Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Road closures are in effect after a vehicle slammed into a wall and sheared a hydrant Monday morning.

Southbound lanes of Fullerton Road from Pathfinder Road to Sunrise Drive have been blocked by the California Highway Patrol. First responders were sent to the crash just before 8:30 a.m. February 23.

A preliminary account indicates a silver Honda CRV crashed. The collision also knocked down a light standard, according to CHP traffic logs.

It is not publicly clear if anyone else was in the crashed vehicle, nor is it immediately known if another vehicle was involved in the crash.

The victim’s identity will be publicly available after next of kin have been notified.

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Written by AARON CASTREJON
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ROWLAND HEIGHTS - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arrested a suspect in the death of a man found laying near an intersection.

Walnut Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to the 18000 block of Colima Road regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call. Deputies found a man at the intersection of Colima Road and Jellick Avenue, suffering from blunt force trauma.

Los Angeles County Firefighters responded and pronounced the victim deceased, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

It was not immediately clear when deputies were called, but the suspect’s arrest time is 2:14 a.m.

Deputies learned the suspect who was armed with a large stick, hit the victim. The suspect was seen leaving the location on a bus which was stopped by deputies.

Public arrest records show Richard Castillo was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder in the first degree. He is being held in lieu of more than $2 million bail ahead of a scheduled appearance in West Covina Superior Court September 30.

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ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Sheriff’s deputies and county medical examiner investigators are looking into the death of a motorist Friday.

A driver suffered an apparent medical emergency. The driver stopped outside of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 145, 1525 S. Nogales St., according to Sgt. Tinoco of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station.

According to a cellphone recording made by a motorist, deputies had the body covered up on the asphalt right outside the station.

Tinoco declined to provide any more details.

The victim has yet to be publicly identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - A person was shot in Rowland Heights Sunday afternoon, homicide detectives said.

First responders were sent to Fullerton Road and Colima Road near a Walgreens on a reported gunshot victim. One victim was found and taken to a hospital where the victim was declared deceased, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

First responders received a call of the shooting around 2:23 p.m., according to Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatch records.

​It is unclear if a motive, or suspect was identified.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous 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

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Investigators have yet to publicly identify a man found shot in a vehicle at a motel December 8.

The man was apparently a guest of a Motel 6, 18970 Labin Ct. First responders were called to the scene around 1:52 a.m. regarding a gunshot victim, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics transported the victim to a hospital where he died, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

It is unclear if detectives have determined a motive.

The motel was the scene of another fatal shooting October 3 where a man was found dead in the courtyard.

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous 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

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Detectives are attempting to establish a motive for the shooting death of a man found at a Motel 6 early Wednesday morning.

First responders were sent to the 18900 block of Labin Court around 1:13 a.m. Wednesday morning. The victim, only described as an adult male Latino, was declared dead at the scene in the courtyard of the Motel 6, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

It is unclear if detectives have a suspect description, or have identified a suspect.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous 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

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Detectives are searching for the shooter who murdered a man in a Rowland Heights neighborhood Tuesday night.

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Diamond Bar/Walnut Station were called to the 2500 block of Doubletree Lane in Rowland Heights around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 21. Deputies were told there was a gunshot victim at the location and one was found, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

The victim, who has not yet been publicly identified, was shot through the neck. Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics declared the man dead at the scene.

The suspect is apparently unknown.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous 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

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Two men were shot, one fatally, late Saturday night.

Investigators revealed that a suspect was arrested and a weapon was recovered, but have not revealed the suspect’s name, or a possible motive.

The shooting took place around 11:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of Sierra Leone Avenue. Deputies responded to multiple calls of a gunshot victim. Deputies found two victims, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

“One victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The second male Hispanic adult victim was transported to a local hospital where he was listed in stable condition,” according to the Sheriff’s Department in a written statement.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-22-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

UPDATE, Jan. 4, 5:40 p.m.: Investigators for now have deferred the cause of death for a 23-year-old woman found deceased in a parked vehicle in Rowland Heights December 28.

​ The cause of death has been deferred, pending additional investigation, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

LOS ANGELES - An exam awaits six days after a 23-year-old woman was found dead in a vehicle parked on a Rowland Heights street December 28.

Desteny Curtis was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

Social media posts claim Curtis went missing and was last seen in Hacienda Heights/Rowland Heights area Christmas Day.

Curtis was found after first responders were called to a report of a person not breathing in the 18400 block of Santar Street, according to Sgt. Davis of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Diamond Bar/Walnut Station.

Firefighters received the call around 8:42 p.m.

Curtis was officially pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m., according to coroner Public Information Officer Sarah Ardalani.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: As of 10:26 p.m. the roadway was cleared.

ROWLAND HEIGHTS - One person died Monday evening in a vehicle on the eastbound 60 freeway west of Fullerton Road.

First responders located a red Dodge minivan in the center divider just after 7:30 p.m. January 2. Los Angeles County firefighters had to remove the person from the Dodge minivan to perform CPR, but the person died at the scene, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs.

First Responders were told a possible seizure led to the death.

It is unclear if the person who died was a passenger, or was a driver. It is also unclear if the minivan crashed into the center divider or merely had stopped.

As of 8:50 p.m., the HOV, No. 1 and 2 lanes were blocked as first responders waited for investigators from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.