Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A man and woman were jailed Friday after investigators discovered that two more suspects involved in a kidnapping and attempted murder from February were hiding out in Los Angeles.
Kristine Mina, 33, and Dominic Garcia, 49, were located at a residence in the 6200 block of La Mirada Avenue in Los Angeles March 5 and arrested at the home. With the aid of Monrovia Police and Baldwin Park Police, Covina investigators identified three suspects. The first suspect to be locked up, Sammy Wilson, was jailed March 2 and eventually charged with one count each of attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, kidnapping, and street terrorism, according to Public Information Officer Pamela Johnson with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. After dual search warrants were served at a Covina residence in the 100 block of North Vecino Drive and an Azusa residence in the 500 block of North San Gabriel Avenue March 4, investigators believed the two remaining suspects were in Los Angeles. Mina, a Covina resident, was arrested after she was seen during a surveillance operation on the Los Angeles home. Covina detectives, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Police Department, Hollywood Division, contained the home after developing a hunch that the final suspect, Montclair man Dominic Garcia, was still inside, Covina Police said. Garcia eventually exited the home and was taken into custody. A search warrant for the Los Angeles home was then safely executed, Covina Police said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA – One arrest was made and additional suspects are sought in an ongoing kidnapping and shooting investigation, Covina Police announced Thursday.
A search warrant was served by Covina officers at a residence in the 100 block of North Vecino Drive at 3 a.m. March 4. Azusa Police were busy serving a related search warrant in the 500 block of North San Gabriel Avenue, according to the Covina Police Department. The only arrest so far in this investigation came in the form of 20-year-old Baldwin Park man Sammy Wilson, who was arrested March 2 by Covina officers at 9:58 a.m., according to Los Angeles County booking records. Wilson was charged with one count each of attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, kidnapping, and street terrorism, according to Pamela Johnson, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office public information officer. The shooting incident occurred on or around February 20. No other details were available. “Our Detective Bureau personnel are attempting to locate additional suspects involved in this matter,” Covina Police said in a written statement. Wilson’s arraignment was continued to April 20 in Department N of the Pomona Courthouse. Grandfather, Child Escape After Suspect Carjacks Vehicle, Leads Covina Police on Pursuit11/12/2019 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A convicted felon carjacked a grandfather and slammed into an innocent driver in San Dimas Tuesday after leading authorities on a pursuit. Brian Edward Hardy, 36, is accused of taking an occupied vehicle by force around 9:30 a.m. November 12 from a parking lot at 1359 N. Grand Ave. A man and his 1-year-old grandchild were seated in the vehicle as it was taken, according to the Covina Police Department. After taking the vehicle, the grandfather fought back, forced the transmission into park and escaped with his grandchild, Covina Police said. Covina officers found hardy in the carjacked vehicle in San Dimas. Hardy allegedly attempted to charge officers as they approached. A pursuit ensued through San Dimas and Covina, terminating with an injury crash at Valley Center Avenue and Covina Boulevard in San Dimas. Hardy was taken into custody; the innocent driver was hospitalized, Covina Police said.
Hardy is a sex registrant and career criminal with multiple prior felony convictions, Covina Police said, including sex acts with a child and weapons and narcotic offenses. “[Hardy] violated his parole multiple times and was currently on PRCS (Post Release Community Supervision) at the time of this new offense,” Covina Police said in a written statement. Hardy was booked on suspicion of carjacking, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and evading police -- all felony offenses. Hardy is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail ahead of a scheduled appearance in the West Covina Courthouse November 14. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A girl fled her would-be abductor after he reached out from a car and grabbed her as she walked to school, a police sergeant said. The attempted kidnapping occurred on Hollenbeck Avenue south of Puente Avenue between 7:40 a.m. and 7:53 a.m. January 25. The girl was uninjured and ran back home, according to Sgt. John Zumwalt of the Covina Police Department. The suspect was a passenger of a white older-model four-door sedan with tinted windows. The car pulled up to the girl along the curb line. The suspect opened the right front passenger door, reached out and grabbed the girl’s hand, Zumwalt said.
“She [the girl] was able to struggle free and ran back to her home,” Zumwalt said. No words were exchanged between the girl and suspect. The suspect is a Hispanic man, 30 to 40 years old. He wore a thin mustache and chin hair. He wore a dark baseball hat and a brown jacket. The girl did not get a look at the driver, Zumwalt said. The sedan is similar to a Nissan. Anyone with information on the suspects is urged to call the Covina Police Department at 626-384-5595. |
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