Man Enters Woman’s Vehicle, Sexually Assaults Her After Threatening Her with Knife in Pasadena4/18/2024 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Detectives are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman after he entered the vehicle she was sitting in.
The assault occurred around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, April 13 near Sierra Madre Villa Avenue north of Foothill Boulevard. After entering the woman’s vehicle, the suspect threatened her with a knife and forced her to drive to a new location where he assaulted her, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The suspect fled after the victim fended him off. The suspect is described as a Black man in his 30s to 40s. He stands 6 feet tall, is heavyset, wore a black face mask, wore a gray hooded raincoat, light blue jean pants and black shoes. He also had a distinct raspy voice. He carried a folding knife, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Anyone with information leading to the suspect is urged to call the Pasadena Police Department at 626-744-4241. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - An assault that occurred on the A Line train June 24 over a dropped cell phone certainly brings the adage “no good deed goes unpunished” to mind.
The incident occurred around 9:21 p.m. on an A Line train at the Memorial Park station. The victim, a 30-year-old man, told deputies a female suspect assaulted him with 15-inch deer antlers after he handed back a dropped cellphone to the sleeping passenger who owned it, according to Kari Mercer, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau. The man sustained several contusions, a 1-inch laceration to his head, a 1-inch laceration to his left hand and a puncture wound on his right forearm. The suspect armed with deer antlers, a 38-year-old Asian woman, apparently was looking in earnest at the dropped cellphone. The victim worried she was going to steal it, Mercer told SGV CityWatch. “Fearing the female was going to steal the phone, the victim picked up the phone, woke the sleeping passenger and gave it to him. The suspect became irate, pulled deer antlers from her bag, and struck the victim multiple times on his head and arms,” Mercer said in a written statement. The homeless suspect was located, arrested and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – One suspect was arrested, two others were sought after an 82-year-old man was fatally stabbed in a Pasadena neighborhood Wednesday.
Officers responded to a home in the 1000 block of North mentor Avenue for an assault with a deadly weapon call July 6 and discovered a man deceased with stab wounds around 2:16 p.m. Officers somehow obtained a suspect vehicle description and located the vehicle parked at a nearby commercial area, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The victim, who suffered multiple stab wounds, was identified as Glenn Calvin, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The suspect in the vehicle was spotted just after 3 p.m. The suspect was found at a Target shopping center, 3121 E. Colorado Blvd., in East Pasadena. As a precaution, the Target was evacuated while the suspect in the vehicle was taken into custody. The suspect’s name was not provided. The motive for the killing remains either unknown, or has not yet been publicly released. Authorities have not released descriptions for the two other suspects. Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the Pasadena Police Department at 626-744-4241. Provide information anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – A suspect was arrested May 7, accused of spraying a man with a flammable liquid and lighting him on fire onboard an L Line train, causing extensive burn injuries, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The attack was reported around 10:55 p.m. According to witness statements, the unidentified suspect, a female, possibly exchanged words with the man prior to the attack, but it appeared the suspect and man did not know each other and the attack was unprovoked, according to Ramon Montenegro, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau. The attack occurred near the Metro L Line Lake Station, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch After the man was set on fire, patrons aboard the railcar used what means they could to extinguish the flames. Patrons pointed out the suspect to deputies who took her into custody, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch. The injuries to the man, while extensive, are considered not life-threatening, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch. “So far, we’ve been able to ascertain there was no relationship between the two. There was no argument that occurred. For some reason she did this,” Montenegro told SGV CityWatch. The Sheriff’s Arson/Explosives Detail is investigating. The suspect’s name has not been released. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – A 26-year-old woman is recuperating after being wounded in the neck during an early-morning assault, a Pasadena Police lieutenant said.
The assault occurred in the 2800 block of East Colorado Boulevard just after 2:30 a.m. March 27. Officers responded to the area to a woman who claimed she was stabbed, but could not find her after a search and calls to her cell phone. The woman turned up at a nearby emergency room, according to Lt. Marcia Taglioretti of the Pasadena Police Department. The stabbing reportedly occurred at the Rodeway Inn & Suites, 2860 E. Colorado Blvd. A hotel guest who wished her name not be used heard screams from a room somewhere at the hotel. “I heard her screaming and the cops questioning people about the girl who got stabbed,” the guest told SGV CityWatch. “She was screaming ‘Help. No. No, please. No. Help me, please.” Hospital staff notified the Pasadena Police Department that a woman arrived with a stab wound to the neck. Officers later found blood evidence of where the stabbing occurred, Taglioretti told SGV CityWatch. A suspect remains at-large. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – Investigators believe a Houston, Texas man is behind a series of suspicious fires that all burned in close proximity to each other and over the course of one hour.
David William Powell, 40, is accused arson and attempted murder. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility on Los Angeles ahead of a scheduled appearance in Pasadena Municipal Court October 19. Powell is believed to have ignited two very destructive residential fires, two smaller fires and used a hammer to attack a man October 17, authorities said. The first destructive fire was dispatched at 5:41 p.m. in the 300 block of North Chester Avenue. The fire was located in a detached garage housing two vehicles. The fire extended into an adjacent apartment, according to Lisa Derderian, City Public Information Officer for Pasadena. Around 6 p.m., firefighters then reported a fire burning one block east and discovered a residential structure well-involved with fire near Holliston Avenue and Corson Street, Derderian said in a written statement. The Chester fire was quickly knocked down. The Holliston fire was knocked down in nearly 18 minutes. No one was home at the time, but the fire displaced all residents, Derderian said. A third, but smaller, fire was reported and extinguished at a construction site just before 7 p.m. in the 700 block of East Walnut Street. Another small fire was reported and extinguished in the 1800 block of Locust Street just before 8 p.m., authorities said. While the first two fires burned, Pasadena Police also responded to Allen Avenue and Corson Street to investigate an assault and found a man in his 50s suffering from major injuries allegedly caused in a hammer attack. The suspect fled in an SUV, authorities said. Police saw a suspicious SUV near the fourth fire and attempted to stop the driver possibly linked to the hammer attack. The driver fled and ran briefly, but was caught. Police seized evidence allegedly linking Powell to the hammer attack and fires. Damage caused in the Chester fire is estimated at $50,000. The fire damage on Holliston is estimated at $200,000 to the structure and $100,000 in contents, Derderian said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Pasadena Police confirmed Tuesday that they are investigating sex assault claims against Dodgers ace pitcher Trevor Bauer stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred recently.
TMZ Sports broke the story Tuesday that the alleged victim was granted a temporary restraining order against the Cy Young winner for what the she claims is “severe physical and emotional pain.” The alleged victim reported the assault to Pasadena Police May 16, Pasadena Police Lt. Carol Gordon told USA Today. Bauer’s attorney, Tom Fetterolf, told TMZ “Mr. Bauer had a wholly consensual sexual relationship initiated by [the accuser] beginning in April 2021.” Fetterolf Went on to add that the alleged victim reportedly sent messages to Baauer asking for rough sexual encounters and specified that she wanted to be slapped and choked during their rendezvous. The alleged victim reportedly drove from her residence in San Diego to Bauer’s home in Pasadena and it is there where the alleged assault occurred, TMZ reported. The alleged victim had two encounters with Bauer, stayed over at his home in Pasadena and left without incident. She allegedly messaged Baauer in the days after their last encounter and reportedly flirting with him through text messaging, Fetterolf told TMZ. The victim also allegedly sent messages and images to Bauer after she claimed she needed medical attention for what was described as a concussion. The Dodgers organization issued a statement: “The Dodgers were made aware of the allegations against Trevor Bauer late this afternoon and immediately contacted Major League Baseball, which will be handling this matter," the statement read. "The Dodgers take any allegations of this nature very seriously, but will have no further comment at this time." Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The man accused of stabbing two family members to death, a portion of the crime that was witnessed on a live Zoom meeting, was officially charged Monday.
Robert Anderson Cotton, 32, faces two counts of murder with an allegation of using a knife as a deadly and dangerous weapon. Cotton’s arraignment was continued to April 5. He is accused of killing mother Carol Brown, 67, and uncle Kenneth Preston, 69, at the house they all shared in the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue March 22. The bodies were discovered after police were called around 2:50 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue. Brown was a 15-year-member of Pasadena City College and was reportedly in the middle of a work meeting on Zoom when a suspect, later identified as Cotton, entered the room and kidnapped her. Coworkers called 9-1-1. Cotton was not at the scene when deputies arrived, but returned in a vehicle either belonging to Brown or Preston, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – A man hell-bent for leather on getting food while maskless was identified and charged with robbery of the Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, police said. Steven Carlos Williams, a 43-year-old Duarte man, was identified at the man who robbed the restaurant February 3. Williams was reportedly already in custody, arrested by Sheriff’s deputies several days after the Roscoe’s robbery on an unrelated crime, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Williams is accused of taking food orders at gunpoint at the restaurant, 830 N. Lake Ave. Employees insisted that the suspect mask-up. The suspect became irate and brandished a handgun. >>THE FULL STORY: Armed Man, In a Tiff Over mask Compliance, Robs Pasadena Restaurant The suspect reportedly entered the kitchen and demanded that food be placed in a bag. Surveillance cameras captured the man leaving with a plateful of food. Four employees fled the restaurant. The suspect entered the restaurant with a friend. The friend remained in the restaurant until the food was taken. Both men soon fled the location in a dark-colored sedan. The case was presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office February 26. Williams was officially charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of assault with a firearm. He was arraigned February 26, Pasadena Police said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - The suspect sought in an unprovoked assault that led to a woman’s death was found and arrested January 5.
Oscar Villamil, 43, was recognized by deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau. He was seen and detained in the 700 block of South Raymond Avenue around 8:37 a.m. where Pasadena Police took him into custody, Pasadena Police said. Villamil was officially charged with one count of murder and one count of elder abuse, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Villamil was identified as the suspect in the assault that occurred December 28 in the area of Colorado Boulevard and Arroyo Parkway just before 8 a.m. A man and woman were beaten. The woman suffered fatal injuries and died days after hospitalization, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Pui Gee Ng Lee, an 80-year-old Pasadena resident, was identified as the woman killed. Her husband was treated for minor injuries and released, according to the Pasadena Police Department. “The investigation revealed that the elderly couple were walking on the sidewalk when the suspect, for unknown reason(s) and without provocation, punched and kicked the male victim and pushed the female victim, causing her to fall and hit her head on the concrete sidewalk,” Pasadena Police said in a written statement. Villamil, 43, is described as a transient man who was known to frequent the Pasadena area and used the Metro bus and light rail system to keep mobile. |
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