Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - Three people were arrested Friday morning, accused of burglarizing a church near Charter Oak High School. Two suspects caught in the act of burglarizing the church fled towards Charter Oak High School after deputies investigated a potential third burglary suspect found with stolen property, according to Lt. Mark Skaggs of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Station. A resident near Charter Oak High School, 1430 E. Covina Blvd., called San Dimas deputies at 6:15 a.m. March 29 after discovering discarded musical instruments and a suspicious person in their driveway. When a deputy arrived, the suspicious person was gone, but he returned and was soon detained. “Those instruments we recovered were stolen,” Skaggs said, adding that additional stolen paperwork was found. The suspicious person had more musical instruments and documents deputies believe were stolen from a church on Bonnie Cove Avenue and Cypress Street in Covina.
Deputies went to search the church for signs of a burglary when a male and female suspect fled the building and towards Charter Oak High School, Skaggs said. “One of them ran up to a fence and was detained outside the fence by deputies. A male suspect jumped the fence and double-back eastbound into the original ... location and that’s where deputies detained him,” Skaggs said. Charter Oak High School was briefly placed on lockdown during the search. Covina Police are working in tandem with deputies on the investigation. The suspect found in the driveway was arrested on suspicion of burglary by San Dimas deputies. The two suspects who fled the church were arrested by Covina Police, Skaggs said. Booking information was not yet available. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - A suspect sought by Sheriff’s detectives in a Pico Rivera investigation was arrested early Thursday morning. A high-risk search warrant was served in the 300 block of West Edna Place March 28 on behalf of a Sheriff’s Department gang unit based out of the Pico Rivera Station, according to Lt. Sue Burakowski of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau. Further details regarding the search warrant will not be known, since a portion of the search warrant is sealed, Burakowski said.
The SEB publicized the arrest on social media at 6:55 a.m., announcing an armed suspect was taken into custody. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA (County) - Four men made off with another man’s cell phone Sunday afternoon after one suspect brandished a handgun. The incident occurred near North Conwell Avenue and East Brookport Street in unincorporated Covina around 4:30 p.m. March 24. The victim claimed he was followed by the suspects in a vehicle. Two of the suspects approached him and demanded his cell phone, according to Lt. Elisabeth Sachs of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station. A struggle began between the suspects and the victim. The driver then approached the victim and pointed a handgun at him, Sachs said.
The armed suspect took the phone after demanding it from the victim. All the suspects fled in the vehicle. No one was injured, Sachs said. There is no description of the suspects or their vehicle, Sachs said. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A despondent man has not been heard from since late Saturday, Sheriff’s deputies said.
Jeremy Cole Hawkins, 20, was last seen in the Perris area around 11:30 p.m. June 23. Hawkins is reportedly feeling suicidal over relationship problems, according to Deputy Kim Alexander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Hawkins is a white man, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 200 pounds, has short brown hair, hazel eyes, is unshaven and sports a mermaid tattoo on his right arm. Hawkins was last seen wearing a black shirt, black jeans and black shoes. He is driving a 2011 Chevy Silverado with California license plate 69148K2. Anyone with information on Hawkins’ whereabouts is urged to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, Missing Persons Unit Sergeant Nava or Detective Abraham at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). 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. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor COVINA - Deputies are still working to determine if two men detained are the masked burglary suspect witnessed jumping into a residential yard Monday morning.
Two men were detained about 40 minutes ago after deputies began searching for them near the 3600 block of Grand Avenue, according to Lit. Elisabeth Sachs of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station. It is unclear if the detained men are the suspects. At least one nearby Covina Unified School District campus went on lockdown during the containment search. |
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