BREAKING NEWS: Deputies Investigate Suspicious Item Placed on Sheriff’s Patrol Vehicle in Arcadia

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

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UPDATE, 1:15 p.m.: Technicians with the Arson/Explosives Detail rendered the suspicious item safe around 11:25 a.m., according to Ramon Montenegro, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

The L Line has since resumed normal service.

“There were no explosives that were found. Our Arson/Explosives Detail used their methods to make sure there was nothing in there, however we may still want to question the individual that left it there,” Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.

No one has been detained, or is in custody, yet.

ARCADIA - Bomb squad technicians have been called to investigate a suspicious item reportedly placed on top of a parked Sheriff’s patrol vehicle at the L Line Arcadia station Saturday morning.

Road closures are in effect immediately near the Arcadia L Line station, 200 N. 1st Ave., as deputies await the arrival of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Arson/Explosives Detail, according to Ramon Montenegro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

The Metro Emergency Security Operations Center notified deputies around 8:40 a.m. after discovering the suspicious item on top of the patrol vehicle through a security camera, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.

Montenegro declined to describe what the item looks like.

A bus bridge is being requested for passengers, as there is no L Line service to or from the Arcadia station, according to The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

“There’s CCTV footage in the area and our investigators are reviewing it now,” Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.