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SBSD - Fontana Sheriff's Department
Monday August 7th, 2023 :: 07:32 a.m. PDT

Advisory

Mother Arrested for Child Endangerment

DATE/TIME: Saturday, August 5, 2023 / 12:44 a.m.

INCIDENT: Child Endangerment

LOCATION: 5500 block of Riverside Drive, unincorporated Rialto

VICTIM: Confidential

SUSPECT: Honesti De La Torre, age 37, resident of Rialto

SUMMARY: On Saturday, August 5, 2023, at about 12:44 a.m., Fontana deputies learned a seven-week-old child was found intoxicated. Deputies responded to the hospital to investigate the circumstances. The investigation showed the child's mother, Honesti De La Torre, drove through the unincorporated area of Rialto. De La Torre stopped to put alcohol in a baby bottle and gave it to the child to stop the child from crying. The child became intoxicated and was transported to a hospital by paramedics. At the conclusion of the investigation, De La Torre was arrested for Penal Code 273a(a): Child Endangerment, and booked into the West Valley Detention Center.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Fontana Sheriff’s Station at (909) 356-6767. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

Refer: Deputy T. Esposito

Station: Fontana

Phone No. (909) 356-6767

Case No. 032301807

SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Address/Location
SBSD - Fontana Sheriff's Department
17780 Arrow Blvd
Fontana, CA 92335

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