Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN DIMAS - Normally quiet neighborhoods were rattled by helicopters and a crush of thirsty reporters after a bear was spotted strolling through town Wednesday.
Deputies responded to Allen Avenue and Amelia Avenue around 7:15 a.m. to a call of a bear. The animal continued to saunter through the area and eventually found its way to nearby Shull Elementary School, 825 N. Amelia Ave. The bear, described as an adult female, walked onto campus during student drop-off. Students were ushered into classrooms and the cafeteria. School administrators put the campus on temporary lockdown until deputies gave the all-clear when the bear turned its focus again to the surrounding neighborhoods. The bear had a prolonged stay in a yard at Gladstone Street and Dallas Road where it remained cozy in an avocado tree until the Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived and tranquilized it. The bear was relocated to the Angeles National Forest. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The case against the man accused of gunning down his older brother and also shooting at the unoccupied car of another brother in San Dimas was officially filed October 13.
Joseph James Dambra, 62, faces one count of murder and one count of shooting at an unoccupied vehicle. He is being held in lieu of $2.07 million bail, according to a criminal complaint provided to SGV CityWatch. Dambra’s arraignment has been continued to November 18, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Dambra is accused of “willful, deliberate and premeditated murder” in the death of 68-year-old Richard Dambra October 6, according to the criminal complaint. The shooting took place inside a family member’s home in the 200 block of South Valley Center Avenue. Family turmoil is believed to be the genesis behind the violence, according to Lt. Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau in a previous press conference. Other family members were inside the home when the shooting occurred. Richard Dambra is a resident of Florida and was here visiting his mother, Dean said. Within minutes of the first shooting, Dambra wound up in the 500 block of East Allen Avenue and unloaded his handgun a second time, eventually damaging the unoccupied vehicle of his other brother. It is believed Dambra intended to fatally shoot his other brother as well, Dean said. Dambra fled on a 2016 Ducati motorcycle and investigators believed he fled north on the 15 freeway from the 210 freeway. Dambra, 62, surrendered himself in to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies in Victorville October 9. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau was notified and Dambra was eventually arrested by San Dimas Station deputies, according to Sgt. Polanco of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN DIMAS – The man accused of shooting his brother to death and attempting to kill his other brother is in custody, a Sheriff’s San Dimas Station sergeant said.
Joseph James Dambra, 62, apparently surrendered himself to authorities in San Bernardino County October 9. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau was notified and Dambra was eventually arrested by San Dimas Station deputies, according to Sgt. Polanco of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station. Dambra was arrested at 6 p.m. October 9 and booked the following morning at 1 a.m. he is being held without bail and was transferred to the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles, according to los Angeles County booking records. Dambra is scheduled for an appearance in Pomona Superior Court Wednesday, October 13. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MONTEREY PARK - Homicide detectives revealed the identity and a mug shot of the man accused of gunning down his brother and unloading a handgun into the unoccupied vehicle of a second brother in San Dimas.
Joseph Dambra, 62, is accused of gunning down brother Richard Dambra inside a family member’s home in the 200 block of South Valley Center Avenue October 6. Family turmoil is believed to be the genesis behind the violence, according to Lt. Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. Dambra is believed to have taken the 15 freeway northbound from the 210 freeway in the Fontana area on a red and white 2016 Ducati motorcycle, Dean said. Other family members were inside the home when the shooting occurred. Richard Dambra, 68, is a resident of Florida and was here visiting his mother, Dean said. Joseph Dambra apparently fled the home southbound on Valley Center Avenue. Initially after the shooting, deputies with the Sheriff’s San Dimas Station believed Dambra fled northbound in a white sedan. Regardless, within minutes of the first shooting Dambra wound up in the 500 block of East Allen Avenue and unloaded his handgun a second time, eventually damaging the unoccupied vehicle of his other brother. It is believed Dambra intended to fatally shoot his other brother as well, Dean said. “What his ultimate destination was we’re not sure. He is considered to be armed and dangerous. A fire arm was used during the commission of a crime,” Dean said. Dambra stands 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 215 pounds, has brown hair, brown eyes and has a beard. What clothing he was last seen wearing was not discussed. The motorcycle sports a license plate number of 24T1111. Anyone with information on Dambra’s whereabouts is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously 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 SAN DIMAS – The suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a man October 6 apparently remains at-large.
Deputies with the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station responded to a home in the 200 block of South Valley Center Avenue Wednesday to a reported shooting victim and found a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds to the upper and lower torso, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The unidentified man died at the scene. It is unclear who may have called 9-1-1, or if there was anyone else at the residence when the shooting occurred, but the suspect was identified to deputies and was initially described as the victim’s brother, according to a Sheriff’s crime broadcast. The suspect fled in a white four-door sedan, possibly a Subaru, north on Valley Center Avenue towards Arrow Highway, according to the Sheriff’s crime broadcast. Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org. |
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