 Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor PASADENA - A man clad in a security uniform was booked on suspicion of attempted murder in the stabbing of another man near the Sierra Madre Villa station Thursday morning. What started out as a verbal argument led to a physical altercation and to one of the men being stabbed multiple times. The suspect was quickly arrested by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau. The incident began at 7:30 a.m. at 149 N. Halstead St. The victim received multiple stab wounds to his upper torso. He was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital where he was last listed in critical, but stable condition, according to the Sheriff’s Department. “While the suspect was wearing a security guard uniform, it is important to note the suspect was not employed by or contracted with Metro and was utilizing the Metro system for transportation purposes,” according to the Sheriff’s Department in a written statement. Public arrest records show that Transit Services deputies arrested 37-year-old Antonio Olivera and booked him on suspicion of attempted murder. He is being held at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles in lieu of $2 million bail ahead of a schedule appearance in Pasadena Superior Court Monday, April 21. ********** The arrest record in this article is being redistributed by SGV CityWatch and is protected by constitutional, publishing and other legal rights. Arrest information is public record and was distributed by government sources. The person named in this article has only been arrested on suspicion of the crime(s) listed and is presumed innocent.  Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor PASADENA - The Sierra Madre Villa Station is closed as authorities investigate a stabbing Thursday. A man is reportedly in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times at the Sierra Madre Villa Station parking structure, 149 N. Halstead Ave., around 7:45 a.m. April 17. Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau are investigating the crime. A suspect is reportedly in custody. Metrolink A Line riders are asked to use the Pasadena Arts line 40 at Allen Station as an alternate route. An alternate station to board the A Line is the Arcadia Station at 1st & Santa Clara, next to REI, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – One suspect was arrested, two others were sought after an 82-year-old man was fatally stabbed in a Pasadena neighborhood Wednesday.
Officers responded to a home in the 1000 block of North mentor Avenue for an assault with a deadly weapon call July 6 and discovered a man deceased with stab wounds around 2:16 p.m. Officers somehow obtained a suspect vehicle description and located the vehicle parked at a nearby commercial area, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The victim, who suffered multiple stab wounds, was identified as Glenn Calvin, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The suspect in the vehicle was spotted just after 3 p.m. The suspect was found at a Target shopping center, 3121 E. Colorado Blvd., in East Pasadena. As a precaution, the Target was evacuated while the suspect in the vehicle was taken into custody. The suspect’s name was not provided. The motive for the killing remains either unknown, or has not yet been publicly released. Authorities have not released descriptions for the two other suspects. Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the Pasadena Police Department at 626-744-4241. Provide information anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.  Written by AARON CASTREJON 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.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA – A 26-year-old woman is recuperating after being wounded in the neck during an early-morning assault, a Pasadena Police lieutenant said.
The assault occurred in the 2800 block of East Colorado Boulevard just after 2:30 a.m. March 27. Officers responded to the area to a woman who claimed she was stabbed, but could not find her after a search and calls to her cell phone. The woman turned up at a nearby emergency room, according to Lt. Marcia Taglioretti of the Pasadena Police Department. The stabbing reportedly occurred at the Rodeway Inn & Suites, 2860 E. Colorado Blvd. A hotel guest who wished her name not be used heard screams from a room somewhere at the hotel. “I heard her screaming and the cops questioning people about the girl who got stabbed,” the guest told SGV CityWatch. “She was screaming ‘Help. No. No, please. No. Help me, please.” Hospital staff notified the Pasadena Police Department that a woman arrived with a stab wound to the neck. Officers later found blood evidence of where the stabbing occurred, Taglioretti told SGV CityWatch. A suspect remains at-large.  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 - Police announced the arrest of a man investigators quickly identified as a suspect in the murder of a Glendale woman whose body was found at Hahamonga Watershed Park. Pasadena resident Adrian Robert Casey, 26, was located and detained by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department near Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is awaiting extradition, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Casey, a parolee, is accused of stabbing to death Elena Ledford, 49. A jogger happened upon Ledford’s body the morning of November 24. Casey and Ledford were acquainted, but investigators declined to specify how the two knew each other. Casey apparently left California shortly after the killing, Pasadena Police said. Investigators stated Ledford was killed in a parking lot at La Cañada High School, 4463 Oak Grove Dr., which is across the road from where her body was found. Pasadena investigators are in New Mexico to continue their investigation.
Ledford worked for Pasadena-based organization Union Station Homeless Services for the last three years. A murder charge was filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “Elena was more than a beloved employee and coworker, she was a member of our Union Station Family. We are thankful for the support of law enforcement agencies in their investigation of Elena’s death. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Ledford Family for this unfathomable loss, and we are thinking of Elena’s parents, daughter, sister, and her friends and family during this terrible time,” according to a statement issued by Union Station Homeless Services. Ledford leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - A stabbing suspect faces one charge of murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed another man in Pasadena. Enrique Antonio Real, a 19-year-old Baldwin Park man, allegedly killed Altadena man Christopher Flores in a parking lot at CVS, 20 E. Orange Grove Blvd. September 11. Officers responded to calls of a stabbing in progress. Officers found Flores, 30, bleeding on the ground. He was taken to an area hospital where he later died, according to the Pasadena Police Department.
Eye witnesses helped police track down Real near the scene of the stabbing. A bloodied knife and other evidence was confiscated, Pasadena Police said. There is no known motive for the stabbing. Real allegedly was walking alongside Flores and began stabbing him multiple times, Pasadena Police said. Real is being held in lieu of more than $2 million ahead of his second scheduled court date on October 21.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Four people were injured Tuesday night in a brief and possibly related series of stabbings and a shooting. A 21-year-old man received minor injuries after a suspect slashed at him with a knife during a confrontation inside the victim’s home in the 1600 block of North Raymond Avenue at 8:40 p.m., said Lt. Pete Hettema of Pasadena Police. Officers were initially called to shots fired at the victim’s home, but they learned the victim first awoke to find four men and a woman inside. One of the suspects brandished a knife and demanded the victim’s cellphone, which was given up. The victim received a minor cut on his torso after giving up the phone, Hettema said. The victim called out to a 74-year-old occupant, a possible family member, who chased the male suspects out of the home. The 21-year-old followed the suspects into the neighborhood until he stopped and ducked behind a parked vehicle after gunfire rang out, Hettema said. As the 21-year-old returned home, the remaining female suspect was using a knife to threaten the 74-year-old. She eventually cut the 74-year-old as well, causing minor injures, Hettema said.
The female suspect fled in the same direction as her accomplices. At 9:53 p.m., a 14-year-old Pasadena boy claimed to have been stabbed by one of two teen suspects, both 17, who approached him on the street at El Sereno Avenue and East Howard Street. The male suspect reportedly drove up to the victim, exited the car, professed he was a gang member and stabbed the 14-year-old in the back, Hettema said. The suspects fled in a newer black Honda four-door as the victim ran away. The 14-year-old suffered a serious injury and was hospitalized, Hettema said. Just after midnight, officers responded to a nearby hospital for a reported gunshot victim. The 18-year-old Monrovia man who was shot and a female friend were driven to a hospital by a Good Samaritan from North Raymond Avenue and East Howard Street, Hettema said. The female friend said she and the 18-year-old were standing at the street corner when a car pulled up. One of the occupants opened fire. The occupants in the vehicle were only described as Black, Hettema said. The victims reportedly are mostly uncooperative with details of the incidents. “How accurate any of these statements are, we don’t know. Our detectives will be following up,” Hettema said. Some of the victims had past gang affiliation. It is unclear if a gang feud may be occurring, Hettema said.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Police announced the arrest of a Los Angeles man accused of fatally stabbing an apartment manager Friday. Telly Johnson, 41, was taken into custody at a residence in the 1900 block of Cordova Street just before 9:30 p.m. March 1 in Los Angeles. Pasadena detectives asked the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force to conduct surveillance on the location, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Pasadena detectives served a search warrant at the Los Angeles home and took Johnson into custody without incident.
Johnson was booked on suspicion of murdering Byron Young Nettles, 52, who was attacked outside the apartment he lived in and managed, the Pasadena Police Department said. The stabbing occurred just after 9 a.m. March 1 in the 100 block of South Euclid Avenue. Nettles was transported to a hospital where he later died. Johnson fled after the attack, prompting a lengthy search in surrounding neighborhoods and the lockdown of nearby Mayfield Junior High School. Pasadena detectives believe the stabbing was not a random act and are establishing a connection between Nettles and Johnson as well as a motive. Johnson is being held in lieu of $2 million. County booking information did not reveal an impending court date. |
Archives
January 2024
Categories
All
|
RSS Feed