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 - No injuries were reported after a fire engulfed a vacant house Thursday night.
Firefighters successfully extinguish flames within 25 minutes arriving to the 700 block of East Villa Street, preventing the spread of fire to nearby trees and homes. First responders were sent to the house around 7:39 p.m., according to the Pasadena Police Department. “The residence was found to be vacant, having been boarded up, and no occupants were discovered inside. Given the circumstances, an Arson Investigator promptly arrived at the scene,” according to the Pasadena Police Department in a written statement. Anyone with information on this case 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 - The suspect accused of murdering a man at a Pasadena Park November 18 was arrested and charged with murder and was charged with crimes stemming from other incidents in town.
Aaron Miguel Conell, 24, was officially charged with one count each of murder, attempted murder and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Conell allegedly shot and wounded another victim October 29 at Washington Park, 700 E. Washington Blvd., the same park where 64-year-old Mickey Cooper was found shot dead last week. Conell is also accused of walking up to a driver at a Pasadena gas station and aiming a handgun at the driver’s head, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Mickey Cooper is the brother of former NBA basketball player Michael Cooper. Michael told ABC7 Eyewitness News that the brothers would often play basketball at the same park where Mickey was slain. Mickey led a somewhat troubled, but otherwise quiet life in his adult years. If convicted as charged, Conell will face 50 years to life in prison. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - A man was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in a public park early Saturday morning.
A ShotSpotter alert was received and officers were dispatched to Washington Park, 700 E.. Washington Blvd., at 4:10 a.m. An unresponsive man was found suffering gunshot from apparent gunshot wounds. He was declared dead at the scene, according to the Pasadena Police Department. A motive for the shooting is apparently not known. The Pasadena Police Robbery Homicide Unit is investigating. Anyone with information on this shooting 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 - Authorities named the accused gunman who shot and killed a woman at an apartment complex Monday.
Guary Lonnie Shuford III, 32, Was led away from the building by several swat officers after barricading himself inside of an apartment complex for roughly eight hours. Shuford, on parole for robbery, was booked on suspicion of murder, according to Pasadena Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian. The Pasadena Police Department named the shooting victim, 34-year-old Jamila Elysse Moss, a Pasadena resident. She was found deceased on what investigators described as the exterior portion of the apartment complex in the 200 block of South Raymond Avenue. The incident was likely domestic violence. Resident Angelicque McQueen claimed that the shooting occurred next her apartment unit. She heard the gunfire ring out. Soon, officers with weapons drawn descended upon the complex. She and her son Devon De La Hoya fled the complex after officers ordered McQueen to lock her dogs in the bathroom “Around 9:30 this morning we heard gunshots. We heard two, then heard six after that,” McQueen told SGV CityWatch. “I went down to walk the dogs. Everything was normal. I get greeted with a SWAT team at the exit door.” An officer screamed at McQueen to get back upstairs. Once back upstairs, McQueen said she saw officers with weapons trained on her neighbor’s unit. Three sworn officers with shields escorted McQueen and her son to an elevator to evacuate the complex. McQueen claims the shooting victim may have fallen, or was thrown from a window and down below to near the Metro A Line Del Mar Station. Glendale police officers and crisis negotiators aided in the operation. Bus shuttles replaced Metro trains throughout much of the day as the Del Mar station remained closed with only several police officers to secure the station. The apartment complex faces Central Park, which was oddly populated with park goers and apartment residents not only eager to get back in, but anxious to retrieve their pets left locked in their units. Some residents still inside the complex casually exited during the ordeal. Around 5:30 p.m., this reporter was led by residents through a neighboring business’s parking lot to the north side of the apartment complex, and got close enough to the apartments to hear a man yelling and screaming from a window overlooking the Del Mar Station. Several powerful flash bang grenades were used. The powerful blasts echoed throughout the area. Once Shuford was place in a white patrol vehicle, the vehicle peeled out south on Raymond Avenue. Robbery-Homicide detectives with the Pasadena Police Department arrived to take over the investigation. Train service to the Del Mar Station was reestablished Tuesday morning. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Officers have an apartment complex surrounded and believe a suspect is barricaded inside after finding a shooting victim Monday morning.
Authorities are asking people to avoid a quarter-mile radius around Raymond Avenue and Del Mar Boulevard as police continue to work the scene. Police responded to the apartment complex, which is adjacent to the A Line Del Mar Station, on a reported shooting. A female victim was found unresponsive at the scene. Information on her current condition is not readily available, according to Lisa Derderian, Pasadena public information officer. There was no train service running to the Delmar station. Shuttle buses replace train service between Fillmore and Memorial Park, according to do you Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - A driver is dead, his female passenger uninjured after he was found with gunshot wounds behind the wheel of a vehicle on Angeles Crest Highway early Saturday morning.
Officers responding to a solo traffic collision on Angeles Crest at mile marker 28.36 found a crashed sedan around 3:21 a.m. The driver, identified as 32-year-old Los Angeles resident Jessie Munoz, died after attempts to revive him. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Robbery/Homicide units from the Pasadena Police Department believe robbery was the motive for the shooting. Anyone with information on this shooting 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 - Police announced the arrest of a man and woman accused of homicide in the October 30 fatal shooting of a Rialto man.
David Lamont Hunt-Cooks, 28, and Brittney Chenise Ruth, 32, are facing one count each of homicide after the Los Angeles County Attorney’s Office formally filed charges January 11. The duo were arrested January 9, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The duo are accused of their involvement in the death of 22-year-old Martrell Eric Robinson who was shot dead just before 1:30 a.m. October 30, 2022. The shooting took place in the 100 block of Painter Street. Robbery/homicide detectives from the Pasadena Police Department identified multiple suspects who are connected to a local criminal street gang. A search warrant was served in Pomona January 9 with the assistance of the US Marshall Service, Southwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Hunt-Cooks is being held in lieu of $3 million bail. Ruth is being held in lieu of $2 million bail, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Anyone with information on this case 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 - A ShotSpotter alert and multiple 911 calls helped police find the victim of a shooting January 8, the Pasadena Police Department said.
Officers found a 35-year-old man suffering from injuries considered not life-threatening around 8:50 p.m. near East Peoria Street and North Fair Oaks Avenue, according to Lt. Rudy Lemos of the Pasadena Police Department. The man, a resident of Winchester, California, was taken to a hospital for treatment. A motive and suspect description are unknown, Lemos told SGV CityWatch. Robbery and homicide detectives with the Pasadena Police Department are investigating, Lemos told SGV CityWatch. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Detectives with the Pasadena Police Department’s Major Narcotics/Special Investigations Section seized 328,000 fentanyl pills, two kilos of cocaine and seized an un-serialized “ghost gun” during a narcotics investigation September 24.
The contraband was discovered as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Detectives discovered within the seized contraband several packages of what was described as candy-colored fentanyl pills. “This candy-colored fentanyl, dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” in the media, appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl to children and young people,” according to the Pasadena Police Department. So far this year, Pasadena narcotics investigators, with the assistance of local and federal agencies, seized approximately 708,500 fentanyl pills in nearly 32 kilos of fentanyl, according to the Pasadena Police Department. “The Pasadena Police Department urges community members to call 911 immediately if they encounter fentanyl in any form, and we urge parents to be especially careful with the candy their children bring home during the upcoming Halloween festivities,” according to the Pasadena Police Department. |
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