The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Dustin Shanon Buchanan (Age 28 of Barstow) and Vivian Ann Stewart (Age 27 of Barstow) for murder and other crimes in Barstow.


CASE SYNOPSIS

On Friday, February 28, 2020 deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call in the 500 Block of E. Fredricks Street, Barstow. An investigation was initiated at that time.

After reviewing this case, our office has charged Mr. Buchanan in violation of the following sections of the California Penal Code:

Penal Code Section 187(a) – Murder of a Human Fetus (Felony)
Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.

Penal Code Section 451(b) – Arson (Felony)
Arson that causes an inhabited structure or inhabited property to burn is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, five, or eight years.

Penal Code Section 203 – Mayhem (Felony)
Every person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member of his body, or disables, disfigures, or renders it useless, or cuts or disables the tongue, or puts out an eye, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, is guilty of mayhem.

Health and Safety Code Section 11379.6(a) – Manufacturing a Controlled Substance Other Than PCP (Felony)
Except as otherwise provided by law, every person who manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, derives, processes, or prepares, either directly or indirectly by chemical extraction or independently by means of chemical synthesis, any controlled substance specified in Section 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057, or 11058 shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, five, or seven years and by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

Penal Code Section 273a(a) – Child Abuse Under Circumstances or Conditions Likely To Cause GBI or Death (Felony)
Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health is endangered, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison for two, four, or six years.

(3 Counts)

After reviewing this case, our office has charged Ms. Stewart in violation of the following sections of the California Penal Code:

Penal Code Section 187(a) – Murder of a Human Fetus (Felony)
Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.

Penal Code Section 273a(a) – Child Abuse Under Circumstances or Conditions Likely To Cause GBI or Death (Felony)
Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health is endangered, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison for two, four, or six years.

(3 Counts)


CASE INFORMATION

DA Case Number: 2020-00-0013182
Court Case Number: (Buchanan) FVI20000715, (Stewart) FVI20003013
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