Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE – A woman accused of driving while intoxicated and her passenger were hospitalized October 24 after crashing into and damaging six parked vehicles at an auto body shop.

The collision occurred in the 14300 block of Arrow Highway around 3:35 a.m. The driver, identified as 22-year-old Ashley Stephanie Juarez of San Diego rolled her 2019 Kia Optima, which broke through a fence at the auto body shop, according to Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department.

Juarez and her 24-year-old passenger were taken to County/USC Medical Center. Their condition was not immediately known.

Vehicles were damaged at CCLA Motors, 14340 Arrow Hwy.

Juarez was not formally arrested due to being hospitalized Sunday, but was cited in the field. Filing of charges is pending completion of the investigation, Gatto told SGV CityWatch.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - An Irwindale Police officer stopped a suicidal woman from jumping over a ledge into a rock quarry October 22 after she became stuck during an initial attempt, police said.

Officers and Los Angeles County Firefighters responded to the quarry in the 13000 block of Los Angeles Street. An officer saw that the woman had already leapt into the quarry, but her fall was broken by some brush and she was lodged on the edge of a slope, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

“When officers contacted the female, she made suicidal threats and attempted to crawl to the edge of the ledge to throw herself the rest of the way down the slope,” according to the Irwindale Police Department in a written statement.

The quarry is several hundred feet deep.

Irwindale Police Officer Shawn Cory shuffled up the quarry wall and physically detained the woman who attempted to roll off the ledge. The woman could have taken Cory with her, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

Cory worked to calm the woman until firefighters rappelled down the quarry to extract both the woman and Cory.

The woman was hospitalized and was given a psychological examination, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

IRWINDALE – A four-acre brush fire was quickly stopped after igniting in the San Gabriel Riverbed Monday afternoon.

There were no injuries and no structures were threatened in the small fire that was dispatched to firefighters at 3:45 p.m. October 4. Firefighters on the ground were assisted by two helicopters, one of which performed water-dropping duties.

The only major threat came from an intense storm cell, which produced lightning just one mile south of the fire, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department radio traffic.

Huntington Drive between Encanto Parkway and Irwindale Avenue was blocked for several hours while firefighters worked.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - A red four-door sedan was recovered and two carjacking suspects got to visit the inside of a jail cell Saturday after officers located the vehicle.

Dominique Dashann Walker, 37, and Janae Deannah Applewhite, 30, were arrested and booked on suspicion of carjacking, possession of a stolen vehicle and other related charges, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

Patrol officers located the stolen red sedan, which was taken from San Bernardino. Both suspects were found occupying the stolen vehicle just before midnight October 3 at Irwindale Avenue south of First Street, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

The replica handgun was allegedly used in the carjacking, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

Walker, a Rialto resident, and Applewhite, a San Bernardino resident, were held in lieu of $100,000 bail. It is unclear Monday morning if the suspects remain jailed. County booking records are unavailable.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - A man was found dead Friday night at what was described as a homeless encampment underneath the Lower Azusa Road overpass, the Irwindale Police Department said.

Irwindale and Arcadia officers responded just after 8 p.m. October 1 to a report of a deceased man under the overpass. The body was found on the upper portion of the San Gabriel River’s east bank. It is believed that the body had been there for a significant, but undetermined length of time, according to the Irwindale Police Department.

It is not yet publicly clear how officers were notified of the dead body. It is not clear if the homeless encampment was occupied by anyone else, or if someone happened to stumble upon the dead body.

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call Irwindale Police Detective Nicolas Lopez at 626-430-2239. He can also be emailed at nlopez@irwindale ca.gov. Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.