Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

LOS ANGELES - South Pasadena detectives staked out and waiting for a man sought in a case arrested another suspect after they witnessed him using a screwdriver to stab a woman May 6.

Detectives were stationed in the 1300 block of Yosemite Drive just after Noon when they witnessed the suspect reach into a vehicle and physically assault a woman, according to the South Pasadena Police Department.

A South Pasadena detective approached the vehicle, ordered the man to stop and saw he was armed with a screwdriver and was stabbing the woman.

“The detectives on the scene disarmed the male and detained him without further incident until officers from the Los Angeles Police Department arrived and assumed the investigation,” South Pasadena Police said in a written statement.

The female victim suffered multiple significant injuries. She was treated at the scene by South Pasadena police detectives and they transported to a hospital for further treatment.

Los Angeles resident Francisco Diazsalazar, 40, was taken into custody.

Authorities later determined that Diazsalazar and the woman had previously been dating.

The suspect detectives originally sought during their stakeout was later arrested.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

SOUTH PASADENA - A Los Angeles man was jailed, accused of assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and vandalism after he allegedly threw a large rock into a waiting vehicle, police said.

The 68-year-old driver was stopped at a red light at Huntington Drive and Fletcher Avenue around 11:15 a.m. March 31 when a man flung the large rock into the vehicle. The woman was struck in the face and received minor injuries, according to the South Pasadena Police Department.

Police responded and found the suspect, 51-year-old Richard Calvillo. In addition to the crimes he is accused of, he was also found concealing a large knife under his clothes, South Pasadena Police said.

Calvillo is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail ahead of a scheduled appearance in Alhambra Municipal Court April 2.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

LOS ANGELES - A Glendale man accused of assaulting his estranged girlfriend and who was later beaten with a golf club and stabbed to death by the victim’s mother and sister is identified.

Justin Goss, 40, was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

The scene unfolded inside a home in the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive November 28 just before 10 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a broken front window and screaming inside the home. Upon entering through the window, they found a man stabbed and beaten, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“Under further investigation it was determined that the male adult broke into the residence and attacked his estranged girlfriend.  While the suspect was in the processes of beating and choking the female victim, her mother and adult sister came to her aid,” according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Police initially had trouble locating the residence through the phone call, believing the call was coming from a residence on nearby Grand Avenue. Pasadena Police also received a call, this one from the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive, according to South Pasadena Police radio traffic.

The caller told dispatchers that someone was trying to kill her daughter. After officers arrived, they announced the suspect was detained. Medics were summoned for the suspect’s stab wound to an arm. After paramedics arrived, a South Pasadena officer said the suspect was deceased.

The estranged girlfriend was briefly hospitalized for facial injuries.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

SOUTH PASADENA - A woman reportedly being choked by her estranged boyfriend who shattered his way into her home Saturday morning was beaten and stabbed to death by the woman’s sister and mother, investigators said.

The scene unfolded inside a home in the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive November 28 just before 10 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a broken front window and screaming inside the home. Upon entering through the window, they found a man stabbed and beaten, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

A golf club was used to stop the publicly-unnamed suspect, only described as a white man in his 40s.

“Under further investigation it was determined that the male adult broke into the residence and attacked his estranged girlfriend.  While the suspect was in the processes of beating and choking the female victim, her mother and adult sister came to her aid,” according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Police initially had trouble locating the residence through the phone call, believing the call was coming from a residence on nearby Grand Avenue. Pasadena Police also received a call coming from the 500 block of Five Oaks Drive, according to South Pasadena Police radio traffic.

The caller told dispatchers that someone was trying to kill her daughter. After officers arrived, they announced the suspect was detained. Medics were summoned for the suspect’s stab wound to an arm. After paramedics arrived, a South Pasadena officer said the suspect was deceased.

The estranged girlfriend was briefly hospitalized for facial injuries.