POMONA – Police announced December 16 the arrest of a third suspect in a 2014 murder.

Renall Sanford-Anderson, a 26-year-old Pomona resident, was arrested December 9.  He was charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with murder in the shooting death of Tory Lawton.

Lawton, 36, was found suffering multiple gunshot wounds in the area of Las Vegas Avenue and La Verne Avenue November 9, 2014. Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics attempted to save him, but Lawton died at the scene, according to the Pomona Police Department.

Detectives previously arrested Eastvale resident Kyle Henry Marende, 31, and Paul Wiley, 27, of Pomona.

Marende and Wiley were both charged with murder, the Pomona Police Department said.

Wiley, arrested September 1, 2018, is being held without bail in the Men’s Central jail in Los Angeles ahead of a scheduled appearance in Pomona Superior Court January 10, 2022.

Marende, arrested March 26, 2020, is being held in lieu of more than $3 million bail. Anderson is being held without bail. Both are housed in the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic ahead of a scheduled appearance in Pomona Superior Court January 13, 2022.

POMONA – No one was injured in a fire that damaged vehicles, a carport and part of an apartment unit at a complex early Monday.

The fire burned at 1800 W. Orange Grove Ave. December 6. Firefighters were dispatched around 4:29 a.m.

It was not yet publicly clear how many vehicles burned, only that multiple vehicle were affected. The fire was officially knocked down at 5 a.m., according to Dispatch Supervisor Jeremy Stafford of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Residents in the complex nearest to the affected carport were evacuated, according to Lt. Vince Terrell of the Pomona Police Department.

Three investigators with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were called to the scene to determine the cause.

POMONA – More officers are patrolling Pomona streets to look for drivers suspect of DUI.

Extra officers began the operation November 30 and are expected to continue DUI patrols until December 14, according to the Pomona Police Department.

“Tragically, there is an uptick in impaired drivers during the holidays. During the 2019 Christmas (Dec. 24-Dec. 26) and New Year’s Day (Dec. 28, 2018-Jan. 2, 2019) holiday periods, there were more drunk-driving related deaths (210) throughout the country than during any other holiday period in 2019,” according to the Pomona Police Department in a written statement.

Funding for these patrols was provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.