Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - The body of a middle-aged man was discovered near the entrance of a fueling station along Peck Road early Wednesday.
The man, only described in his 30s to 40s, was found unresponsive by a customer near the entrance to an unmanned clean energy gas station near 5640 Peck Road. The customer called 9-1-1 around 6:11 a.m., according to Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department. Los Angeles County Firefighters arrived with Irwindale Police. Firefighters declared the man dead at the scene. There are signs of injury on the body, Gatto said, but it is unclear if those injuries are what led to the man’s death. Detectives are determining if a nearby surveillance camera recorded the collision. There are no signs of foul play discovered yet in the man’s death. Northbound Peck Road remains closed, while southbound traffic is open. Foothill Transit service on the 270 line is also interrupted and will bypass the Peck Road stops at Peck and Hemlock, Peck and Clark, Peck and Foothill Transit DrPlease use instead a stop on Peck just after Live Oak. Irwindale’s unknown circumstances death investigation is being assisted by detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. If signs of foul play are found, Sheriff’s Homicide will take over the investigation. Anyone with information on this death is urged to call the Irwindale Police Detective Bureau at 626-430-2245. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - County firefighter and Sheriff’s hazmat personnel responded to a Southern California Edison facility Thursday afternoon.
A handful of SoCal Edison employees evacuated during the emergency response after a brown substance spilled out of a mailed envelope at an employee’s work station at 6010 N. Irwindale Ave. around 1:11 p.m. The employee opened the envelope as part of her duties at her work station. The employee notified her superiors who initiated emergency procedures, according to Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department. Edison evacuated 40 employees from the affected building, while 400 others remained in other buildings on the property and sheltered in place, Gatto said. “It was ultimately determined the substance was packing material fused inside the envelope that came loose when the envelope was opened,” Gatto said. Investigators do not believe a criminal activity or threat occurred. Irwindale Police also investigated the incident, along with Los Angeles County Fire Hazardous-Materials program and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Hazmat Detail. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE - A 30-acre brush fire was declared 100 percent contained Friday morning.
The fire ignited in the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area Thursday afternoon, sending smoke and ash wafting through the Irwindale, Azusa and Glendora area. The fire, which ignited in the northern portion of the dam, threatened some facilities at the Miller Brewery, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. CBS2 news reported a civilian suffered from smoke inhalation, but injuries could not be confirmed, according to Marvin Lim, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Firefighters established a 100 percent line around the fire, Lim said. The cause is still under investigation, Lim said. The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension was briefly threatened by the fire Firefighters provided structure protection to fight flames if they came close to the brewery. The California Highway Patrol, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Parks Bureau will remain at the command post with Los Angeles County Firefighters throughout the night, according to the Irwindale Police Department. A number of homeless encampments pepper the recreational area, especially near the Santa Fe Dam Nature Center and in undeveloped areas near the 210 freeway.
Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor
IRWINDALE - The 24-hour vigil at the scene of Deputy David March’s death began midnight Saturday with a humbling ceremony on Live Oak Avenue.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies stand guard at the memorial in the 200 block of Live Oak Avenue every April 29 to mark the day when March was gunned down during a traffic stop on Live Oak Avenue between Peck Road and Longden Avenue 16 years ago. Community members and fellow law enforcement agencies from around the area visit March’s memorial to honor him.
March conducted a traffic stop around 10:40 a.m. April 29, 2002. March, a deputy at the Sheriff’s Temple Station, stopped the vehicle for a reported traffic violation.
The driver of the vehicle, 30-year-old Jorge Arroyo Garcia, exited and met March halfway to the 33-year-old deputy’s patrol car. A confrontation began and Garcia pulled out a handgun, shooting March multiple times. Nearby workers at an industrial company rushed over to March, the suspect vehicle had taken off. One of the nearby workers grabbed March’s patrol vehicle radio and summoned backup for the gravely wounded deputy. Backup arrived. One deputy attempted to revive March, but his efforts were in vain. March was declared dead at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. March left behind a wife and step daughter. Garcia told friends sometime before the shooting that he wanted to kill an officer. Garcia fled to Mexico and remained in hiding until his apprehension February 23, 2006, when U.S. Marshals and Mexican federal agents worked to locate him. After his extradition, Garcia faced his day in court and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, admitting to special allegations of intentionally killing a police officer in the performance of his duties and to using a 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. |
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