Full Notification

DATE/TIME: February 23, 2015/ 11:15 a.m.

INCIDENT: Armed Suspect Arrested for Burglary

LOCATION: 34000 Block of Holcomb Valley Rd., Holcomb Valley

SUSPECT: Geoffry Brister, age 33

VICTIM: Boy Scouts of America


SUMMARY:

On February 23, 2015, at approximately 11:15 a.m., Deputies Montbriand and McCracken from the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station responded to a burglary in progress at the Holcomb Valley Boy Scouts of America Campground. The deputies arrived at the location and contacted a male subject, later identified as Geoffry Brister. Brister did not have permission to be at the campgrounds and was found near several buildings that had been burglarized. Brister was armed with a .22 caliber rifle at the time he was contacted.

The investigation showed the suspect had broken into several buildings on the property and was in the process of stealing numerous items belonging to the Boy Scouts of America, including firearms used by the campers for target practice. Brister was found to be on felony probation for carrying a loaded firearm in public. Suspect Geoffry Brister was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Big Bear jail on felony charges of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and ammunition, Burglary, and Vandalism, as well as misdemeanor charges of being in Possession of Methamphetamine. Brister is being held in lieu of $60,000 bail with an arraignment hearing set for February 25th at San Bernardino County Superior Court.


Refer: Dep. A. Montbriand

Station: Big Bear Sheriff’s Station

Phone No. 909-866-0100

Case No. 061500197

John McMahon, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department