Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A man was caught on camera inside a laundromat July 6 as he masturbated and assaulted a woman, police said. The assault occurred inside Coin Laundry, 314 N. Azusa Ave., at 3:30 p.m. A 20-year-old woman told police the suspect took her by surprise when he appeared behind her and ejaculated on her leg and clothing, Covina Police said in a written statement. The suspect fled in a white, newer-model work truck.
The suspect is Caucasian, 25 to 30 years old, stands 5 feet 5 inches tall, has a thin build, brown hair, goatee and wore a light-colored shirt with the word “PEP” on the back, a fisherman-style hat, sandals and grey shorts. The work truck sported rails for securing tools and ladders. Anyone with information on this assault is urged to call Covina Police Detective Ramirez at 626-384-5621. Information can be provided anonymously by calling L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or at lacrimestoppers.org. Refer to case #20-17750. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A fight between neighbors April 29 resulted in a woman being sent to the hospital after being brutally beaten, Covina police said. The prime suspect in the beating, Ryan Lee Piercy, 36, was tracked down and arrested in San Bernardino May 7. The 49-year-old victim received a laceration to her face, a broken nose, a torn nostril and bruising, according to the Covina Police Department. The assault occurred around 8 AM at an apartment complex in the 1100 block of Badillo Street. Piercy and his mother live adjacent to the victim, Covina police said.
Piercy and his mother only sustained minor injuries. Pierce he was booked at the Covina police jail on suspicion of mayhem. He was scheduled for arraignment May 11. He is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
COVINA – A one-minute video was released Thursday of the strange events that led to a robbery and attempted murder during a Covina fistfight.
L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers posted the March 23 video of a fistfight in the 1900 block of East Cienega Avenue. A man forcefully took a necklace from the witness of an unrelated fight around 6:30 p.m. The men fighting and the robbery victim reportedly do not know the armed robber, according to the Covina Police Department. The suspect pulled up to the fight in an SUV, exited and forcefully stole a necklace from the neck of the witness, Covina Police said. The robbery victim and the two people fighting ran after the robbery suspect and began fighting him as he ran back to the SUV. He withdrew a black handgun and fired twice, striking the victim in an arm, according to the Covina Police Department.
VIDEO courtesy of L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers
The victim smashed out a rear window to the SUV so authorities could identify it easier, Covina Police said.
The SUV fled east on Cienega Avenue to southbound Sunflower Avenue. The gunman should still be considered armed and dangerous. He is a Hispanic man in his 20s, has brown eyes, a black comb over and wore a black jacket, black shirt and blue jeans, Covina Police said. Anyone with information on the gunman is urged to call Covina Police Detective Gonzales at 626-384-5622, or at dgonzales@covinaca.gov Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - Police arrested a second man involved in a robbery that left the victim with multiple stab wounds Tuesday. Christian David Camacho, a 23-year-old Covina man, was arrested outside his home without incident just before 5 a.m. January 22. He was booked on suspicion of robbery and attempted murder, according to the Covina Police Department. Investigators said Camacho stabbed the victim who also possibly suffered a collapsed lung. He is expected to survive his wounds. Camacho had injuries consistent with the crime, Covina Police said. 21-year-old Jacob Cannon, also a Covina man, was arrested after he falsified a report of being attacked in Azusa -- mere minutes after officers responded to a call of a stabbing victim outside In N Out, 1310 N. Grand Ave., January 21 around 11:50 p.m. Camacho and Cannon exited their compact car and attempted to rob their victim as he rode a bicycle. Cannon somehow received a stab wound during the crime, Covina Police said. “The victim smashed the rear window of the vehicle as both suspects fled in it with the victim’s hat” Covina Police said, adding that “officers noticed Cannon’s vehicle’s rear window was smashed out and matched the suspect vehicle description from the robbery on Grand Ave. Cannon was determined to be one of the suspect’s in the initial robbery and was wounded during crime.”
Cannon was also booked on suspicion of robbery and attempted murder. A search warrant was served at Camacho’s home. Evidence in the stabbing was discovered, Covina Police said. Camacho and Cannon are being held in lieu of $2 million in the Covina Police jail ahead of a scheduled appearance in West Covina Superior Court January 24. Extra Patrols Planned for Charter Oak HS After Fight Escalates To Potential Social Media Threat11/21/2019 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - Four teens were arrested Wednesday after a feud between students of the Charter Oak Unified School district devolved to a brutal fight and social media threat of further violence at Charter Oak High School. The reported threat of violence is supposedly to take place at Charter Oak High School Friday, November 22. Covina Police and San Dimas Sheriff’s deputies will have an increased presence to ensure the safety of students and staff, the Covina Police Department said in a written statement. Social media posts suggest that the long-standing feud would allegedly escalate to gunfire and as the posts were shared more and more, people believed a school shooting was planned, according to Lt. Ryan Davis of the Covina Police Department. “There isn’t any specific information that we can confirm as valid at this point,” Davis said. The threat is fallout of an escalating fight between students at Charter Oak High School and students from elsewhere in the Charter Oak Unified School District -- the latter group entered a Charter Oak High locker room and a fistfight broke out November 20, Davis said.
“This was a planned fight. A mutual fight,” Davis said. “One of the the subjects from another school gets this kid into a choke hold and he ends up choking the kid unconscious.” The subject kept the teen in a choke hold, even after the teen lost consciousness. The teen was dropped to the ground and kicked twice in the head, Davis said. Police were notified the evening of the fight. Four suspects were identified. Police took them into custody Thursday, Davis said. Among the charges are assault with a deadly weapon for the primary suspect, fighting on a school campus and trespassing, Davis said. Some of the students were advised to stay away from the high school previously. The Charter Oak Unified School District released a statement on the threat: “The Charter Oak Unified School District, Glendora Police Department and Covina Police Department are aware of a fight at Charter Oak High School and video postings of the fight and are investigating rumors regarding potential additional serious disturbances on the COHS and/or Arrow High School campuses tomorrow, Friday, November 22, 2019. “The entire COUSD administration is being proactive and is planning with the Covina Police Department, Glendora Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff to ensure a presence in the area tomorrow. Additionally, district leadership and Covina Police will be on campus at Charter Oak High School all day on Friday.” Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A man was hospitalized Monday morning after suffering a severe cut to his left ear during a bar fight, police said. The fight occurred just after midnight at The Republic, 148 Shoppers Ln., August 26. Two groups of people started an altercation inside the bar after at least one person began mocking another for reportedly spilling a drink, according to Sgt. Joshua Turner of the Covina Police Department. The victim was then hit with a glass object on the side of his head, resulting in a portion of his ear being torn off. He was taken to a nearby hospital, Turner told SGV CityWatch.
The fight concluded once those involved exited the bar. The suspect accused of assault with a deadly weapon, Aaron Fernando Gonzalez, 27, and public drunkenness suspect Andrew Rafael Ramirez 23, tried to flee the area on foot, but responding officers detained them. Gonzalez is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. Ramirez was issued a citation and released, according to Los Angeles County booking records. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A parking lot confrontation led to a man to allegedly stab his brother-in-law in the neck outside Superior Grocers Wednesday, Police said. The stabbing occurred in the market parking lot, 1375 N. Citrus Ave., July 10 around 10 p.m. Officers arrived and found the victim inside the store, suffering apparent stab wounds to the neck and upper chest, Covina Police said. The victim accused brother-in-law Jesus Daniels, 22, of stabbing him with a knife. Daniels was located shortly after at 100 E. Arrow Hwy. He was detained and was in possession of the knife believed to be used in the stabbing, Covina Police said. Daniels was booked at 1:58 a.m. July 11 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. However, he was released at 2:35 a.m.
Los Angeles County booking records indicate Daniels was freed on penal code section 849(B)(1), which stipulates a suspect is released when an officer is satisfied there are insufficient grounds for making a criminal complaint. The handling detective, Ivan Ostarcevic, and Public Information Officer David Rodriguez were unavailable Friday morning to answer questions via phone. The victim was hospitalized at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in stable condition. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - Police arrested a West Covina gang member July 9 and found drugs, a gun and fake money during a search warrant. Marco Villaneda, 38, was arrested early Tuesday morning by the Covina Special Response Team in the 1200 block of Bridger Street. The arrest was part of a domestic battery case from June, Covina Police said. Villaneda is accused of striking his girlfriend 10 times at the suspect’s Bridger Street home June 9, Covina Police said. During the search warrant, police confiscated 18 grams of methamphetamine, a loaded .38-caliber revolver and counterfeit cash, Covina Police said. Villaneda was booked on suspicion of felony domestic battery, possession of narcotics while armed with a handgun, being a felon in possession of a handgun and forgery.
Villaneda is a known gang member with a lengthy criminal history for violence, theft and drugs dating back to 1996. He was on probation for narcotic sales during the domestic battery and at the time of his arrest, Covina Police said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed two counts of attempted murder against a man who allegedly tried to kill his pregnant girlfriend. Robert Alvarez, 19, was arrested June 23, the day police and prosecutors allege he tried to kill his pregnant girlfriend after she objected to his sharing drugs with her juvenile sister, Covina Police said. The incident occurred in the 1400 block of East Covina Hills Road at 10 a.m. to a domestic battery call. Alvarez allegedly attacked his pregnant girlfriend, choked her, punched her stomach and allegedly told her he would kill her and the unborn child, Covina Police said. “The victim nearly lost consciousness and believed she was going to die, Covina Police said in a written statement.
A friend of the victim interrupted the attack and became injured in the process when Alvarez allegedly swung a knife. Both victims required hospitalization. The DA additionally charged Alvarez with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one felony count of domestic battery and one count of criminal threats. Alvarez is being held in lieu of nearly $2.1 million bail at the North County Correctional Facility. He is scheduled to appear in Pomona Superior Court July 19. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - Four people were arrested last week, three accused of assault with a deadly weapon, two accused of attempted murder after a confrontation at an apartment resulted in gunfire. One of the suspects shot at the victims, two parents and two children, as they drove away during a chase on Covina streets -- a bullet narrowly missed one of the children, Covina Police said. The children are 8 years old and 8 months old. The incident unfolded before 11:30 p.m. June 15 in the 100 block of East College Street. A confrontation with family of the victims’ neighbor spilled into the street from an apartment complex. The victims were followed as they fled in a vehicle. Two men, Adam Robles and Marcos Robles, drove in opposing lanes and then blocked the victims, who struck the suspect vehicle as they fled, Covina Police said. The 8-year-old child suffered abrasions to her face and eyes from shattered glass, Covina Police said.
The Robles brothers and Marcos’ girlfriend were captured in a San Bernardino motel without incident June 20. Marcos, 28, and Adam, 22, were booked on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats. They are being held in lieu of $1 million bail and await a court appearance June 24. Manuel Olague, 36, was arrested June 18 and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats. He posted $50,000 bond a day later and was scheduled for a court appearance June 20. Marcos’ girlfriend, 26-year-old Victoria Williams, was booked on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact. She is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail and awaits a court appearance June 24. Email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate! |
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