After weeks of speculation about the absence of Barstow’s police chief, the city manager confirmed that the chief has been placed on administrative leave. Barstow City Manager Curt Mitchell said he could not provide an explanation why Barstow Police Chief Dianne Burns was placed on administrative leave and said it was unknown how long her leave would last.
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City officials had previously said Burns was on an extended vacation — which began July 18.
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Today, the City ain't talking.
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Blogger Bob: Let me see, Larry Halstead (a former area democratic activist) was prosecuted by Barstow's finest (and Mike Ramos' office) for picking up a $2.00 political sign on election day (Chief Burns personally was involved in the investigation at the insistence some say of defeated Mayor Dale), current Mayor Joe Gomez (the first Hispanic and Democratic Mayor of Barstow) is being prosecuted for an alleged sexual assault crime (allegedly Gomez grabbed a former high school acquaintance's buttock) is facing RSO (registered sex offender) terms if convicted (which would of course force his resignation) while a recent Deputy Sheriff who had sex with an explorer scout (minor at the time) was reportedly offered a mild sentence with no RSO terms [A San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy Anthony Benjamin pleaded no contest on Wednesday to charges that he had sex with an underage teenager. The 16-year-old girl was a member of the department’s Explorer Scout program. Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, the 30-year old deputy will not have to register as a sex offender; source: | Steven Cuevas | KPCC @ www.scpr.org/news/2011/07/14/27739/bernardino-county-sheriff-deputy-accused-sex-under/] Interesting.
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