Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - Pasadena City College police officers reportedly used force to subdue and detain a suspect accused of sexually assaulting a male on a bus October 9.

The suspect reportedly followed the victim after the assault onto the Pasadena City College campus, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. although the victim was allegedly sexually assaulted, he declined medical attention, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau.

The suspect, who was not identified, was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery and transported to the Pasadena Police Department jail for booking.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - Pasadena City College Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies searched and found no credible threats regarding the community college Monday.

An anonymous tip was sent Sunday through the campus’s website that there was a threat involving the library. The library remained closed Monday morning for several hours during the search, according to Alex Boekelheide, executive director of Office of Strategic Communications & Marketing at PCC.

Boekelheide declined to specify what the threat may have been and referred to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The library was clear to re-open by 11 a.m. Monday, Boekelheide told SGV CityWatch.

Anyone can send in an anonymous tip to provide suspected crime information through the Lancer Anonymous Tip Reporting feature that can be accessed through the PCC website.

The campus notes that the anonymous tip feature is not intended for in progress crimes. For emergencies, or crimes in progress, call campus police at 626-585-7484.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

LOS ANGELES - The man accused of stabbing two family members to death, a portion of the crime that was witnessed on a live Zoom meeting, was officially charged Monday.

Robert Anderson Cotton, 32, faces two counts of murder with an allegation of using a knife as a deadly and dangerous weapon.

Cotton’s arraignment was continued to April 5. He is accused of killing mother Carol Brown, 67, and uncle Kenneth Preston, 69, at the house they all shared in the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue March 22.

The bodies were discovered after police were called around 2:50 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue.

Brown was a 15-year-member of Pasadena City College and was reportedly in the middle of a work meeting on Zoom when a suspect, later identified as Cotton, entered the room and kidnapped her. Coworkers called 9-1-1.

Cotton was not at the scene when deputies arrived, but returned in a vehicle either belonging to Brown or Preston, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators.

Written by AARON CASTREJON 
CityWatch Editor ​

PASADENA - Beginning March 18, Pasadena City College will offer temporary remote instruction to students out of an abundance of caution to prevent potential coronavirus transmission, according to a campus statement.

The campus will also cancel or postpone events with a projected attendance of more than 100 people. Sporting events will continue as scheduled, sans spectators. These changes are expected to last through April 20, according to the statement posted on the Pasadena City College Student Health Services webpage.