Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - A fight likely fueled by alcohol left two men with knife wounds and two other men, including the alleged knife attacker, in jail Friday.

Officers responded to Rude Dog Bar & Grill, 114 N. Citrus Ave., around 11:13 p.m. May 27 on a reported stabbing. Officers found one man who was stabbed in his lower back and a leg. Another man suffered lacerations to his hands, according to Lt. Tony Zavala of the Covina Police Department.

The stabbing suspect, 27-year-old Matthew Rene Reyes, was found unconscious in the street on Citrus Avenue outside the bar after having been subdued and beaten by other revelers, including a friend of one of the stabbing victims, Zavala told SGV CityWatch.

One of the stabbing victims “soccer kicked” the suspect while the suspect was on the ground, Zavala told SGV CityWatch.

Officers believed a war of words, or a physical altercation led to the knife attack. Both men who suffered the knife wounds were uncooperative with officers, Zavala told SGV CityWatch.

“It appeared the suspect went back to his vehicle and armed himself with a knife. It was described as a hunting knife,” Zavala told SGV CityWatch. “He returned and stabbed the victims while they were outside the bar.”

A friend of the stabbing victim was applying pressure to his confidant’s wounds and became confrontational with officers. An officer was eventually punched in the face, Zavala told SGV CityWatch.

The confrontational friend was subdued with a stun gun.

Reyes, a Baldwin Park man, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail ahead of a scheduled appearance in the West Covina courthouse Wednesday, June 1.

The friend who allegedly assaulted the officer is 54-year-old Alfredo Garcia, from Pomona. He was booked on suspicion of resisting/delaying an officer. Court date information for Garcia was not readily available.

Zavala believes intoxication played a role in the melee.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - A stabbing and potential shooting erupted at Forest Lawn in Covina Saturday afternoon, sending three men to a nearby hospital where they are listed in stable condition.

A group of people began fighting at the cemetery, 21300 Via Verde Street, May 21 for still unknown reasons. Two people wee stabbed and a third may have been shot, according to Sgt. Tinoco of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station.

Deputies responded to the scene at 5:49 p.m.

“Nobody is cooperating with us, nobody is speaking to us,” Tinoco told SGV CityWatch.

During the investigation, hospital staff called authorities about three victims who showed up to be treated, Tinoco told SGV CityWatch.

COVINA – A man and woman are dead, the victims of a stabbing Thursday afternoon, a Covina Police sergeant said.

A 33-year-old man is in custody, connected to the stabbing at a residence in the 700 block of North Grand Avenue September 2. Police first responded at 2:22 p.m., according to Sgt. Joshua Turner of the Covina Police Department.

The suspect called 9-1-1 and told police dispatchers that he stabbed two people. Officers met the suspect outside the residence and was taken into custody without incident, according to the Covina Police Department in a written statement.

Turner was unaware of a possible motive.

Detectives are on scene and continue to investigate.

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.

POMONA - The woman accused of stabbing her two-year-old son to death more than a year ago has pleaded not guilty in her son’s killing.

Xa Dinh Ngo, 39, also referred to as “Michelle” Ngo, Entered her plea Monday, April 27, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Ngo faces one count of murder with a special allegation of using a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife, in the death of her son, Elvis Puente. Ngo allegedly stabbed her son to death multiple times, prosecutors said.

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.

COVINA - A man accused of stabbing his robbery victim multiple times was jailed after being found with a torso wound he accidentally gave himself, police said.

21-year-old suspect Jacob Alan Cannon of Covina was found at a residence in the 400 block of East Alisal Way minutes after the victim was found. Police responded after he called and lied about being attacked in Azusa, according to Sgt. Rodriguez of the Covina Police Department.

The attempted robbery occurred around 11:50 p.m. January 21 in the southbound lanes of Grand Avenue near the In N Out driveway, Rodriguez.

Police determined that Cannon’s story made no sense after and he and his victim were admitted to the same hospital. They determined Cannon was the suspect in the stabbing near In N Out, 1371 Grand Ave.

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.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - A  reported stabbing victim was hospitalized after ending up at a Jack In the Box late Monday night.

The man wandered into Jack In the Box, 912 N. Azusa Ave., some time after 10:30 p.m. January 8. The man seemed unaffected by the fact that he was stabbed and bleeding, according to a Jack In the Box employee.

“He walked in silently like nothing was wrong with him. He asked for a water cup and I said ‘do you need medical attention?’ He didn't respond. He continued to fill up his water cup,” according to Jack In the Box employee Ariel Arencibia. “I thought it was a joke so I went to the back and got on the line immediately with Covina [Police].

The man then left and walked to McDonald’s.

Officers found the bleeding man at Azusa Avenue and Cypress Street. He told them he had been stabbed, according to Sgt. Mike Colburn of the Covina Police Department.

Colburn did not have any further information.

Firefighters were summoned by police. The man was transported to an area trauma center, according to Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.