Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN DIMAS - CHP officers arrested an Azusa man October 18, finding him roughly a mile from the scene of a hit-and-run crash that left another man with moderate to major injuries.
Angel Cruz, 19, allegedly used his white Chevy Camaro to strike a 48-year-old man he had been arguing with at the Via Verde Park and Ride. The two men began fighting with each other after Cruz allegedly became angered for an unknown reason, according to Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office. The victim was parked and sitting at the park and ride, 21320 Via Verde when Cruz approached his vehicle, knocked on the window and asked for directions to a gas station. The victim exited and the two began talking to each other when, for unknown reasons, Cruz began attacking the victim, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. “The victim tried to get away and the suspect drove after him and hit him with his car,” Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. During the fight, the victim fight back and injured Cruz’s face and hands. “Sometime later, San Dimas parking enforcement located the Camaro and we contacted the suspect and eventually took him into custody,” Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. Cruz was found in the 600 block of Avenida Bernardo, sitting injured inside inside the Camaro, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs. Cruz was booked on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. |
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