Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA - The 18-year-old student accused of stabbing another student during a confrontation at Mt. San Antonio College was given probation September 25.
Gavin Flores was originally charged with battery and bringing weapons with him on school grounds at an initial appearance in the Pomona Courthouse. “The defendant pled no contest to misdemeanor violation of PC 626.10 for 1 year of summary probation, 15 days of community labor, Search and Seizure conditions, and Weapons conditions,” according to Venusse Navid from the media relations division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Deputies responded to Mt. SAC, 1100 N. Grand Ave., just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 20 on a reported stabbing. Firefighter paramedics transported the patient to the nearest hospital for further treatment, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victim was last listed in stable condition, according to Lt. Itani of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station. The battery allegedly stemmed from an argument between the two men over a woman who is also a student. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT - School officials are saying a suspect has been detained amidst an investigation into an altercation on the campus of Mount San Antonio College Wednesday.
Details are a few at this moment, but deputies responded to the community college, 1100 N. Grand Ave., just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 20 on a reported stabbing, according to a watch sergeant at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station. Firefighter paramedics were dispatched to the scene, transport of the patient who was then taken to the nearest hospital for further treatment, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. What led up to the stabbing is not yet publicly known, nor is the status of the stabbing victim. Mt. SAC officials are asking witnesses to call the college’s Campus Safety department at 909-274-4555. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch WALNUT ISLANDS - Investigators are searching for anyone involved in a marijuana operation that led to a destructive residential fire Monday morning.
Roughly 400 Marijuana plants were discovered after firefighters extinguished the blaze. No one was injured and no other structures were damaged, according to Sgt. Starkly of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station. Firefighters were called just before 9 a.m. to the 19800 block of Florencita Drive December 12 in an unincorporated area identified as Walnut Islands. Investigators with the Sheriff’s Arson/Explosives Detail is investigating. The home has been red-tagged, Starkey told SGV CityWatch. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A former employee of Mt. San Antonio College has been named as the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in a likely deliberate act.
James Milliken, 38, was placed in custody. He was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail, according to Los Angeles County booking records. Milliken allegedly struck and killed Raphael Barragan near a building on the Mt. SAC campus, 1100 South Grand Ave., around 7:30 a.m. December 1. First responders found a victim suffering from trauma. He died at the scene. Milliken was detained, taken to a hospital, and later admitted, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Milliken was a part-time driver with the campus’ ACCESS program from October 2016 until his resignation in September 2021, according to Mt. SAC President William Scroggins. A Facebook account belonging to James Milliken reveals a lengthy post in which he unloads anger at what he describes being degraded, discarded during his time as a Mt. SAC employee. “From the very beginning I was treated with disrespect. The first incident was something most Psychologists call a microaggression; however these humiliations and deep-cutting comments said by many individuals in the workplace are only said to or about African American employees,” Milliken said in his Facebook post. Milliken alleges an untold number of employees labeled him with the “N word.” Milliken named Barragan as one of his aggressors. “Dealing with this person who not only threaten me on multiple occasion [Sic]. But also convinced others to take part in the harassment and take up a threatening posture against me. Milliken also said employees allegedly blamed him that personal items were no longer acceptable due to a bottle of lotion he placed on his desk, which caused a ban on such items, Milliken posted. Milliken was also furious about how he was treated for growing out his hair. Some employees allegedly called him a thug. “Losing Ralph has been heartbreaking for our campus community. The circumstances of his passing are additionally painful,” Scroggins said in a written statement. Milliken was scheduled for a December 1 appearance in Pomona Superior Court. He is being held in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT - A pedestrian died after being targeted in a collision on the Mt. San Antonio College campus , homicide investigators said Thursday.
The driver was hospitalized and admitted, the pedestrian died. Investigators have not publicly revealed why the crash was intentional. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters were called to Mt. SAC, 1100 S. Grand Ave., near Building 9A around 7:30 a.m. December 1. “When deputies arrived, they located the pedestrian unresponsive and suffering from trauma. Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics responded and pronounced the pedestrian deceased at the scene,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in a written statement. “The driver of the vehicle was transported to a local area hospital where he was treated and subsequently admitted. There is no threat to the campus, according to a written statement issued by Mt. SAC campus. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT - An armed Suspect was killed by a resident inside a home early Saturday and a second suspect remains at-large, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The confrontation occurred around 4 a.m. May 21 in the 20000 block of East Country Hollow Drive. A 26-year-old woman and and 27-year-old man were in the home. While investigating the sound of footsteps, the man was confronted by the armed suspect, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Both men opened fire on each other. The suspect was hit multiple times in the upper torso. He died at the scene. The man and woman were uninjured, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “A second suspect fled the location and is currently outstanding. There is no description of the second suspect, and it is unknown if a vehicle was used during the crime,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The suspect’s handgun was recovered at the scene. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT – A Pomona man and West Covina man were arrested and stolen property was recovered as catalytic converter and trailer thefts continue to plague the San Gabriel Valley.
Pomona resident Alberto Huerta and West Covina man Moises Beltran were taken into custody. A subsequent search warrant in Riverside County yielded eight trailers, which had VINs removed, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station in a March 9 announcement. Detectives are attempting to locate each theft victim. Huerta and Beltran were booked on suspicion of grand theft. Cities have seen an alarming and steady increase in catalytic converter thefts during the pandemic. Thieves tend to target trucks and SUVs, because the taller vehicles make it easier to fit under them. Vehicles currently targeted are the Toyota Prius, Honda Accord and Toyota trucks, according to the Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station. In December of 2020, Walnut Station detectives reported 37 catalytic converter thefts, the total averaged more than 1 theft per day, according to the Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station. Fontana Police officers announced the January 16 arrest of Pomona man Freddy Baltazar. Evidence seized connected Baltazar to numerous catalytic converter thefts in the Diamond Bar, Walnut and Rowland Heights areas. To help stem the tide of thefts, the Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station hosted a series of events for residents to etch serial numbers into their vehicle’s catalytic converters free of charge. Deputies offered a few tips to help make it tougher for thieves to steal catalytic converters: • When possible, park in well-lit areas and close to building entrances. • Park your car inside the garage. • Have the catalytic converter welded to your car's frame, which may make it harder to steal. • Consider engraving your vehicle identification number (VIN) on the catalytic converter — this may help alert a scrap dealer that it was stolen and make it easier to identify the owner. • Calibrate your car's alarm to set off when it detects vibration. • Invest in a catalytic converter anti-theft device. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT - Deputies seek a man accused of assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly broke a window and threw broken glass at a Chevron worker’s face. The incident occurred Valentines Day at the Chevron Station, 792 N. Nogales St. Deputies did not specify what led the the assault. After the attack, the suspect fled with a man and woman in an older model gold four-door Ford SUV.
The suspect is a Hispanic man, 35 to 45 years old, weighs 200 pounds and stands 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall. Anyone who can identify the suspect is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station at 909-595-2264. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT - The man who phoned in a fake robbery at the Chevron gas station was finally detained around 1 a.m. and later hospitalized for a mental evaluation after fleeing the car while stripping away his clothing, a sheriff’s lieutenant said. The unidentified man is accused of phoning in a robbery at the Chevron gas station, 1203 North Grand Ave. Wednesday afternoon. Soon after deputies arrived, they determined he made the call, according to Lt. Tom Giandomenico of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Diamond Bar/Walnut Station. “He called the robbery in himself. We determined that pretty much soon after we were there,” Giandomenico told SGV CityWatch. The subject, described as a white man in his 30s, refused to leave his red car, setting off an hours long barricade as deputies attempted to get the men to surrender peacefully. Multiple nonlethal rounds were fired through the car’s windows, breaking them, But the man still refused to exit.
“We couldn’t get the guy out of the car and we didn’t want to push the issue and create any type of unnecessary force, so we decided to have the fire department look at the guy,” Giandomenico told SGV CityWatch. “They deemed he wasn’t in distress, So we decided to de-escalate the situation and leave.” The man remained in his car for many more hours until he decided to leave around 1 a.m. Thursday. The man ran eastbound on Temple Avenue towards Bonita Drive near Mount San Antonio College as he remove the articles of clothing until deputies detained him and had him hospitalized. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WALNUT - Two women were jailed Thursday after deputies discovered narcotics in a stolen vehicle after the driver ran away September 25. The driver that ran from deputies was caught after a containment search — methamphetamine and heroin were found within the vehicle taken in Redondo Beach, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station. Deputies responded to CubeSmart Self Storage, 301 Lemon Creek Dr., around 1 p.m. Thursday to a disturbance call and located a vehicle occupied by two women leaving the area. Deputies conducted a traffic stop after the driver committed a vehicle code violation.
The driver immediately ran away, but was found in a nearby business complex. The passenger remained at the scene and was arrested. Both identified women were booked on suspicion of taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and for methamphetamine and heroin possession. |
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