 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO – A San Gabriel man was finally taken into custody early Thursday after keeping children and their grandmother hostage inside a home. Several hostages were successfully rescued by Sheriff’s deputies assisting with negotiations after the suspect refused to free them. The barricaded suspect exited the home around 3 a.m. after hours of negotiations and was taken down by a K9 after refusing commands, San Marino Police said. The suspect, John Gabriel, began arguing with family of his estranged wife in the 2100 block of Sherwood Road around 10:30 p.m. September 11. Gabriel then brandished a handgun, according to Detective K. Cordischi of the San Marino Police Department. Officers arrived and several residents fled the home, leaving a grandmother and several children inside, Cordischi said.
The grandmother and children were reportedly barricaded in a room on the second floor of a home, according to San Marino Police radio traffic. Police departments from Pasadena, San Gabriel and other agencies, including the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau, worked to bring the barricade to a peaceful end, but Gabriel refused to comply with pleas to surrender. Gabriel was hospitalized with injuries sustained from the K9.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - Two 17-year-old drivers were arrested July 4 accused of taking part in a brief street race that killed a man walking his dog. The crash occurred around 10:38 a.m. Thursday on Huntington Drive near Kenilworth Avenue. The westbound vehicles were racing when a white Mercedes was struck by the other racing car, cut across lanes of traffic and hit the man and dog on a median, according to San Marino Fire and San Marino Police.
The man was tossed 30 feet. The dog was sent 60 feet. Both died at the scene, San Marino Police said. The girlfriend of the man killed was about 100 feet behind and witnessed the crash. Both teen drivers are accused of vehicular manslaughter an are being held in juvenile hall.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - Police are searching for two outstanding suspects seen with a third accomplice breaking in to a home Wednesday afternoon. The third suspect was caught after fleeing the residence in the 2300 block of Robles Avenue. A brief chase ensued when officers arriving to the scene witnessed the suspect’s escape and attempted a traffic stop. A resident called 9-1-1 around 3:08 p.m. to report seeing two suspects in all black clothing trying to force open a rear door. As police arrived, one suspect fled in a dark grey Hyundai Sonata, according to San Marino Police.
The chase ended with the suspect’s arrest in the 1200 block of Sierra Madre Boulevard. Arrested was 28-year-old Rosamond man Harris Lew. He was booked on suspicion of attempted residential burglary and evading police. The outstanding suspects are described as Black. One suspect is a man about 6 feet tall. He was dressed in all black and wore red shoes. The second suspect is possibly a woman and stands around 6 feet tall. The second suspect also wore all black clothing. The outstanding suspects were last seen fleeing over a residential wall towards Montecito Drive. Anyone who may have seen or who knows the suspects is urged to call the San Marino Police Department at 626-300-0726. Information can be provided anonymously by calling L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).  PHOTO/Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - A man who escaped an ambulance Sunday morning surrendered to authorities after taking refuge on a residential roof. The man was coaxed down through the work of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Mental Evaluation Team, which talked to the man for at least three hours during the standoff, authorities said. It is unclear when the man was finally detained. Numerous calls to the San Marino Police Department have gone unanswered. The man was being transported in a rescue ambulance when he escaped in nothing but blue boxers at California Boulevard and Sierra Madre Boulevard in San Marino around 12:40 a.m. March 31. By the afternoon, San Marino Police and Pasadena Police searched yard to yard for the man on the Pasadena/San Marino border in the neighborhoods around San Pasqual Street and Sierra Madre Boulevard, according to San Marino Police radio traffic.
The man was found in a yard. He was very agitated, moving from the ground to the roof. Power was cut as he was seen clutching what is believed to be a power line to the home. Los Angeles County Firefighters and the Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau also assisted.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor UPDATE, 4:42 p.m. - A crisis negotiator has been called to the scene where a subject is in a standoff at a home in the area of California Boulevard and Sierra Madre Boulevard in San Marino. It was unclear why the subject was initially sought by police, but he is keeping police at bay, shifting from the roof to a rear yard. The subject is very agitated. Firefighters are waiting for the subject to surrender to treat him. SAN MARINO - Pasadena Police are assisting San Marino officers with a suspect search Sunday afternoon. The search is taking place in the area of California Boulevard and Sierra Madre Boulevard. A helicopter is assisting with coordinating a search from the air. It is not yet clear what crime the suspect is accused of committing. It is not yet known if the search is connected to an incident in which a man clad in blue boxers escaped from a rescue ambulance during transport at Sierra Madre and California around 12:40 a.m. Sunday.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - School administrators have cancelled classes and closed San Marino High School until further notice, police said. The decision was made during an investigation into an anonymous threat directed at one student at San Marino High School, 2701 Huntington Dr., March 4. The threat was not directed at any other school, San Marino Police said.
A juvenile has been arrested, accused of making the threat, San Marino Police said. Police were made aware of the threat early Monday morning. “The Department contacted San Marino Unified School District and consulted with their senior staff. A decision was made to cancel classes and close the High School until further notice,” San Marino Police said.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - Police and school administrators have placed San Marino High School on lockdown as a precaution after the school received a threat Monday. It is unknown if the school will be closed for the entire day. Officers are determining the credibility of the threat. Students and staff are safe at this time, according to a message by school administrators.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - Vigilant residents helped identify two suspects who lifted packages from their homes Thursday. The suspects, 25-year-old Emily Veliz and 24-year-old Maria Pule, both from Lynwood, were arrested by officers searching for package thieves accused of taking property from two San Marino homes February 7. A resident provided suspect and vehicle descriptions captured through her iRing security camera in the 2300 block of Ridgeway Road after the suspects were witnessed stealing form the home around 12:49 p.m., San Marino Police said. During the search, a resident in the 2100 block of Adair Street reported similar suspects in a similar vehicle taking a package, San Marin Police said. Officers located a suspect vehicle at 2:10 p.m. at California Boulevard and Winston Avenue. “A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle and the two occupants were contacted. During the investigation, San Marino Police Officers were able to identify stolen property that was positively identified by numerous victims in San Marino,” San Marino Police said. The vehicle the suspects were in was also reported stolen. Both suspects were booked on suspicion of theft, possession of stolen property, providing false information to an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia, San Marino Police said.  written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - A Lakewood man and Los Angeles man were arrested Thursday after a vigilant resident called police after he witnessed a possible burglary in progress.
The resident saw the two suspects jump a gate to the backyard of a home in the 1800 block of Alpine Drive around 9 a.m., according to the San Marino Police Department. The men wore hoodies and had their faces covered as they exited a black Lexus and ran to the home. “[The resident] knew the neighbors were not home at the time and called to report the suspicious activity,” San Marino Police said in a written statement. Officers surrounded the home and conducted a search with the help of South Pasadena, San Gabriel, Alhambra Police, two K-9 units and a Pasadena Police helicopter. A yard to yard search with the K9s yielded two hiding suspects in a neighboring yard, San Marino Police said. Arrested were Demein Coleman, 24, from Los Angeles, and Aaron Phillips, 24, of Lakewood. Both men were booked on suspicion of residential burglary, possessing stolen property and possession of burglary tools. Both men are scheduled to appear in Alhambra Municipal Court December 3.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN MARINO - A driver died at an area hospital after crashing into a tree Monday morning.
The unidentified woman died at Huntington Memorial Hospital October 29 after she was freed from her heavily damaged vehicle in the area of Lorain Road and Windsor Road around 9:40 a.m., according to the San Marino Police Department. Alhambra firefighters assisted San Marino firefighters in extricating the injured woman. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. The Pasadena Police Traffic Collision Investigation Team is assisting San Marino Police with the collision investigation. |
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