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part of an "ongoing and continuing fraudulent scheme" to gain inside information and use it to "unfairly compete against CMB." The suit goes on to allege that Caldwell and Roberts "were motivated by corruption" so that "they and their long-time cronies at Inland Energy could generate even more profit for themselves" if CMB was out of the picture. The firm is seeking damages, plus an injunction to stop Victorville from using contacts and business plans CMB claims were gained.

part of an "ongoing and continuing fraudulent scheme" to gain inside information and use it to "unfairly compete against CMB." The suit goes on to allege that Caldwell and Roberts "were motivated by corruption" so that "they and their long-time cronies at Inland Energy could generate even more profit for themselves" if CMB was out of the picture. The firm is seeking damages, plus an injunction to stop Victorville from using contacts and business plans CMB claims were gained. real love science poop fart

These two scumbags made the big-time national news when this happened. Machnick and her husband were tried for felony child abuse in 2002. Jury deadlocked. In 2005, facing re-trial, Machnick pled "nolo contendere" (equivalent to guilty) to misdemeanor child abuse in a plea bargain and received 120 days community service. Their child was in junior high, and Machnick was a public school principal in Walnut. When this broke, she got promoted to "administration" so she would have "no contact with children"...  top aide on leave after child abuse allegations surface Comments 11 | Recommend 2 March 20, 2010 11:32 AM Natasha Lindstrom VICTORVILLE * The Victor Valley Union High School District has placed the superintendent's top aide on paid leave after officials discovered she was charged with abusing her teenage stepson 10 years ago, including taking nude photographs of him and forcing him to carry dog feces in his backpack. Deborah Machnick, 54, joined the district in September 2007 as director of curriculum and instruction and was appointed special assistant to the superintendent six months ago. Machnick was placed on leave March 11 after a district employee tipped off officials about prior child-abuse charges, Superintendent Marilou Ryder confirmed. "To be clear now, during her employment there's been absolutely no complaints or any proof of misconduct at all, but we have certain information that we were obligated to investigate," Ryder said. Prosecutors alleged Machnick and her husband, Grady Machnick, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's sergeant, emotionally and physically abused their then-14-year-old son at their residence in Yorba Linda, the Los Angeles Times reported in 2002. To discipline the unruly boy, the couple allegedly forced him to sleep outside on a dog mat, prevented him from using the bathroom at night and poured water on him as he slept, the Times reported. The boy was forced to "earn" clean clothes, according to the Time

Two men were found shot dead in a truck near Highway 395 and Eucalyptus Road, and a third man is fighting for his life, officials said. "He was standing in the middle of the street and screaming," said Melanie Haprov, who called 911 around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when she and her boyfriend drove up to the intersection and spotted the survivor. "He was covered in blood - his face, his whole shirt - and he was holding his stomach." When San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies arrived, the man told them there were other victims out in the desert, according to Sgt. Doug Hubbard of the Homicide Detail. On a paved road in an undeveloped housing tract just northwest of the intersection, they found the two other men dead in a truck. The men may be from the Los Angeles area.

On April 21, the group was leaving Tio Pepe's Restaurant around 12:23 a.m. when witnesses reported they were confronted by a second group of people. Three victims were stabbed and a fourth was run over by a vehicle, officials said. According to sheriff's officials, one victim suffered several stab wounds that will require follow-up treatment due to complications. The victims have all been released from the hospital.

At more than 17 percent unemployed, the Victor Valley continued to top California's unemployment rate of 12.5 percent. Though the state added more than 32,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January, it still has the nation's fifth-highest unemployment rate, exceeding the national average of 10.6 percent, according to the state's Employment Development Department. Michigan leads the nation with an unemployment rate of 14.3 percent, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Adelanto continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the Victor Valley at 22.8 percent. But every city noted in the state's report suffered from double-digit unemployment percentages - most over 15 percent. Most of the 19,500 jobs lost in Riverside and San Bernardino counties from December 2009 to January 2010 were in the trade, transportation and utilities sector, which declined by 7,700 workers. Retail stores shed over 6,000 jobs as the Christmas shopping season closed, while professional and business services jobs saw a decline of 3,600 workers.

HESPERIA * Authorities said a frightening e-mail warning Hesperia residents of a rapist on the loose is a hoax. The e-mail includes an imbedded picture of convicted 9/11 terrorist Zacharias Moussaoui who is currently in federal prison in Colorado.

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The report indicated economic outlooks do not look good and Bockman and Sirotnik agreed based on the reactions of purchasing managers.

The report indicated economic outlooks do not look good and Bockman and Sirotnik agreed based on the reactions of purchasing managers.

HELENDALE * Investigators believe the murder of an elderly Helendale man last December is linked to cockfighting and gambling, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department officials said. While Homicide detectives would not say Jesus Rocha, 68, was holding illegal cockfights on his 10-acre property, authorities do believe he is involved in the criminal sport in some way. "It's gambling and sometimes people lose large amounts of money and that creates problems between individuals and groups of people," Cindy Beavers, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department, said. "In this case someone lost their life."

The funeral procession for Tahnee Whiting - the woman whose vehicle was found at the bottom of the California Aqueduct earlier in the month - was traveling east on Main Street when for unknown reasons the tractor trailer heading north on Highway 395 ran through the intersection striking the white SUV directly behind Whiting's hearse, according to Whiting's mother, Kim Isom. About six people were in the overturned vehicle, but only three were transported to Desert Valley Hospital with minor injuries.

Bua hit a submerged boulder feet-first, according to his grandmother, Cheryl Rollins of Hesperia . The impact was so powerful that some people said they could hear bones break. Bua broke his right femur in 17 places and sustained fractures of the tailbone, pelvis, left tibia and fibula. He also cracked his L1 and shattered his right heel.

Bua hit a submerged boulder feet-first, according to his grandmother, Cheryl Rollins of Hesperia . The impact was so powerful that some people said they could hear bones break. Bua broke his right femur in 17 places and sustained fractures of the tailbone, pelvis, left tibia and fibula. He also cracked his L1 and shattered his right heel.