COVINA - Traffic lanes have reopened after a pickup truck crashed and came to rest on the right shoulder embankment on the I-10 freeway just west of Via Verde Saturday morning.

A tan Chevrolet pickup truck crashed Just before 7:30 a.m. April 24 on the eastbound I-10 freeway. The driver is reportedly the only person found inside the crashed pickup, according to the California Highway Patrol.

They were possibly as many as three other vehicles stopped in the center divider and on the right shoulder near the crash, but it is not clear yet if those vehicles were involved in a collision.

The driver’s body was found partially hanging outside of the truck, but firefighters were reluctant to remove the driver until the coroner conducts an investigation, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department radio traffic.

The CHP temporarily had all lanes stopped, but eventually opened up some lanes, leaving the No. 2, 3 and 4 lanes closed for 30 minutes Sig Alert.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - Police responding to a report of a shooting victim located one person wounded by gunfire and another person with a reported stab wound Sunday morning.

Officers were called to the 100 block of West Orange Street at 5:22 a.m. and found both victims who were both treated at the scene and then transported to a local hospital, according to the Covina Police Department.

“We believe we have no outstanding subjects in this matter,” Detective Lieutenant Daniel Reagan of the Covina Police Department told SGV CityWatch.

Detectives took over the investigation and recovered a knife and firearm at the scene.

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call Covina Police Detectives Jason Kerns at 626-384-5808 and refer to case number 21–9762.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - A man and two women in a stolen vehicle were arrested March 18, their cache of burglary tools, drugs and a gun seized after an officer suspected their intentions for crime.

An officer on patrol saw the suspicious trio in the 500 block of South Rancho Simi Drive. A license plate check revealed the rear plate was stolen, as well as the vehicle itself, according to the Covina Police Department.

“While searching the vehicle, the officer located a loaded P80 “ghost gun,” a pry bar, black latex gloves, rope, a small amount of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia,” according to the Covina Police Department in a written statement.

All three were arrested and charged accordingly, Covina Police said.

The male suspect, 29-year-old Christopher Severson, admitted responsibility for the stolen vehicle and handgun. He is wanted in connection to crimes in surrounding cities, the Covina Police Department said.

“During his interview, he admitted to Law Enforcement personnel that he was in Covina to commit another burglary, or home invasion robbery,” according to the Covina Police Department.

The names of the female accomplices were not revealed.

Severson was arrested at 11:15 a.m. March 19. He was booked at 12:26 p.m. On March 26, a DCLR parole release was applied, according to Los Angeles County booking records.

It appears Severson was then arrested March 30 by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station for a felony-level crime allegedly committed March 17. He is being held without bail on a California Department of Corrections hold.

In the alleged March 17 crimes, Severson and a female accomplice are accused of robbery, burglary and assault with a firearm, according to county booking records.