 PHOTO/courtesy of the Arcadia Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - A domestic battery suspect was sentenced to four years in the slammer in the beating of the mother of his two children from 2019, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Robert Michael Mendez, 28, pleaded no contest in September of this year to one felony count of injuring a girlfriend or child’s parent, according to Deputy District Attormey Lisa Daruty. The beating took place in Mendez’s Arcadia Home September 29, 2019. When the victim attempted an escape, Mendez dragged her back to the home while beating her, Daruty said in a written statement. The incident was caught on security camera footage as the victim fled Mendez. The victim was hospitalized for her injuries. Mendez was found and arrested within the home in the 1500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue and arrested initially on suspicion of attempted murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment and other charges, Arcadia Police said.
Officers were sent a link of the assault around 2 p.m. September 30. The video was believed to have taken place in the area of Santa Anita Avenue and Camino Real. Detectives canvassed the area and narrowed the location to the 1500 block of South Santa Anita where the woman and suspect were found, Arcadia Police said. Additional information led detectives to believe the assault took place around 11:40 p.m. September 29. “Investigation also revealed that the female victim had been held against her will inside the residence since late last evening,” Arcadia Police said.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - Three males fled a home after a resident stumbled upon a burglary in progress, police said recently.
The home burglary unfolded in the 1400 block of Glencoe Drive around 7:15 PM October 13. The resident claimed that he and at least one of the three suspects opened fire at each other during the confrontation, according to the Arcadia Police Department. Police found no evidence substantiating that gun fire occurred. The three suspects, only described as possibly white or Latino males wearing hooded sweatshirts, fled the scene on foot and disappeared. No suspect vehicle was seen. Anyone with information on this burglary is urged to call the Arcadia Police Department at 626-574-5151. Reference case number 20-3416. Provide information anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or at lacrimestoppers.org.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - Authorities have issued evacuation orders for all residents north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue Sunday morning. Residents are advised to use Santa Anita Avenue as an evacuation route. Fort hose who need it, an evacuation center has been set up by the Red Cross at Santa Anita Park 285 W. Huntington Dr. Enter through Gate 5, Arcadia city officials said. The Bobcat Fire grew fast overnight as flames continued to burn through vegetation westbound and closer to foothill neighborhoods. The fire entered Chantry Flats and Big Santa Anita Canyon September 12 and has made significant progress towards the Mt. Wilson area. The fire is well established inside Chantry Flats. In Monrovia, authorities encouraged the occupants of as many as six residences on Cloverleaf Drive to voluntarily evacuate due to approaching flames.  The Bobcat Fire has burned 31,991 acres and is still 6 percent contained. It continues to burn mostly north and south., according to the U.S. Forest Service
The fire is not wind-driven and is progressing through terrain and fuels, which have not burned in at least 60 years, the U.S. Forest Service said. Firefighters worked to protect structures in the Chantry Flats area. Sierra Madre authorities have instituted Red Flag parking restrictions along the following roads/areas: Mt. Wilson Trail, Churchill Road, Skyland Drive, Fern Glen, Fern Drive, Idle Hour, Canyon Crest Drive, Orange Drive, Woodland Drive, Brookside Lane, Sunnyside Lane, Yucca Trail, Holly Trail, Sturtevent ad Elm, Pleasant Hill, Old Ranch Road, Forest lane, Casey, Madre, Hermosa north of Carter, Auburn north of Grandview, Canyon Drive, Oakcrest, Carter, Mt. Wilson north of Mira Monte, Alta Vista, Vista Circle and Woodland.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives announced the death of a victim in a shooting from Sunday night. The shooting occurred in the 2800 block of Caroline Way near La Tunas Avenue. Officers found in a rear yard a conscious man in his 20s shot in the back and his left leg. He was transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital, according to Arcadia Police radio traffic.
It is unclear if police found additional victims. Two of several vehicles seen fleeing the neighborhood at high speed were stopped. One SUV had a spent shell casing inside. The driver is detained, according to Arcadia Police radio traffic. Anyone with information on the 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 at lacrimestoppers.org.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - Police are investigating a shooting in the 2800 block of Caroline Way Sunday.
Police have entered the rear yard of a home and discovered a conscious man in his 20s shot in the back and his left leg. Several people remaining in the rear yard are being cleared out, according to Arcadia Police radio traffic. The shooting was reported around 8:50 p.m. Two of several vehicles seen fleeing the neighborhood at high speed were stopped. One SUV had a spent shell casing inside. The driver is detained, according to Arcadia Police radio traffic. Arcadia Police are being assisted by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - An older husband and wife were found dead inside in Arcadia home after a relative discovered the scene Tuesday, Sheriff’s deputies said.
A relative discovered the grizzly scene in the 500 block of Los Altos Avenue around 10:33 p.m. July 6. A 75-year-old man was found dead in a garage, a 68-year-old woman was found dead in the house, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Both are husband and wife. Evidence found at the scene leads detectives to believe this was a murder suicide, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. What exactly that evidence is has not been publicly revealed.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau are assisting Arcadia Police with the death of a woman that occurred Monday night.
Authorities responded to a residence in the 500 block of Los Altos Avenue just after 10:30 p.m. July 6. The woman died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The possible manner of death has not been publicly revealed. It is also unclear if a suspect or suspects are outstanding. Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3 Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA – Police announced the arrest of a young man accused of sexual assault and exploitation of past and present Arcadia High School students. Dylan Chan, 18, was arrested June 30 at 2 p.m. and booked on suspicion of possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, using a minor for sex acts and sexual exploitation of a child, according to the Arcadia Police Department.
The arrest resulted from a search warrant served at Chan’s home June 24. Detectives seized evidence that led to the man’s arrest. Police were made aware of sex assault allegations leveled against Chad, a former Arcadia High School student, by female victims June 23.  Google Maps. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ARCADIA - An unknown suspect or suspects likely used a welding tool to break into a business, eventually taking $20,000 in cash, as well as a vehicle, police said. The burglary was reported to officers May 4 -- about three days after the business was locked and secured at 11639 Goldring Rd., according to the Arcadia Police Department. An employee arrived May 4 and found an exterior gate destroyed, a roll up door open and the cash and vehicle gone.
“The officer determined the suspects likely entered the warehouse by using a welding tool to break one of the rods in the exterior gate. It also appears that the suspects drove the stolen vehicle through the exterior gate causing additional damage to the gate,” Arcadia Police said in a written statement. Surveillance footage could not be accessed by the employee at the time of the report, Arcadia Police said.  ARCADIA - A suspect accused of carjacking an older driver in Stanton Sunday afternoon was taken into custody while strolling through lanes of the 210 freeway at Baldwin Avenue after disabling a stolen minivan. The California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office began chasing the suspect in the Pomona area on the westbound I-10 freeway around 4:20 p.m. The suspect drove recklessly across all lanes, according to CHP radio traffic. The unidentified suspect began a road rage incident at the Katella Mobile Home Estates, 10800 Dale Ave., in Station around 1:30 p.m. The suspect abandoned his own vehicle and stole a red minivan from its female driver, according to Carrie Braun, director of public affairs and community engagement at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Orange County deputies could not locate the stolen van, which was identified to surrounding agencies, Braun said. The suspect, chased by CHP officers, drove at high speeds against red lights and sometimes in opposing traffic lanes. Officers on the ground decided to have only a helicopter track the suspect due to his dangerous driving.
The suspect sped through West Covina, Baldwin Park, Irwindale and the 605 freeway to the westbound 210 where he exited in Monrovia. The suspect abandoned the vehicle and fled into an occupied home near Norumbega Drive and Shamrock Avenue in Monrovia where residents fled in terror. He allegedly assaulted a woman inside and demanded a vehicle before fleeing into the red minivan. He escaped before law enforcement could arrive. A crash occurred as the suspect exited Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia when the suspect rammed a white vehicle twice. With the minivan disabled the suspect, he casually walked into an intersection and onto the 210 freeway, bringing traffic to a halt until CHP officers arrested him. Braun did not have booking information for the suspect. |
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