Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA – A bar patron is facing attempted murder after shooting at his adversary and wounding another when a fight erupted early Monday morning, police said.
Paul Timothy Rosales, 24, was arrested without further incident, accused of wounding two at Chatterbox, 943 N. Citrus Ave., September 6. Police responded to a gunfire call around 1:29 a.m., according to the Covina Police Department. A fight erupted inside the bar. Rosales is accused of retrieving a handgun from his vehicle and returned to the bar and opened fire. Rosales is accused of wounding his adversary in an ankle. Surveillance footage helped officers locate a female gunshot victim who was not involved in the initial fight, according to the Covina Police Department. Rosales fled the scene, but was stopped and taken into custody. Rosales is being held in lieu of $2 million bail at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles ahead of a scheduled appearance in the West Covina Courthouse Wednesday, September 8. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA – Sheriff’s deputies helped to end a lengthy barricade June 2 after an armed man refused to give himself up, police said.
Patrick Miller, 60, was wanted on a $100,000 warrant related to a vehicular manslaughter case out of Covina. The fatal DUI crash occurred January 27 at Grand Avenue and Covina Boulevard. Miller spoke with officers and said he refused to surrender, according to the Covina Police Department. Officers attempted to serve the arrest warrant at 3:19 p.m. June 1 at Miller’s home in the 100 block of North Forestdale Avenue. Homes near Miller’s residence were evacuated as a precaution, since Miller is known to possess firearms and has been the subject of multiple calls for police presence, Covina Police said. Officers used “less lethal devices” and “chemical munitions” to get Miller to surrender, but he refused to relent, Covina Police said. Crisis negotiators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were called to de-escalate the situation. Miller could be seen in his garage, armed with a knife, handgun and occasionally smoked from a glass pipe. He also ignited fireworks, Covina Police said. Multiple gunshots could be heard coming from within Miller’s home and police believe Miller directed those gunshots at officers, Covina Police said. The Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau eventually forced Miller to surrender 16 hours later after deploying additional “chemical munitions,” Covina Police said. Miller was hospitalized after suffering what officers described as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 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 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 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. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA – A Long Beach man pleaded guilty to killing a random woman in the vengeful search for his
estranged wife, whom he also shot to death nearly three years ago. Miguel Angel Prieto, 46, pleaded guilty to one count each of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, crimes that spanned three months. “Given the senseless and brazen crimes committed by Miguel Angel Prieto, he will be sentenced to two consecutive life sentences,” said Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. 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, prosecutors previously said. The woman was identified as Rocio Sandoval, 38. >>READ THE FULL STORY: Man Charged in Ex-Wife’s Slaying Likely Connected to Attempted Double Murder in Azusa 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. >>READ THE FULL STORY: Long Beach man Arrested, Accused of Murdering Ex-Wife in Covina Apt. Sentencing is scheduled on March 3 in Department T of Pomona Superior Court. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - An argument and suspected gang rivalry led to a shooting early Wednesday, Covina Police announced.
The shooting took place in the 400 block of East Cypress Street. Police were called to the scene at 1:48 a.m. and detained four suspects in a nearby vehicle, from which a handgun was recovered, according to the Covina Police Department. No one was injured. Three men and the juvenile were arrested and booked on suspicion of shooting at an inhabited dwelling, Covina Police said. The juvenile was additionally booked on suspicion of attempted murder. The juvenile was transferred to a juvenile facility. ANDRES GUARDADO: Protestors Allegedly Find Covina Home of Deputy Who Fatally Shot Man in Gardena7/31/2020 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor COVINA - Police arrived en mas Thursday night to a neighborhood to quell a group of protestors who reportedly found the home of the deputy who fatally shot an 18-year-old man in Gardena.
The deputy reportedly lives in the area of Hollenbeck Avenue and San Bernardino Road. Protesters stood in the street, on the sidewalk and walked all over the front yard of a home believed to belong to Miguel Vega July 30. Police from Covina, Glendora, Azusa and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrived to push back protestors who left behind signs at the home. Most, if not all, of the signs were removed by police. In a video posted to social media, law enforcement could be seen going in and out of the home, talking to whoever was inside. Deputies descended on Andres Guardado, who was employed as a security guard, at a Gardena business June 18. Deputies claim they saw a gun on Guadardo’s person. Guardado ran from deputies a brief distance into an alley. He was shot and killed by deputy gunfire. A gun was reportedly found in Guardado’s possession. Deputies allege he reached for his weapon during the foot pursuit. Guardado’s death has strained the somewhat current tenuous relationship between law enforcement and the public, amidst calls for defunding law enforcement and amidst destructive protests and rioting. Compounding the investigation is the allegations that shortly after shooting Guardado, deputies ripped surveillance cameras from a nearby business without a search warrant. A security hold was placed on the autopsy report for Guardado — a standard procedure in police shooting investigations, but the very public family squabble between embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and County authorities took an unexpected turn. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner defied the Sheriff’s security request and made public the preliminary results. Guardado was shot five times in the back, according to the coroner report. An independent autopsy confirmed the county coroner’s findings.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
COVINA – The man seen in a video instigating a fight with complete strangers and attempting to gun down his victim was taken into custody July 6.
Vincent Ortega, a 31-year-old El Monte resident, was taken into custody, but not before he fled from a traffic stop in the 500 block of South Citrus Avenue while carrying a backpack containing a loaded handgun, ammunition, stolen credit cards, IDs and drugs, Covina Police said. Ortega was identified by investigators as the gunman in the March 23, 2020 shooting that occurred in the 1900 block of East Cienega Avenue. A fight broke out between two men when an SUV approached.
An occupant of the SUV exited and forcefully took the necklace of an onlooker to the fight. The onlooker and fighting men turned their attention on the robbery suspect and began fighting him.
The robbery suspect, later identified as Ortega, retrieved a handgun while fleeing to the SUV and fired twice, hitting one of the three other men in an arm. The shooting victim smashed out the rear window to the SUV seconds before it was driven away at high speed. The shooting victim was hospitalized and later released. Ortega was the passenger in the July 6 traffic stop. After fleeing the vehicle, Ortega ran into an occupied home in the 200 block of West Casad Street. Ortega was taken into custody shortly after fleeing and no one inside the home was harmed, Covina Police said. Ortega was also arrested by Claremont Police in June on suspicion of grand theft auto, possession of a handgun and ammunition, but Ortega bailed out and failed to show at his court hearing. A warrant was issued for his arrest, Covina Police said. Ortega was booked on suspicion of burglary, being a felon in possession of a handgun and ammunition, identity theft, resisting arrest, drug offenses and attempted homicide, Covina Police said. Ortega is scheduled for a court appearance Wednesday, July 8. |
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