Friday, March 4, 2005 http://www.vvdailypress.com/2005/110994617567981.html
Task force seizes drugs, weapons, cash Investigators arrest two: Owner of L.V. auto shop and an admitted member of white supremacist group By EMILY BERG/Staff Writer LUCERNE VALLEY An investigation over a stolen engine led deputies to the arrest of two Lucerne Valley men, and the seizure of drugs, illegal weapons and $4,000 in cash, county officials said Thursday. The San Bernardino County Auto Theft Task Force on Wednesday arrested James Bryan Mills, 41, on suspicion of illegally possessing a rifle and a handgun and 2 ounces of cocaine, task force officials said. Investigators also found $4,000 in cash near the illegal narcotics, task force officials said. They said they also arrested Loren Bull, 26, an admitted member of the white supremacist group Southern California Skinheads. Bull had hundreds of Oxycontin tablets, illegal anabolic steroids and a stolen handgun in his possession, task force officials said. Officials also seized numerous Nazi and white supremacist materials, task force officials said. The bust started as an investigation into a stolen engine, said Robert Boone, the senior district attorney investigator for the task force. "That's what led me to get the search warrant," Boone said. The task force served search warrants at Mills' residence in the 31000 block of Clark Road, apartments he owned at 32050 Highway 18 and at his business, Affordable Auto Repair, at the corner of highways 18 and 247, task force officials said. "Nothing came back stolen at the auto shop," Boone said. During the investigation, Boone learned that Mills had purchased engines that Mills later learned were stolen, but they were already shipped out of the shop, Boone said. The task force served the warrants along with members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's narcotics division, Lucerne Valley sheriff's deputies and San Diego auto theft detectives. They found Mills at his home on Clark Road and arrested him on suspicion of possession of sales-quantity cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms, a task force official said. The task force went to the apartment building because Mills had used it as a mailing address in the past, Boone said. "We had reason to believe Mr. Bull was managing them for him," Boone said. Task force members said they found Bull at the apartments and arrested him. The investigation is ongoing into how and why Bull had a large amount of Oxycontin, task force officials said. Oxycontin is known as Hillbilly Heroin and is used medically to treat cancer pain. If it is used illegally, it often leads to overdose because of the medication's strength, task force officials said. Both men were booked into West Valley Detention Center and have posted bail, task force officials said. The task force will present the case to the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office in Victorville for review, task force officials said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/O.5XsA/8WnJAA/E2hLAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
