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DATE/TIME: August 7, 2020 / 9:13PM
 
INCIDENT: Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm on a Jail Facility
 
LOCATION: West Valley Detention Center - 9500 Etiwanda Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga
 
SUSPECT: Harold Nickelberry, 38-years-old, resident of San Bernardino
 
SUMMARY:
On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 9:13 PM, Harold Nickleberry drove to the front gate of the West Valley Detention Center to pick-up a recently released inmate. Deputy Jaime Pulido, who was assigned the front gate, contacted Nickleberry and confirmed his identity.  Through a records check, Pulido learned Nickleberry was prohibited from being on jail property and in violation of Penal Code 4571. During a search, Pulido found a loaded .38 Special handgun in Nickleberry’s front pocket. Nickleberry was detained and Pulido searched the vehicle.
 
Inside Nickleberry’s vehicle were his 1-year-old and 9-year-old children.  Underneath the driver’s seat, Pulido found a loaded Taurus .40 caliber handgun.  The serial numbers to this gun were obliterated. Pulido also located two boxes of .40 caliber ammunition containing multiple rounds of ammunition and a baggie of marijuana. Nickleberry was arrested and the children were released to their mother.
 
Nickleberry was booked into WVDC for violation of PC 29800(A)(1), PC 30305(A)(1), PC 4571, and PC 4573.  On August 8, 2020, Nickleberry posted $50,000 bail and was released.  The case has been forwarded to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office for review.
 
Refer:              Deputy Jaime Pulido
 
Station:            West Valley Detention Center
 
Phone No.       (909)-350-2476
 
Case No.         342001175
 
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department