Written by AARON CASTREJON
Citywatch Editor

ARCADIA - Investigators are still piecing together what led to a deadly house fire early Tuesday morning.

Three residents died and two were taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries. First responders were called to the 5300 block of Tyler Avenue in unincorporated Arcadia just after 1 a.m. January 2.

The fire possibly started in an attached garage.

Firefighters arrived and found smoke and fire showing from both the house and garage. The fire was knocked down by 1:31 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

One of the fatalities is described as a man who apparently ascended a staircase to the second floor where two victims were trapped.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

ARCADIA - A man found dead in a flood control channel Thursday morning died accidentally after attempting to crawl over a fence to gain access to an apartment complex, investigators said Friday.

The body was discovered Thursday, August 24. The man apparently was trying to gain access to the apartment complex to retrieve property from his friend’s unit that he visited the previous night, according to Det. Sanchez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.

Firefighters were called to an EMS report at that location around 7:40 a.m. Thursday and left without transporting anybody, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The man was unable to walk into the property and could not drive in. He attempted to scale a fence around 8:40 p.m. the previous night and then fell in to the flood control channel. Security video from nearby led investigators to this conclusion, Sanchez told SGV CityWatch.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

ARCADIA - A 21-year-old woman accused of holding a knife while advancing on an Arcadia Police officer is in stable condition Sunday after being shot.

The officer shot the woman in the upper torso after she pulled a kitchen knife tucked in her pocket, raised it above her shoulders and advanced toward the Officer, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.

Arcadia. Police officers were called to a report of a person armed with a knife around 9:09 p.m. Saturday, August 12. The mother of the suspect called on her own daughter. During the investigation, the suspect was seen exiting the location. She re-entered that location only to exit one more time and she began advancing towards the officer.

“The officer ordered the disturbing party to show her hands. She kept advancing toward the officer, and at one point, removed a kitchen knife from her pocket. She then began running toward the officer with the knife raised above her shoulders, holding it in a stabbing position. At this time, an officer-involved shooting occurred,” according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau in a written statement.

Officers rendered medical aid to the suspect until paramedics, arrived to continue treatment and transported her to a nearby hospital.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

ARCADIA - A 33-year-old woman received a laceration to her head and a puncture wound to her nose while being struck with a small axe June 19.

The 4 a.m. attack stemmed over two women fighting for the same man. During an argument at the Arcadia station, one woman pulled out a small axe and struck the other two to three times, according to Kari Mercer, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

Deputies were called to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena around 5:30 a.m. June 19 where the victim spilled the beans of the attack. In addition to the three-quarter inch laceration and punctured nose, the victim was also bit on her left elbow, Mercer told SGV CityWatch.

Deputies located the 38-year-old suspect at the Arcadia station June 23 around 2 p.m. and arrested her. She was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Mercer told SGV CityWatch.

Both victim and suspects are unhoused, Mercer told SGV CityWatch.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

UPDATE, 7:15 p.m.: The Victims of the double homicide September 5 were both described as a white man and white woman, both in their 50s, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

There were no apparent signs of forced entry into the location. There is no suspect information, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

​ARCADIA - Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating what led to the shooting deaths of a man and woman Sunday morning.

The deaths were discovered in the 600 block of Huntington Drive just after 11 a.m. September 5.

Investigators have not yet shared if this is possibly a murder-suicide or some other crime.

Anyone with information on this incident 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

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.

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.

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.