 PHOTO/Courtesy of Twitter user @Jimmy_Twos. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - A teen threatening to jump from an overpass climbed to a waiting female deputy Saturday evening. The teen climbed out from San Gabriel Boulevard to outside the chain link fence over eastbound lanes of the 60 freeway. Deputies who arrived immediately began talking with the teen, according to Lt. Vienna of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station. Deputies from the Sheriff’s Temple Station were called to the scene at 6:13 p.m.
The Sheriff’s Mental Evaluation Team, crisis negotiators began arriving, Vienna said. The teen refused to speak to male deputies on scene and requested a female deputy to talk to, according to Sheriff’s radio traffic. “Once we had a female deputy establish communication with the patient, she did come over on her own and has been taken to a hospital for an evaluation,” Vienna told SGV CityWatch.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - A teen is reportedly threatening to jump from a bridge onto the 60 freeway Saturday night. Authorities have all eastbound and westbound lanes stopped. A mental evaluation team from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is en route via helicopter to assist in helping the teen surrender. The teen is standing on the San Gabriel Boulevard overpass, according to Officer Elizabeth Kravig of the CHP.
California Highway Patrol officers were called to the San Gabriel Boulevard overpass just after 6 p.m. August 17 to a report of a pedestrian climbing the fence to the overpass. Drivers stopped and attempted to prevent the teen from climbing over, according to the CHP. The teen is reportedly refusing to speak with a male officer and wants only to speak with a woman, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s radio traffic. Sheriff’s deputies with the Temple Station, CHP officers, Los Angeles County firefighters and Montebello Police are on scene.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - A man was hospitalized Wednesday night with an apparent gunshot wound, a Sheriff’s lieutenant said. The shooting took place in the 8800 block of Marshall Street around 9:27 p.m. The victim was transported to an area trauma center for treatment, according to Dispatch Supervisor Miguel Ornelas of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The victim’s wounds are not considered life-threatening, according to Lt. Frank Ruiz of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station. Ruiz declined to provide a description of the suspect, who remains outstanding. Email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate!  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - Two armed men robbed their victim of a backpack containing $40,000 in cash Saturday night. The robbery occurred around 7:45 p.m. in the area of Rosemead Boulevard and Marshall Street. The victim was parked along the street and gave up the backpack when ordered by the armed suspects, according to Lt. Wargo of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station. It is unclear if the suspects knew their victim, or the victim was targeted before being robbed.
The victim chased the suspects as they fled in a grey car onto the westbound I-10 freeway into Los Angeles. The victim lost sight of the suspects in the area of Soto Street, according to Sheriff’s radio traffic. It was either unclear, or not disclosed why the victim had $40,000 in a backpack. The suspects are described as possibly two Hispanic men, Wargo said. Get the email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate!  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - Sheriff’s deputies are planning a DUI/driver license checkpoint, scheduled to begin Friday, May 10 at 6 p.m. The checkpoint will be held at an undisclosed location until 2 a.m. Saturday, May 11, according to deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station. Checkpoint locations are chosen, based on collision statistics and the frequency of DUI arrests.
Deputies want to remind drivers that intoxicated driving also includes prescription drugs and marijuana. “In 2017, 1,120 people were killed in alcohol-involved crashes on California roads. Last year the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigated 395 DUI collisions which have claimed 21 lives and resulted in another 590 injuries,” deputies said.  PHOTO/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor
Yoshida is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 138 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He is driving a 2000 blue Honda CRV with personalized plate DNBY.
Anyone with information on Yoshida’s whereabouts is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).  Courtesy photos. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - Rosemead High School was on lockdown Tuesday after new threats were discovered scribbled on restroom walls. Deputies were called to assist with a lockdown and search of Rosemead High School, 9063 Mission Dr., around 9:54 a.m. April 16. The lockdown has since been lifted, according to Lt. Marsha Williams of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station. The El Monte Union High School District has yet to return a call for information regarding the investigation.
The vandalism references a previous threat scribbled two weeks ago that detailed a bombing of the high school.  Courtesy photo. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - A vandal scribbled a bomb threat on a wall at Rosemead High School recently, but the threat was deemed not credible, authorities said. The threat written in black marker was found around 10:30 a.m. April 8. Administrators notified the school’s resource officer and the campus was searched, according to Edward Zuniga, El Monte Union High School District superintendent in a written statement. The threat was scribbled on a bathroom wall at the high school.
Sheriff’s deputies, school administrators and staff conducted the sweep. Classes were not disrupted during the search and students were not in harm's way, Zuniga said. Detectives are continuing to investigate the threat, according to Lt. Robert Hahnlein of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - Two people are in unknown condition after being stabbed Sunday. The victims were found near New Avenue and Hellman Avenue around 9:16 p.m. Deputies are attempting to confirm information that the victims were possibly stabbed in another police jurisdiction and then wound up at New and Hellman, according to Lt. John Wargo of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station. A black SUV was seen being driven away southbound on New Avenue. It is unclear if the SUV is involved in the stabbings.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor ROSEMEAD - A reported burglary suspect fleeing a deputy has been detained after crashing into a car. The suspect was hiding in a yard in the 7900 block of Emerson Place. He fled deputies on foot for several blocks before they found him at the dead end of Whitmore Street west of San Gabriel Boulevard at 12:05 p.m., according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s radio traffic. Deputies are requesting medics for the suspect detained in the 8000 block of Whitmore Street. Details are few, but the man detained is described as a burglary suspect.
A woman and child were occupying the vehicle the suspect hit. Firefighters are on scene treating the patients, deputies said. No further information is available. |
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