 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA - A brief audio recording was released detailing a woman trying to escape a driver who was apparently following her around town January 15.
Once police caught up and located the suspect, he evaded officers for a brief time until crashing into another vehicle in Ontario. He failed to escape on foot after the crash and was taken into custody, according to the Pomona Police Department. Luis Puga, 31, was officially charged in court with stalking, felony evading, felony hit-and-run and attempting to remove a firearm from an officer, according to the Pomona Police Department, according to the Pomona Police Department. The female driver being followed kept a cool head and called Pomona dispatchers around 8:30 p.m. January 15. The driver reported that the man, identified by officers as Puga, was aggressively following her while driving. He insisted that she pull over and at one point he abruptly stopped his SUV in front of her to compel her to stop, according to the Pomona Police Department. “Officers located the suspect, and a pursuit ensued. The suspect crashed into a vehicle in the City of Ontario, and in an attempt to escape, he tried to run away. With the assistance of Ontario PD’s Air Unit, the suspect was located. During the apprehension, the suspect attempted to remove an officer’s firearm,” according to the Pomona Police Department in a written statement. Puga appears to have a extensive rap sheet. He was arrested twice in 24 hours in Claremont Christmas Eve 2024, accused of DUI. Puga also was arrested after allegedly burglarizing at home in Azusa in 2014. He apparently entered the home after knocking on the door. He received no answer. The residents arrived home and found him eating food at the kitchen table, according to the Azusa Police Department.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA - Detectives arrested two men March 17 who were accused of violently beating and stabbing a man outside a convenience store in February. 25-year-old Jeremiah Mendez and 24-year-old Fernando Mendez, both Ontario residents, were taken into custody outside their home in the 1800 block of East Fifth Street as they sat an a parked vehicle. The brutal attack occurred outside a convenience store in the 1500 block of N. Indian Hill Blvd. the suspects approached the victim who is standing outside of the store and punched and stabbed him, Pomona Police said.
The victim underwent surgery after surviving the attack, Pomona Police said. Both suspects were booked on suspicion of attempted murder and a criminal street gang enhancement, Pomona Police said. Jeremiah is being held without bail. Fernando is being held in lieu of $2 million bail ahead of a schedule appearance in Pomona superior Court Friday, March 20, According to Los Angeles County booking records.  PHOTO/Pomona Police. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA - Pomona officers and California Highway Patrol officers conducting gang suppression in the city arrested a man accused of selling narcotics. Police searched the Pala Motel, 987 E. Holt Ave., and a location in Ontario and uncovered $13,000 in cash, more than one pound of heroin packaged for sales, several ounces of methamphetamine, digital scales and pay owe sheets, Pomona Police said. Officers stopped a suspicious vehicle at Third Street and Caswell Avenue around 8 p.m. May 10. They learned the driver, 56-year-old Rafael Ochoa from Ontario, had an unusually-large quantity of cash in small denominations and zip lock baggies in his possession, which is consistent with narcotics sales and/or distribution, Pomona Police said.
Officers then learned Ochoa is on federal probation for a firearm charge and is on probation in San Bernardino County for narcotics sales, Pomona Police said. A probation compliance check was conducted at the described locations where the cash and evidence of drug sales was confiscated. Ochoa was booked on suspicion of possession or purchase of a controlled substance for sales and possession of a controlled substance for sales. |
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