 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PICO RIVERA - Ground crews and aircraft kept a stubborn brush fire from growing beyond 52 acres Friday.
Los Angeles County firefighters and Montebello firefighters worked to contain the blaze that burned near Rosemead Boulevard and Gallatin Road. The Rosemead Fire was reported just after 1 p.m. September 24, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. When firefighters arrived on scene, they immediately reported that an estimated three acres had already burned inside the Whittier Narrows wash. Both fire agencies initiated first alarm responses, but eventually a second alarm was requested to the scene. A number of helicopters responded to fight from the air, along with the Super Scoopers leased out of Canada. The Super Scoopers arrived after briefly battling a small brush fire in Glendora. At 6 p.m., the Los Angeles County Fire Department officially announced that forward progress of the fire had been stopped. The cause of the fire is under investigation.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A man admitted Friday to supplying drugs that ultimately killed a woman who ingested them.
Edwin Oliva, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing Fentanyl resulting in death and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Oliva admitted in a plea agreement to providing several lines of a drug for his victim to snort and he neglected to tell her that the drug was Fentany, which he was aware of. “Oliva did not call 911 or otherwise seek medical care for the victim until nearly six hours after texting a friend that the victim was not breathing,” the US District Attorney’s Office. In that nearly six hours, Oliva cleaned his apartment by removing the fentanyl and other drug trafficking evidence, which was put in the trunk of his significant other’s car and driven away from the apartment in attempt to hide it, the US District Attorney’s Office. After serving a search warrant, Montebello officers on the car and located 1.9 kilograms of heroin, 21 grams of fentanyl, 1.4 kilograms of marijuana, 0.4 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, a loaded .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol, a blue flip phone he used to conduct drug transactions and a notebook he used as a pay/owe ledger, the US District Attorney’s Office said. Oliva has been in federal custody since March 2019. After being taken into custody that month, Oliva ordered his significant other to destroy evidence and to tell authorities that the blue flip phone was a toy for their children. Oliva is scheduled to be sentenced January 7, 2022 and faces a statutory maximum of life in prison. The fentanyl distribution charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. The heroin possession charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison, according to the US Attorney’s Office.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor UPDATE, 9:12 a.m.: Authorities are investigating a possible human aspect to this fire on East Fork Road. A suspect has been detained on an unspecified trail in the area near the fire. the CHP and county deputies are en route to the detained suspect.
UPDATE, 9:07 a.m.: Forward progress on the fire has been stopped at four acres. Aircraft have helped tremendously in keeping the flames from spreading, according to the U.S. Forest Service. MOUNTAINS - The Los Angeles County Fire Department and U.S. Forest Service firefighters are responding to a brush fire along East Fork Road near Glendora Mountain Road above San Dimas. A technician with the US Forest Service reports three to five acres running slowly uphill. The fire was reported around 7:51 a.m. |
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