BAIL REDUCED TO $750,000
A 28-year-old Big Bear Lake man has entered a not guilty plea on eight felony sex crimes against children charges. Bail was reset to $750,000. (File Photo)
By Michael P. Neufeld
UPDATE – Thursday, July 11 – 9:38 a.m.
San Bernardino, CA – A plea of not guilty to all eight felony counts of sex crimes against children has been entered in San Bernardino County Superior Court by 28-year-old Big Bear Lake resident Samuel Joseph Kardos.
Kardos, who was arraigned before Judge Kenneth Barr on Thursday (July 11), reset Kardos’ bail from $2 million to $750,000 and appointed the Public Defender to represent the suspect.
NEXT COURT APPEARANCE
The next court appearance for Kardos will be a pre-preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, July 19, in Department S-23.
ORIGINAL STORY
Big Bear Lake, CA – Eight felony counts of sex crimes against minors have been filed against Samuel Joseph Kardos, 28, of Big Bear Lake. He is being detained at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga in lieu of $2 million bail.
THE CASE
Big Bear Sheriff’s deputies responded to a Big Bear Lake residence on June 15 in response to a report that Kardos had committed sexual offenses against two female juveniles under 10 years of age.
At the time of the original report, Kardos was incarcerated at West Valley on an unrelated charge of false imprisonment, with a release date of July 7.
During their investigation, Big Bear detectives determined Kardos had reportedly molested the two juveniles on multiple occasions over a period of months in 2012. The victims were given forensic examinations at the Children’s Assessment Center in San Bernardino and Kardos was contacted at the jail and booked on the sex charges.
A criminal report was prepared and forwarded to the San Bernardino County District Attorney for filing of felony charges.
CHARGES FILED
On Wednesday, July 10, the District Attorney filed a criminal complaint against Kardos, charging him with six (6) counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child and two (2) counts of sex or sodomy with a child under 10 years of age.
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