Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - The county coroner is on scene of a death reported at Grand Avenue and Baseline Road Wednesday. An investigator is looking at the death as possibly natural, according to a supervisor with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. A medical emergency was dispatched to firefighters just after 6 p.m. at a gas station at Grand Avenue and Baseline Road. A person in a truck was reportedly not breathing, according to Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Pittman could not verify if firefighters determined a death at the scene. An SGV CityWatch reader drove by the scene and witnessed police working near a small truck. A sheet was draped over an unknown object. The Glendora Police Department could not be reached for comment. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - A biohazard of immeasurable proportions was hauled away from the hillside of South Hills Park earlier in May. 23 Transient camps filled South Hills Park -- camps that were mostly dismantled and hauled away May 7 through May 9. The camps presented unhealthy and unsafe living conditions: make-shift restrooms, toilet areas, human waste, vermin infestation, homemade fire pits, barbed wire “fencing” and damage to city water property, the Glendora Police Department said. Authorities visited the transient camps over the last two weeks and offered aid and temporary housing. Authorities made their intentions known May 5 that human waste, garbage and other biohazards would be thrown away, Glendora Police said. The cleanup effort was in response to community complaints received over the last several months, Glendora Police said. “Five, 40-foot rollaway trash bins were filled during this cleanup, nine people were issued citations for Glendora Municipal Code and Health Order Violations and one person was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance,” Glendora Police said.
About 20 transients accepted two-day motel vouchers. 13 referrals to Union Station Homeless Services were made for follow up, Glendora Police said. Bulk property that could not be carried away was stored for pickup at a later date. “The City of Glendora and its residents care deeply about our homeless plight and was one of the first cities to conduct a survey of its residents and the answers that were received were evenly mixed,” according to Glendora Mayor Michael Allawos. “The City Government and staff have been implementing a balanced approach for addressing this decades old travesty. Our outstanding Glendora Police Department is working with incredibly difficult circumstances and is able to find that balance in their everyday work,” Allawos said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - A Monterey Park man was arrested three times in a 24-hour period Wednesday, continually released, courtesy of the state’s zero bail policy amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
Dijon Landrum, 24, is accused of driving a stolen vehicle, vehicle burglary, theft and leading officers on a pursuit into Pasadena, according to the Glendora Police Department. A witness reported a man, later identified as Landrum, was attempting to break into a vehicle around 8:28 a.m. April 29 in the 1400 block of South Grand Avenue. Officers were able to stop Landrum who had tried to escape in a vehicle stolen from East Los Angeles, Glendora Police said. After being issued a citation and released, Landrum was contacted again by police at 2:20 p.m. after officers received a report of an unknown man in the area of Bennett and Pennsylvania, Walking through residential yards and placing potential stolen items into a box, Glendora police said. Officers stopped Landrum and found that he was carrying items that did not belong to him. He was issued a citation and then released once again under the states Zero Bail Policy, Glendora police said. The stolen property was recovered by officers. Police lady responded just before 9 PM that same night to a stolen vehicle report and the 1300 block of S. Grand Ave. Officers tracks down and intercepted the stolen vehicle west on the I-10 freeway in the La Puente area. With the help of the California highway patrol, Glendora officers chased after Landrum who allegedly refused to stop the vehicle he was in. The pursuit ended in Pasadena with the rest of Landrum. he was booked on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle in for evading police officers. Due to the California zero bail policy, Landrum was released with his third citation of the day, Glendora police said. |
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