 PHOTO/Stock image. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor AZUSA - A 64-year-old woman was uninjured after being pushed to the ground and robbed of her purse Sunday night.
The robbery took place in the 600 block of East Alosta Avenue. The suspect approached the woman and wrestled her purse away. A Good Samaritan witnessed the robbery and chased the suspect, said Sgt. John Madaloni of the Azusa Police Department. The Good Samaritan convinced the suspect to drop the purse, which he did. The suspect continued running east, Madaloni said. Madaloni declined to give a description of the suspect, but in a Timely Warning issued to Citrus College students, the suspect was only described as a Hispanic man in his mid-20s. Anyone with information on the suspect is urged to call the Azusa Police detective bureau at 626-812-3200. 
A 10-year-old male mountain lion was safely tranquilized after a romp in a residential rear yard Monday morning. PHOTO/California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor
AZUSA - A 10-year-old male mountain lion was taken to a safe location and released after being tranquilized in the backyard of a home Monday.
The mountain lion was reported by a resident who saw it in a yard in the 600 block of West Virginia Ann Drive around 6:45 a.m. Azusa Police officers held a containment of the mountain lion and kept watch on it with the help of a drone, which hovered above the yard.
The mountain lion was recorded by Fish & Wildlife wardens as it awoke, quite drowsy, back in the mountains.
 PHOTO/Stock image. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor AZUSA – A large mountain lion has been contained in the 600 block of West Virginia Ann Drive near the Azusa Greens Golf Course.
Authorities advise residents to stay inside during this containment. The mountain lion is contained to the rear of a home, according to Officer Mike Bires of the Azusa Police Department. Officers have been on scene since around 6:45 a.m. The California Department of Fish & Wildlife is en route to tranquilize the wild animal.  Coroner officials have yet to ID a man who fell and died, possibly from a medical episode at 7-Eleven in Azusa Sunday, March 18. PHOTO/Aaron Castrejon Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor AZUSA - Police continue to investigate the death of a man at a 7-Eleven convenience store Sunday afternoon. An adult male appeared to suffer from a medical condition while inside the store, said Sgt. John Madaloni of the Azusa Police Department. Firefighters were dispatched to 7-Eleven, 803 W. Arrow Hwy, at 2:10 p.m. Firefighters were told of a person who passed out and hit his head. The call was then upgraded after the person went into full arrest, said Dispatch Supervisor Cheryl Sims of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Firefighters then requested Azusa Police to respond after firefighters were about to pronounce the person dead at the scene, according to firefighter radio traffic.  Patrons were turned away during a death investigation at 7-Eleven, 803 W. Arrow Hwy, in Azusa Sunday, March 18. PHOTO/Aaron Castrejon. The store remained closed for a portion of the investigation. Several pieces of paper fixed to the front doors told approaching patrons the store was closed. Employees remained inside.
The man’s body was transported into an ambulance, presumably during the initial response, and it remained there until a Los Angeles County Coroner investigator and technician arrived to take it away just before 5:30 p.m. An inspector with the Los Angeles County Health Department also arrived, specifically why was not known. The man’s body was removed around 6 p.m., nearly four full hours after he collapsed. The man arrived in a red pickup truck and parked it at one of the 7-Eleven gas pumps. He left personal property behind. An investigating officer took possession of the property, which included a newspaper and black-rimmed reading glasses. The name has yet to be released until next of kin is notified. |
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