The disposition/reset hearing for a 30-year-old rape suspect related to his arrest in February 2011 for allegedly raping an underage drugged victim has been delayed again. (File Photo)
By Michael P. Neufeld
UPDATE – Tuesday, April 2 – 2:31 p.m.
San Bernardino, CA – The hearing for the man accused of raping an underage drugged victim has been delayed again.
Judge J. David Mazurek granted a continuance for 30-year-old Brandon Louis Schilling after his attorney was unavailable due to a previous trial in Victorville. Attorney Rick Christianson appeared in court along with the suspect representing defense attorney Brandon Wood.
Judge Mazurek reset 5the disposition/reset hearing for May 6 at 8:30 a.m. in Department S-25.
ORIGINAL STORY
San Bernardino, CA – The man accused of raping an underage drugged victim returns to court April 2.
Brandon Louis Schilling, now 30, is accused of sexually assaulting the 17-year-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend while the mother was at work, according to court and booking documents.The girl resides in Arizona and was visiting Lake Arrowhead at the time of the reported incident, which reportedly occurred on Christmas Eve 2010.
The disposition/reset hearing will be held at 8:30 a.m. in Department S-25. He remains in custody on $500,000 bail at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga and has entered not guilty pleas to four felony charges — including two counts of raping a drugged victim, sodomy and oral copulation. Schilling allegedly assaulted the teenager in February 2011, after giving the girl marijuana and alcohol.
RECENT APPEARANCE
Schilling’s most recent court appearance, on March 18, before Judge J. David Mazurek, was delayed because Schilling’s attorney — Brandon Wood — was in trial in Victorville.
THE CASE
Schilling was arrested February 15, 2011, after being interviewed by investigators at the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station.
The unidentified victim reported the incident to relatives who notified law enforcement. Investigators in Mojave County, Arizona, as well as detectives at the Twin Peaks and Colorado River stations, participated in the investigation and obtained evidence leading to the defendant’s arrest. (210)
