 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - Police announced the arrest of a domestic violence suspect found hiding in a transient camp Wednesday.
Steven Anthony Chaffino, a 50-year-old man from Baldwin Park, was booked on suspicion of felony spousal abuse. Police met Chaffino’s victim at a local hospital August 24. “On arrival, the officers learned that the female victim had been physically assaulted and burned with hot water by a male suspect known to her,” according to the Irwindale Police Department in a written statement. The alleged abuse occurred in a transient camp near Huntington Drive and the San Gabriel River August 20. With the help of a Pasadena Police helicopter, Chaffino was found hiding in a transient camp hidden amongst thick brush in an undeveloped area of Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area one-quarter mile south of Huntington Drive and one-quarter mile east of the river, Irwindale Police said. Chaffino could be seen peering at police through through a tent and upon seeing the circling police helicopter, he fled on a fire road towards Huntington Drive before being cuffed. Evidence connecting Chaffino to the crime was found at the transient camp, Irwindale Police said. Chaffino is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - Police arrested a man August 6 accused of stealing more than $20,000 in equipment from an Irwindale business. The suspect, 28-year-old Juan Antonio Garcia Hernandez of Duarte, is accused of repeatedly burglarizing a refrigerant recycling business in the 5200 block of Fourth Street since May 27.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - A South El Monte man was arrested August 11 after police tracked him down courtesy of information from the community. Jesus Avila Jr., 33, was arrested after officers served a search warrant at an undisclosed location in Irwindale at 5:30 p.m. Avila was booked on suspicion of attempted homicide, according to the Irwindale Police Department in a written statement. Avila is being held in lieu of a little more than $2 million bail in the West Covina jail. After police publicized security footage and still images of the suspect and barbaric attack from July 12, information was received through the LA Regional Crime Stoppers website that helped detectives learn the suspect’s identity, Irwindale Police said.
The attack occurred at an Arco gas station, 110 E. Longden Ave., around 2:11 a.m. The suspect, whom police say is Avila, arrived in a vehicle and approached the victim. The suspect blindsided his 61-year-old victim with a punch that knocked him to the ground, causing his head to hit the pavement after getting into an unknown confrontation. The attack was seemingly unproven, Irwindale Police said. “As a result of his injuries, the victim suffered substantial memory loss and has been unable to make a statement to investigators,” Irwindale Police said. Court date information was not readily available.  PHOTOS courtesy of the Irwindale Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE – Upset over an empty soda machine, a Baldwin Park man became irate and threatened AMPM employees, ultimately kicked and punched one and assaulted him with a hammer, and assaulted another with a stun device. The tirade unfolded at AMPM, 15875 Arrow Hwy, just after 4:30 p.m. August 9. Edger Morelos, 35, “produced a hammer and began to threaten store employees with the hammer. He then armed himself with a large kitchen knife, which he brandished and swung at the employees, all while still continuing to threaten them,” according to the Irwindale Police Department in a written statement. Morelos allegedly knocked down one employee with a kick to the chest and struck him with a hammer and his hands and feet.
As he fled the AMPM, Morelos allegedly attacked a second employee with a stun gun device, Irwindale Police said. “A claw hammer, a kitchen knife with a 5½ inch blade, a metal flashlight with an integrated electric stun device and drug paraphernalia were all found in Morelos' possession at the time and were recovered by the arresting officers,” Irwindale Police said in a written statement. Morelos, a Baldwin Park man, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, battery, exhibiting a deadly weapon, assault with a stun gun device, being a convicted felon in possession of a stun gun device and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is also on probation and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, Irwindale Police said. Morelos is being held in lieu of $115,000 at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - A driver was treated for undisclosed injuries after their vehicle slammed into a palm tree August 1.
All lanes of Irwindale Avenue remain closed during the investigation between Gladstone Street and Ornelas Street for an Investigation, according to the Irwindale Police Department. The crash was reported at 1:43 p.m. The driver was alone in the car and driving southbound when it slammed into a palm tree. The driver was conscious and breathing when first responders arrived, according to Sgt. Sapien of the Irwindale Police Department. Sapien did not know the current status for the driver. It was not immediately known what factors led to the crash. |
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