Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - A suspect was booked on suspicion of attempted murder Wednesday after a woman was beaten and dragged from a train station onto the 210 freeway.

The shocking assault took place around 5:40 a.m. at the A Line Allen Station August 7. After being punched and knocked down, the woman was dragged away onto the railroad tracks and then the 210 freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Transit Services Bureau.

​The woman was hospitalized in stable condition.

The suspect fled the area, but was arrested by deputies near Allen Avenue and Villa Street.

Los Angeles County booking records show Juan Pablo Flores, 33, was arrested August 7 by Transit Services Bureau deputies. He was booked on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County Board Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued a statement in the wake of the attack:

“I am outraged to hear of yet another attack on our Metro system. I want to commend the transit deputies who responded quickly and apprehended the suspect. This incident is a perfect example of why we need to urgently address safety issues, not only on the Metro train system, but also at stations.
I expect a full report from Metro on what security measures will be put in place to increase security, especially during early morning commute hours.

“Our Metro Board has already taken some steps to improve public safety, including enforcing fares. But, it’s obvious to me that our Metro system commuters are still confronted with serious safety issues that cannot be ignored.”

Flores is scheduled for an appearance in Pasadena Superior Court Friday, August 9.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

LOS ANGELES - Investigators named the 41-year-old man who died on a train platform in Pasadena July 24.

Isaac Hackett was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. He was a Monrovia resident.

While the medical examiner continues to defer the cause of death, a recent crime report published by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Transit Services Bureau suggests Hackett fell.

“Officers assigned to Pasadena PD conducted the preliminary investigation and stated the male fell from the apartment complex located above the station,” according to the Transit Services Bureau in a written statement.

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It is not publicly clear if Hackett fell accidentally, was pushed, or possibly jumped.

A Line train service temporarily bypassed the Memorial Station during the investigation, according to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - A death investigation is underway after a body was found on an A Line train platform early Wednesday.

First responders were sent to the Memorial Station, 125 E. Holly St., at 4 a.m. July 24. The victim is described as a Black man in his 40s, according to Lt. Matt Campeau of the Pasadena Police Department.

Campeau would not elaborate if there was anything suspicious about the man’s death.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner is on scene.

A Line train Service has been restored to the Memorial Station after trains temporarily bypassed the location during the investigation, according to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - A man in his 20s was able to pull himself from under an L Line train after he somehow got pinned underneath January 14.

Firefighters on scene assessed the man who suffered only minor injuries. Trains were stopped in both directions temporarily, according to Pasadena Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian.

The man became pinned under the train near the platform of the Sierra Madre Villa station just before 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

As a precaution, the man was taken to an area hospital for evaluation, Derderian told SGV CityWatch.

It’s unclear how or why the man ended up on the tracks.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - A vehicle and a light rail train collided Thursday morning the driver of the vehicle to the hospital, authorities said.

The collision between the vehicle and a metro A Line train occurred at East California Boulevard and South Raymond Avenue around 9:18 a.m.

The driver of the vehicle, the only occupant inside, had to be extricated by Pasadena Firefighters. She was hospitalized with significant injuries, according to Lisa Derderian, public information officer for the city of Pasadena.

Active Incident: Pasadena Fire and Pasadena Police are on scene at Raymond Avenue and California Boulevard for a Metro A-line train and vehicle collision. There is one patient requiring extrication.

Traffic will be impacted in that area. Please avoid the area.

The area where the collision occurred is normally heavily impacted with traffic on a normal day. Traffic in the surrounding area will continue to be very heavily impacted as an investigation continues, Derderian told SGV CityWatch.

Right now, there is no metro train service between the Delmar station and South Pasadena station due to the collision. Bus bridges are being requested, according to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - Authorities named the accused gunman who shot and killed a woman at an apartment complex Monday.

Guary Lonnie Shuford III, 32, Was led away from the building by several swat officers after barricading himself inside of an apartment complex for roughly eight hours.

Shuford, on parole for robbery, was booked on suspicion of murder, according to Pasadena Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian.

The Pasadena Police Department named the shooting victim, 34-year-old Jamila Elysse Moss, a Pasadena resident. She was found deceased on what investigators described as the exterior portion of the apartment complex in the 200 block of South Raymond Avenue.

The incident was likely domestic violence.

Resident Angelicque McQueen claimed that the shooting occurred next her apartment unit. She heard the gunfire ring out. Soon, officers with weapons drawn descended upon the complex. She and her son Devon De La Hoya fled the complex after officers ordered McQueen to lock her dogs in the bathroom

“Around 9:30 this morning we heard gunshots. We heard two, then heard six after that,” McQueen told SGV CityWatch. “I went down to walk the dogs. Everything was normal. I get greeted with a SWAT team at the exit door.”

An officer screamed at McQueen to get back upstairs. Once back upstairs, McQueen said she saw officers with weapons trained on her neighbor’s unit.

Three sworn officers with shields escorted McQueen and her son to an elevator to evacuate the complex.

McQueen claims the shooting victim may have fallen, or was thrown from a window and down below to near the Metro A Line Del Mar Station.

Glendale police officers and crisis negotiators aided in the operation.

Bus shuttles replaced Metro trains throughout much of the day as the Del Mar station remained closed with only several police officers to secure the station.

The apartment complex faces Central Park, which was oddly populated with park goers and apartment residents not only eager to get back in, but anxious to retrieve their pets left locked in their units. Some residents still inside the complex casually exited during the ordeal.

Around 5:30 p.m., this reporter was led by residents through a neighboring business’s parking lot to the north side of the apartment complex, and got close enough to the apartments to hear a man yelling and screaming from a window overlooking the Del Mar Station.

Several powerful flash bang grenades were used. The powerful blasts echoed throughout the area.

Once Shuford was place in a white patrol vehicle, the vehicle peeled out south on Raymond Avenue.

Robbery-Homicide detectives with the Pasadena Police Department arrived to take over the investigation.

Train service to the Del Mar Station was reestablished Tuesday morning.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - Officers have an apartment complex surrounded and believe a suspect is barricaded inside after finding a shooting victim Monday morning.

Authorities are asking people to avoid a quarter-mile radius around Raymond Avenue and Del Mar Boulevard as police continue to work the scene.

Police responded to the apartment complex, which is adjacent to the A Line Del Mar Station, on a reported shooting. A female victim was found unresponsive at the scene. Information on her current condition is not readily available, according to Lisa Derderian, Pasadena public information officer.

There was no train service running to the Delmar station. Shuttle buses replace train service between Fillmore and Memorial Park, according to do you Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - An assault that occurred on the A Line train June 24 over a dropped cell phone certainly brings the adage “no good deed goes unpunished” to mind.

The incident occurred around 9:21 p.m. on an A Line train at the Memorial Park station. The victim, a 30-year-old man, told deputies a female suspect assaulted him with 15-inch deer antlers after he handed back a dropped cellphone to the sleeping passenger who owned it, according to Kari Mercer, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

The man sustained several contusions, a 1-inch laceration to his head, a 1-inch laceration to his left hand and a puncture wound on his right forearm.

The suspect armed with deer antlers, a 38-year-old Asian woman, apparently was looking in earnest at the dropped cellphone. The victim worried she was going to steal it, Mercer told SGV CityWatch.

“Fearing the female was going to steal the phone, the victim picked up the phone, woke the sleeping passenger and gave it to him. The suspect became irate, pulled deer antlers from her bag, and struck the victim multiple times on his head and arms,” Mercer said in a written statement.

The homeless suspect was located, arrested and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

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CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - A man was found stabbed and suffered injuries that are at this time considered not life-threatening Thursday evening, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The stabbing victim was located at the Memorial Park Station for the Metro L Line after deputies received multiple 9-1-1 calls around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, June 23. Investigators are still trying to determine exactly where the stabbing took place, according to Ramon Montenegro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

The stabbing victim was taken to a hospital for treatment. Initially, investigators believe that the stabbing did not occur at the Memorial Park Station.

“It’s still a really, really active investigation, so we really don’t know a lot about it. We requested video both from the station and from the train the individual was on,” Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.

All Metro L Line trains are skipping the Memorial Park Station due to the investigation.

Anyone who may have been aboard the train or at the Memorial Park station and who has information that could aid the investigation is urged to call the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau at 323-563-5000, Or visit lasd.org/transitservicesbureau.

PASADENA – A suspect was arrested May 7, accused of spraying a man with a flammable liquid and lighting him on fire onboard an L Line train, causing extensive burn injuries, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

The attack was reported around 10:55 p.m. According to witness statements, the unidentified suspect, a female, possibly exchanged words with the man prior to the attack, but it appeared the suspect and man did not know each other and the attack was unprovoked, according to Ramon Montenegro, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

The attack occurred near the Metro L Line Lake Station, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch

After the man was set on fire, patrons aboard the railcar used what means they could to extinguish the flames. Patrons pointed out the suspect to deputies who took her into custody, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.

The injuries to the man, while extensive, are considered not life-threatening, Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.

“So far, we’ve been able to ascertain there was no relationship between the two. There was no argument that occurred. For some reason she did this,” Montenegro told SGV CityWatch.

The Sheriff’s Arson/Explosives Detail is investigating. The suspect’s name has not been released.