Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - A transient with an extensive criminal history was jailed after allegedly crashing a stolen San Gabriel Fire Department ambulance during a pursuit.
The ambulance was taken after paramedics responded to a call for service in the 700 block of Sunset just before 3:30 p.m. Sunday, December 31, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. While on foot in the area the transient, only described as being in his 40s, entered the parked ambulance and sped away. No one else was in the ambulance when it was driven away, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. Police officers located the stolen ambulance and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver refused and continued fleeing until crashing in the 2800 block of Canterbury Road in San Marino. “The suspect sustained non-life threatening injuries during this pursuit and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. As a result of the suspect colliding into numerous motorist, 2 sustained minor injuries and were released on scene. 3 others sustained minor injuries and were transported to two separate hospitals,” according to the San Gabriel Police Department in a written statement. The ambulance was so badly damaged it was taken out of service and has since been replaced. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor UPDATE, 9:09 p.m.: The barricaded suspect was taken into custody, the San Gabriel Police Department said in a statement just before 8:30 p.m.
SAN GABRIEL - Surrounding residents have been evacuated in a San Gabriel neighborhood Wednesday after a woman reportedly barricaded herself with a weapon inside the house. The incident is unfolding in the 100 block of East Broadway and began just before 9:30 a.m. October 19, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau have assumed command of the operation and crisis negotiators are attempting to get the woman to peacefully surrender. It is not immediately clear what led up to the woman to barricade herself inside the house. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL – An early-morning shooting July 17 left a man in his 20s hospitalized, the San Gabriel Police Department said.
Officers were dispatched to reports of gunfire and the sounds of screaming in the 800 block of Santa Fe Avenue. The man was found with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. In a statement shared July 21, the man was listed in critical, but stable condition. “Based on preliminary information, we believe that the victim was possibly targeted by one unknown suspect and that there is no ongoing threat to public safety,” according to the San Gabriel Police Department in a written statement. The suspect was described as a bald white man driving a blue or grey Toyota Camry. An Asian female reportedly was his passenger. Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the San Gabriel Police Department at 626-308-2828. Information can be provided 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 SAN GABRIEL - A heavily-damaged and abandoned vehicle was discovered with blood stains and bullet casings in around the vehicle March 10.
Police were called to Valley Boulevard and San Gabriel Boulevard after being told of an abandoned vehicle at the intersection. “After an extensive search, no victims or suspects were located,” according to the San Gabriel Police Department in a written statement. Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the San Gabriel Police Department at 626-308-2828. Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-80-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - A 40-year-old Asian man was found shot dead inside a residence Wednesday night and a second man was wounded, likely during the same shooting.
San Gabriel Police officers located the dead man in the 1400 block of Prospect Avenue after responding to a gunfire call around 8:10 p.m. January 26. He was shot in the upper torso, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. “Officers learned a second male Asian adult with a gunshot wound, was transported to a nearby hospital. Officers believe both victims are related to the same shooting incident. The second victim is being treated for non-life threatening injuries,” according to the the Sheriff’s Information Bureau in a written statement. It is unclear if investigators have identified a suspect. Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided 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 SAN GABRIEL – A juvenile and an 18-year-old were arrested recently, both identified as suspects in the attempted murder of a 16-year-old, according to the San Gabriel Police Department.
Allan Gerhard Lohman, 18, and an unidentified juvenile were tracked to East Los Angeles January 20 and arrested around 5 p.m., according to the San Gabriel Police Department. “One suspect, a juvenile who was in possession of a loaded firearm at the time of his arrest, is being charged with attempted murder and weapons violations,” according to the San Gabriel Police Department in a written statement. Lohman was also booked on suspicion of attempted murder in the shooting of a teen January 13. The shooting took place in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue around 11:47 a.m. It is not publicly clear if a motive has been determined. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Police are investigating after a 16-year-old boy was hospitalized January 13 with what hospital staff described as a gunshot wound.
Paramedics transported the teen from a residence in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue at 11:47 a.m. Thursday. The teen was last listed in critical, but stable condition, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. No arrests have yet been made, the San Gabriel Police Department said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL – Three suspects are being sought in a brazen robbery at a market that took place June 26.
In surveillance footage dated June 26 at 8:42 p.m., one of the three men was recorded as he casually walked up to a woman standing in line at the 99 Ranch Market, 140 W. Valley Blvd. The woman desperately held onto her purse as the suspect made away with it. The woman was knocked to the ground and dragged a short distance. The woman suffered cuts to her face. Two accomplices walking through an aisle make a break for the front entrance once the robber fled with the purse. All three suspects escaped together. The suspects reportedly robbed another woman of her purse in the store parking lot, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. No weapons were apparently seen during the robbery. Anyone with information on these crimes is urged to call the San Gabriel Police Department at 626-308-2835. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - A man already convicted of an arson fire was deemed a suspect in the blaze that caused tremendous destruction at the Mission San Gabriel last July, investigators announced Tuesday.
John David Corey Jr., 57, is facing two felony counts of arson of an inhabited structure, one count each of arson during a state of emergency, first-degree residential burglary and possession of flammable material, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Corey was sentenced to three years in a San Gabriel arson fire that sparked after the destruction of Mission San Gabriel, investigators said in a written statement “It was during this separate incident that investigators deemed Mr. Corey a person of interest in the Mission San Gabriel case. After a thorough investigation, investigators determined that Corey was responsible for the fire at the Mission San Gabriel,” investigators said in a written statement. The Verdugo Arson Task Force, the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives worked together to investigate the fire, according to the City of San Gabriel in a previous SGV CityWatch story. Firefighters responded to investigate a fire alarm at the mission, 428 S. Mission Dr., at 4:24 a.m. July 11, 2020. It took firefighters more than two hours to knock down the massive blaze. Firefighters attempted to make an aggressive attack on the flames from inside of the mission, but falling debris forced firefighters to go into defensive mode, according to Captain Antonio Negrete of the San Gabriel Fire Department. The roof was completely destroyed as well as much of the interior. No firefighters were injured. 50 firefighters and 12 fire companies from surrounding cities worked to extinguish the flames. Firefighters declared the flames knocked down at 6:48 a.m., Negrete told SGV CityWatch. Founded September 6, 1771, the mission was undergoing renovations in the time leading up to the arson to repair the nave walls and the pews were removed for refinishing and refurbishment, according to the San Gabriel Mission website. The current church structure was completed in 1805. Corey faces a possible maximum sentence of 14 years in prison if convicted as charged. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Police arrested the driver of a reported stolen green Honda CRV after the driver led them on a pursuit into West Covina Wednesday morning.
The exact circumstances of how police located the vehicle, where and when they tried a traffic stop are not publicly known. Multiple calls and messages to a San Gabriel Police supervisor went unanswered, but the California Highway Patrol was notified of the pursuit around 3:25 a.m. December 30. A police helicopter notified the CHP East LA Office of the chase as it progressed east on the I-10 freeway east of the 710 freeway, according to CHP radio traffic. The pursuit endured as it headed into the West Covina area, with three San Gabriel Police units following, until the driver exited at Citrus Avenue. The pursuit ended somewhere on Hillside Drive in West Covina with the driver in custody. There may possibly have been one other person detained, according to CHP. It is not publicly known where and when the Honda CRV was stolen. |
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