts, Erwin could receive as much as 11 years in state prison. Bail was set in the amount of $220,000.
The Press-Enterprise has posted PDFs of various documents related to the case with their story. MORE>>
The San Bernardino Sun also weighs in with their story, in which Erwin is accused of failing to report a pricey East Coast trip, a $13,000 Rolex watch and the services of a prostitute paid for by a developer in exchange for helping settle a lawsuit a developer had filed against the county. MORE>>
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