Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - A man was booked on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, accused of stabbing another man during an altercation April 21.
The fight began in the 1000 block of Fremont Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses reported two men fighting each other, but the two then headed to the L Line South Pasadena Station. At the station, officers found both men in question. One man suffered multiple stab wounds to his face, chest, arms and one of his hands. His injuries, though, are considered not life-threatening, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. The wounded man identified 51-year-old James Hibdon as his assailant. Hibdon was arrested at the L Line station without incident. Both men are transients. Hibdon is being held in Lou of $1 million bail at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles. Accurate court date information is not readily available. Anyone who witnessed the fight is urged to call the South Pasadena police department at 626-403-7270. 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 SOUTH PASADENA - Some sort of verbal fisticuffs led to gunfire at a public park Friday morning.
Officers responded to Garfield Park, 1750 Mission St., around 11:21 a.m. Friday, February 23. A verbal confrontation between two people escalated to gunfire. A single shot was fired from Park Avenue into the park, but no one was hit, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. The suspect, only described as a Latino male in a pink hooded sweatshirt and balaclava-type ski mask, entered a waiting vehicle possibly occupied by two others. The was described as an older-model blue Toyota Camry, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. Investigators determined the vehicle’s license plate and tracked it and the juvenile driver to the northeast area of Los Angeles. The driver, and sole occupant, were taken into custody. It is not publicly clear if investigators have arrested the two other people seen in the vehicle at the time of the shooting. Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the South Pasadena Police Department at 626-403-7270. 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 LOS ANGELES - South Pasadena detectives staked out and waiting for a man sought in a case arrested another suspect after they witnessed him using a screwdriver to stab a woman May 6.
Detectives were stationed in the 1300 block of Yosemite Drive just after Noon when they witnessed the suspect reach into a vehicle and physically assault a woman, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. A South Pasadena detective approached the vehicle, ordered the man to stop and saw he was armed with a screwdriver and was stabbing the woman. “The detectives on the scene disarmed the male and detained him without further incident until officers from the Los Angeles Police Department arrived and assumed the investigation,” South Pasadena Police said in a written statement. The female victim suffered multiple significant injuries. She was treated at the scene by South Pasadena police detectives and they transported to a hospital for further treatment. Los Angeles resident Francisco Diazsalazar, 40, was taken into custody. Authorities later determined that Diazsalazar and the woman had previously been dating. The suspect detectives originally sought during their stakeout was later arrested. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - A Los Angeles man was jailed, accused of assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and vandalism after he allegedly threw a large rock into a waiting vehicle, police said.
The 68-year-old driver was stopped at a red light at Huntington Drive and Fletcher Avenue around 11:15 a.m. March 31 when a man flung the large rock into the vehicle. The woman was struck in the face and received minor injuries, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. Police responded and found the suspect, 51-year-old Richard Calvillo. In addition to the crimes he is accused of, he was also found concealing a large knife under his clothes, South Pasadena Police said. Calvillo is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail ahead of a scheduled appearance in Alhambra Municipal Court April 2. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A Glendale man accused of assaulting his estranged girlfriend and who was later beaten with a golf club and stabbed to death by the victim’s mother and sister is identified. Justin Goss, 40, was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The scene unfolded inside a home in the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive November 28 just before 10 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a broken front window and screaming inside the home. Upon entering through the window, they found a man stabbed and beaten, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. “Under further investigation it was determined that the male adult broke into the residence and attacked his estranged girlfriend. While the suspect was in the processes of beating and choking the female victim, her mother and adult sister came to her aid,” according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Police initially had trouble locating the residence through the phone call, believing the call was coming from a residence on nearby Grand Avenue. Pasadena Police also received a call, this one from the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive, according to South Pasadena Police radio traffic. The caller told dispatchers that someone was trying to kill her daughter. After officers arrived, they announced the suspect was detained. Medics were summoned for the suspect’s stab wound to an arm. After paramedics arrived, a South Pasadena officer said the suspect was deceased. The estranged girlfriend was briefly hospitalized for facial injuries. Investigators: Suspect Beaten To Death After Attacking Estranged Girlfriend in South Pasadena11/28/2020 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - A woman reportedly being choked by her estranged boyfriend who shattered his way into her home Saturday morning was beaten and stabbed to death by the woman’s sister and mother, investigators said. The scene unfolded inside a home in the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive November 28 just before 10 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a broken front window and screaming inside the home. Upon entering through the window, they found a man stabbed and beaten, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. A golf club was used to stop the publicly-unnamed suspect, only described as a white man in his 40s. “Under further investigation it was determined that the male adult broke into the residence and attacked his estranged girlfriend. While the suspect was in the processes of beating and choking the female victim, her mother and adult sister came to her aid,” according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Police initially had trouble locating the residence through the phone call, believing the call was coming from a residence on nearby Grand Avenue. Pasadena Police also received a call coming from the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive, according to South Pasadena Police radio traffic. The caller told dispatchers that someone was trying to kill her daughter. After officers arrived, they announced the suspect was detained. Medics were summoned for the suspect’s stab wound to an arm. After paramedics arrived, a South Pasadena officer said the suspect was deceased. The estranged girlfriend was briefly hospitalized for facial injuries. |
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