Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL – A juvenile and an 18-year-old were arrested recently, both identified as suspects in the attempted murder of a 16-year-old, according to the San Gabriel Police Department.
Allan Gerhard Lohman, 18, and an unidentified juvenile were tracked to East Los Angeles January 20 and arrested around 5 p.m., according to the San Gabriel Police Department. “One suspect, a juvenile who was in possession of a loaded firearm at the time of his arrest, is being charged with attempted murder and weapons violations,” according to the San Gabriel Police Department in a written statement. Lohman was also booked on suspicion of attempted murder in the shooting of a teen January 13. The shooting took place in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue around 11:47 a.m. It is not publicly clear if a motive has been determined. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Police are investigating after a 16-year-old boy was hospitalized January 13 with what hospital staff described as a gunshot wound.
Paramedics transported the teen from a residence in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue at 11:47 a.m. Thursday. The teen was last listed in critical, but stable condition, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. No arrests have yet been made, the San Gabriel Police Department said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL – The San Gabriel Police Department announced a DUI checkpoint scheduled for Friday, December 17.
The checkpoint is scheduled to take place from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday, December 18. It will take place at an undisclosed location, but the location is usually chosen based on historical DUI crashes and arrests, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. “The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests, but to promote public safety by deterring drivers from driving impaired,” according to the San Gabriel Police Department in a written statement. Driving under the influence does not just involve alcohol and marijuana. Certain prescription and over the counter medication can impair driving. Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. Checkpoint funding was provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL – Three suspects are being sought in a brazen robbery at a market that took place June 26.
In surveillance footage dated June 26 at 8:42 p.m., one of the three men was recorded as he casually walked up to a woman standing in line at the 99 Ranch Market, 140 W. Valley Blvd. The woman desperately held onto her purse as the suspect made away with it. The woman was knocked to the ground and dragged a short distance. The woman suffered cuts to her face. Two accomplices walking through an aisle make a break for the front entrance once the robber fled with the purse. All three suspects escaped together. The suspects reportedly robbed another woman of her purse in the store parking lot, according to the San Gabriel Police Department. No weapons were apparently seen during the robbery. Anyone with information on these crimes is urged to call the San Gabriel Police Department at 626-308-2835. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are assisting Saint Gabriel officers with a shooting death investigation Tuesday night.
The shooting reportedly took place at 6:12 p.m. in the 500 block of West Norwood Place. The victim, only described as a male adult, was taken to a local hospital for treatment but he was later pronounced dead according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. No other information is available. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - A man already convicted of an arson fire was deemed a suspect in the blaze that caused tremendous destruction at the Mission San Gabriel last July, investigators announced Tuesday.
John David Corey Jr., 57, is facing two felony counts of arson of an inhabited structure, one count each of arson during a state of emergency, first-degree residential burglary and possession of flammable material, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Corey was sentenced to three years in a San Gabriel arson fire that sparked after the destruction of Mission San Gabriel, investigators said in a written statement “It was during this separate incident that investigators deemed Mr. Corey a person of interest in the Mission San Gabriel case. After a thorough investigation, investigators determined that Corey was responsible for the fire at the Mission San Gabriel,” investigators said in a written statement. The Verdugo Arson Task Force, the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives worked together to investigate the fire, according to the City of San Gabriel in a previous SGV CityWatch story. Firefighters responded to investigate a fire alarm at the mission, 428 S. Mission Dr., at 4:24 a.m. July 11, 2020. It took firefighters more than two hours to knock down the massive blaze. Firefighters attempted to make an aggressive attack on the flames from inside of the mission, but falling debris forced firefighters to go into defensive mode, according to Captain Antonio Negrete of the San Gabriel Fire Department. The roof was completely destroyed as well as much of the interior. No firefighters were injured. 50 firefighters and 12 fire companies from surrounding cities worked to extinguish the flames. Firefighters declared the flames knocked down at 6:48 a.m., Negrete told SGV CityWatch. Founded September 6, 1771, the mission was undergoing renovations in the time leading up to the arson to repair the nave walls and the pews were removed for refinishing and refurbishment, according to the San Gabriel Mission website. The current church structure was completed in 1805. Corey faces a possible maximum sentence of 14 years in prison if convicted as charged. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Police shot and killed a man during a traffic stop January 2 when officers said the man produced a handgun.
The shooting took place around 11:17 p.m. in the 1800 block of San Gabriel Boulevard. The unidentified suspect died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. No one else was injured. A little further south, a man was shot outside of a motel in the 2100 block of San Gabriel Boulevard in Rosemead around 4 p.m. Saturday. The man later died after being hospitalized. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Police arrested the driver of a reported stolen green Honda CRV after the driver led them on a pursuit into West Covina Wednesday morning.
The exact circumstances of how police located the vehicle, where and when they tried a traffic stop are not publicly known. Multiple calls and messages to a San Gabriel Police supervisor went unanswered, but the California Highway Patrol was notified of the pursuit around 3:25 a.m. December 30. A police helicopter notified the CHP East LA Office of the chase as it progressed east on the I-10 freeway east of the 710 freeway, according to CHP radio traffic. The pursuit endured as it headed into the West Covina area, with three San Gabriel Police units following, until the driver exited at Citrus Avenue. The pursuit ended somewhere on Hillside Drive in West Covina with the driver in custody. There may possibly have been one other person detained, according to CHP. It is not publicly known where and when the Honda CRV was stolen. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - More than 40 firefighters quenched a large blaze at a vacant dealership August 1. No injuries were reported in the fire that burned at 100 S. San Gabriel Blvd. Firefighters were dispatched to the location at 4:29 a.m., according to the San Gabriel Fire Department. Despite firefighters from Los Angeles County, Alhambra, Arcadia, Monterey Park, Pasadena and San Marino aggressively attacking the flames, they had to retreat due to a roof collapse, according to the San Gabriel Fire Department.
“The incident commanders felt that all units that were on the roof and inside should exit the building,” according to Cpt. Antonio Negrete of the San Gabriel Fire Department. It took two hours to knock down flames. A fire investigator is determining the cause, Negrete told SGV CityWatch. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Investigators have yet to determine a cause for a fire that gutted the historic San Gabriel Mission July 11. Investigators began to thoroughly comb through the destruction four days after the fire destroyed the entire roof and much of the interior of the nearly 250-year-old church. Engineers and structural specialists had to stabilize debris before allowing entrance, according to the City of San Gabriel. The Verdugo Arson Task Force, the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives worked together to investigate the fire, according to the City of San Gabriel.
It took firefighters more than two hours to knock down the massive blaze. Firefighters responded to investigate a fire alarm at the mission, 428 S. Mission Dr., at 4:24 a.m. July 11. Firefighters attempted to make an aggressive attack on the flames from inside of the mission, but falling debris forced firefighters to go into defensive mode, according to Captain Antonio Negrete of the San Gabriel Fire Department. No firefighters were injured. 50 firefighters and 12 fire companies from surrounding cities worked to extinguish the flames. Firefighters declared the flames knocked down at 6:48 a.m., Negrete told SGV CityWatch. |
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