Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - A naked transient was taken into custody October 29 after somehow entering an apartment unit to take a shower, police said Monday.
Two female college students awoke to find a naked Jesse Alexander Hunter showering in their apartment at Avalon Glendora, 121 E. Route 66 around 5:42 a.m. Police responded in 91 seconds, but the metal front door was locked — a naked Hunter blocked one victim from escaping a bedroom, according to the Glendora Police Department. “The victim forced her way past the suspect and was able to open the front door for the officers. The suspect was then immediately taken into custody,” Glendora Police said in a written statement. The female victims told officers they have no idea how Hunter entered their apartment and never met him before, Glendora Police said. Hunter, 38, is a registered sex offender on Post Release Community Supervision. He told officers he arrived to Glendora by bus and had no other reason to be in town. He also had a no-bail violation of PRCS at the time of his arrest, Glendora Police said. Hunter’s case was filed with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which filed two counts of burglary, one count of attempted rape and one count of providing false information to an officer. Hunter is being held without bail. He faces a possible maximum of nearly 23 years in prison if convicted as charged. Anyone with any information on Hunter is urged to call Glendora Police Investigations Bureau Sergeant Michael Henderson at 626-914-8281, or email mhenderson@glendorapd.org 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. |
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