 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - The Covina Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying the person or persons responsible for possibly murdering a man found dead on a service road April 11. Although the County coroner does not yet list a cause of death for 25-year-old Daniel Diaz, Covina Police Det. Manuel Esquivel said injuries on the body were consistent with an assault. Officers were called to a report of a “man down” near 427 S. Barranca Ave. at 2:52 p.m. Diaz was found unresponsive and Los Angeles County firefighters would soon declare Diaz dead at the scene, Esquivel said. “Diaz’s appearance was disheveled. He had injuries consistent with being assaulted and it appeared he was placed on the service road,” Esquivel said in a statement. It is believed Diaz was assaulted and later died at a currently-unknown location. Diaz was transient and was known to frequent the area of Grand Avenue and the I-10 freeway in West Covina. Anyone with information that can aid the investigation is urged to call Esquivel at 626-384-5621. Provide information 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 POMONA - The man who admitted to killing an innocent woman, his estranged wife and attempting to shoot and kill two others will be spending decades behind bars.
Miguel Angel Prieto, who previously pleaded guilty to the above-mentioned crimes, was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison, authorities announced recently. In a blood-thirsty hunt for his estranged wife, Prieto shot a man and woman inside a vehicle parked on an industrial side street in the 1500 block of West McKinley Avenue in Azusa February 9, 2018. Prieto apparently believed the woman to be his estranged wife, Maria Perez. The man survived his wounds, the woman did not. The woman was identified as Rocio Sandoval, 38. April 7, 2018, Prieto ventured to the restaurant of Perez’s uncle in Long Beach and shot at a woman inside the restaurant he believed to be Perez’s aunt. Prieto went to Perez’s Covina apartment April 11 and it was there that she was shot multiple times and killed, prosecutors previously said. Witnesses and neighbors were able to identify Prieto as the gunman. He was located in Long Beach hours after his estranged wife’s slaying and arrested.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA – A woman found half-naked and with blood splatters on her body is connected to the discovery of a dead child found in a burning townhouse Friday morning. The child was discovered after officers questioned the woman found running down the road in the 300 block of North Second Avenue, January 11 around 3:30 a.m. The woman was uncooperative when questioned, according to the Covina Police Department. A patrol sergeant found the woman, according to Sgt. David Rodriguez of Covina Police.
While detectives are not yet certain, they believe the woman to be the child’s mother, Rodriguez said.
The woman made statements alluding to a victim, but officers could not get a residence from her, Covina Police said. Officers finally learned the woman’s address and upon arrival, found visible flames from the second-floor unit and soon discovered a dead child within the townhouse, located at 141 E. Italia St. Covina officers summoned firefighters, who arrived on scene at 3:47 p.m. and knocked down flames four minutes later, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department representative. The woman is still being evaluated, Rodriguez said. Anyone with information on the child’s death is urged to contact Covina Police Detective Tim Statler at 626-384-5622, the Covina Police Watch Commander at 626-384-5665, or L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).  PHOTO/Stock image. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - Two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder were filed April 19 against a man who is accused of killing his ex-wife and possibly killing another woman and wounding a man in Azusa.
Miguel Angel Prieto, 43, was found in a Long Beach McDonald’s hours after allegedly pulling the trigger in the killing of his ex-wife in an apartment in the 1300 block of West San Bernardino Road April 11. During a subsequent investigation after Prieto’s arrest, Covina detectives established a connection to the February 9 double shooting in Azusa, Covina Police said in a written statement. Rocio Sandoval, a 38-year-old Rancho Cucamonga woman, was shot along with a male companion while they sat in a vehicle in the 1500 block of West McKinley Avenue Friday, February 9. The male victim was hospitalized in serious condition, but has since left the hospital, according to Lt. Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. Sandoval died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The victim, 42-year-old Maria Perez, was found by responding Covina officers inside her apartment, 1300 block of West San Bernardino Road around 2:45 p.m. April 11, suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, Covina Police said. Prieto was on probation from an assault with a deadly weapon arrest in 2015 at the same apartment unit where his ex-wife was found shot to death, Covina Police said. Task force detectives from the Azusa Police Department, as well as members of the Task Force for Regional Auto Theft and Prevention aided Covina detectives in locating and apprehending Prieto. Prieto is being held without bail in the Los Angeles County Men’s Jail.  PHOTO/Stock image. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor COVINA - Covina Police led a multi-agency response in locating and arresting a Long beach man in connection with the shooting death of his ex-wife Wednesday.
Miguel Angel Prieto, 43, was found at a Long Beach fast food restaurant and arrested without incident at 7:59 p.m. after being identified by several witnesses and family members as a suspect, Covina Police said. A revolver was recovered in his black work truck, Covina Police said. The victim, a 42-year-old woman, was found by responding Covina officers inside her apartment, 1300 block of West San Bernardino Road, suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, Covina Police said. Prieto was on probation from an assault with a deadly weapon arrest in 2015 at the same apartment unit where his ex-wife was found shot to death, Covina Police said. Task force detectives from the Azusa Police Department, as well as members of the Task Force for Regional Auto Theft and Prevention aided Covina detectives in locating and apprehending Prieto. Prieto was booked at the Covina Police Station on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail. Covina detectives are seeking additional witnesses, or anyone who may have additional information on the case to call Covina Police Detective Statler at 626-384-5622, the Covina Police watch commander at 626-384-5665 or L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). |
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