Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - A man South Pasadena Police accuse of driving at high speed was arrested Sunday night after crashing into a parked vehicle and narrowly missing a home with a family inside. The driver, Andrew Mellow, 35, crashed at 161 Columbia St. in Pasadena just after 9:30 p.m. March 8. He was arguing with his girlfriend and decided to drive at high speed during the fight while intoxicated, according to Sgt. Bartl of the South Pasadena Police Department. Mellow allegedly failed to negotiate a turn, hit a vehicle parked in the home’s driveway and stopped in front of the porch, Bartl said.
No one inside the home, nor Mellow or his girlfriend were injured, Bartl said. Officers saw Mellow high-speed driver northbound at Mission Road and Fremont Avenue. They estimated Mellow was moving between 60 to 70 miles per hour, Bartl said. Mellow was booked on suspicion of DUI and reckless driving. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - No one was injured after the driver of a grey or blue Toyota four-door fled a crash with a Gold Line train January 7.
The crash occurred at the crossing near Monterey Road at Pasadena Avenue just after 6:30 p.m. The vehicle was west on Monterey Road when it either stopped under the descending railroad crossing arms, or partially went through the already down gate arms, according to Sgt. Matt Ronnie of the South Pasadena Police Department. The train sustained only a dent in the collision. “As the train passed through, so did the car. It left,” Ronnie said. There were apparently no witnesses to the crash. No other motorists witnessed the crash and no one on the train, except for the engineer, saw the collision, Ronnie said. By the time officers were called to the crash, there was already a 20-minute delay, Ronnie said. Metro officials went to the scene to determine if the train was safe to continue or if passengers needed to evacuate to another train, but it was able to continue through, according to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Twitter. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - A threatening phone call originating in Mexico was made to a small business December 28 and a demand for money to be transferred via Western Union was completed, South Pasadena Police said. The call was placed to the business in the 400 block of Fair Oaks Avenue at 4:30 p.m. “The caller told the employee to remove money from the store’s cash register and leave the building or she would be harmed. The employee complied, activating the robbery alarm system as she left the business,” according to the South Pasadena Police Department. In fear of her life and the lives of her coworkers, the victim stayed on the phone with the unidentified male caller, South Pasadena Police said. After arriving to the business to investigate the robbery alarm, officers found the victim un harmed at another business.
The money was transferred to Mexico where the call originated, South Pasadena Police said. “The South Pasadena Police Department encourages the community to be aware of these types of telephone scam,” South Pasadena Police said. Anyone with information ton this incident, or who may have been a victim of a crime with similar circumstances is urged to call the South Pasadena Detective Bureau at 626-403-7297. Police encourage residents to sign up for the Federal Trade Commission’s scam alerts at ftc.gov/scams. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - Police discovered two concealed handguns and more December 17 during a traffic stop. At 10:20 p.m., officers stopped a vehicle in the 800 block of Garfield Avenue. Without specifying, police discovered a 9 millimeter Glock handgun and an 11-inch kitchen knife concealed passenger Pedro Flores, South Pasadena Police said. A further search yielded a 9-millimeter “CZ” handgun inside a backpack owned by Flores. The 26-year-old Pomona man was booked on suspicion of possessing a concealed weapon, possessing a concealed weapon in a vehicle, carrying a loaded non-registered firearm, and possessing a high-capacity magazine, South Pasadena Police said.
The driver, 23-year-old Jose Arce of Los Angeles, was arrested on suspicion of driving on a suspended license. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - A Culver City man was arrested after he fled police through four cities and attempted to take refuge in a home December 17. Police responded to a report of a suspect attempting to open vehicle doors and attempting to enter a home in the 1300 block of Chelten Way just after 8 a.m. The suspect left the scene at high speed and refused to stop for officers who tried to pull him over, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. The chase went through South Pasadena, Alhambra, San Marino and San Gabriel.
“The driver was eventually arrested after driving down a dead end street and parking in the driveway of a residence in San Gabriel,” South Pasadena Police said. “The driver quickly exited the vehicle and attempted to open the door of another residence when he was ultimately taken into custody without incident.” The suspect was not identified. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - An officer discovered $116,000 and nearly three pounds of marijuana in the trunk of a vehicle during a July 9 traffic stop. Upon approaching the vehicle, which was stopped around 1 a.m. in the 1100 block of Huntington Drive, the officer smelled burning marijuana from within. When asked about the smell, the driver admitted to smoking, South Pasadena Police said. The driver said there was “a few pounds” inside the trunk when the officer asked about additional marijuana in the vehicle.
Unable to justify the amount of cash and weed he was carrying, the driver was jailed and booked on suspicion of illegally transporting marijuana for sale. A search warrant was obtained for the suspect’s home. Once inside, officers discovered large amounts of marijuana and illegal firearms, South Pasadena Police said. The suspect will be charged with multiple felonies.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
SOUTH PASADENA - A suspect wanted after an attempted December 2018 robbery of a jewelry store was finally caught May 29, police said.
Marcus Harris, 19, was detained by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies during a traffic stop Wednesday. South Pasadena Police detectives were called and took Harris into custody. He was booked on suspicion of attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. Harris and another suspect, Omar Teriq Bradley, 22, are accused of attempting to rob Vana Watch and Jewelry, 1401 Mission St., on December 14, 2018. Bradley was identified within days of the failed robbery, found and arrested, South Pasadena Police said. Bradley and Harris pretended to be interested in some of the front counter items at the store when one of the suspects produced a knife, pointed it at the store owner and demanded all the watches, South Pasadena Police said.
The owner defended himself against the knife-wielding suspect, while fending off an attack from the other suspect, who was wearing metal knuckles.
One of the employees produced a black handgun and scared off the suspects who fled the store, with at least three employees giving chase on foot. Bradley was given a custody release February 21 and was incarcerated in Wasco State Prison in Kern County, according to Los Angeles County booking records. A specific reason was not listed. Anyone with additional information on the incident is urged to call South Pasadena Police detectives at 626-403-7280. Email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate! Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch SOUTH PASADENA – Detectives are still seeking the suspect accused of making a more than $4,000 fraudulent credit card purchase at a store in town. The property ordered in the fraudulent purchase was recovered by detectives serving a search warrant in Los Angeles January 3. The suspect remains outstanding, according to the South Pasadena Police Department.
The suspect purchased the property with a credit card over the phone. The delivery address was changed by the suspect while the property was en route, South Pasadena Police said.
The credit card was fraudulently used, South Pasadena Police said. Detectives located the property in the 3000 block of West Slauson Avenue. All the fraudulently purchased property was returned to the business, South Pasadena Police said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA – A Los Angeles man and shoplifting suspect was arrested December 19, found with stolen credit cards and drug paraphernalia.
Officers responded to the 1200 block of Fair Oaks Avenue to investigate a shoplifting and detained the suspect, 28-year-old Matthew Johnson, nearby. A female accomplice was detained in the 1000 block of Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena Police said. Johnson claimed the credit cards came from a homeless encampment where he lives in Los Angeles. Both Johnson and his accomplice admitted that they steal property to fuel their drug habits, South Pasadena Police said. Johnson was booked on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia and for fraudulent possession of credit cards. The accomplice was later released, South Pasadena Police said. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA - A Compton man was arrested Tuesday, identified as one of the men who attempted a take over of a South Pasadena jewelry store.
Omar Teriq Bradley, 21, was detained by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in Compton December 18. He was driving the same Chevrolet Malibu used in the failed December 14 heist, according to the South Pasadena Police Department. Bradley was the sole occupant detained in the Malibu. He was held by Sheriff’s deputies until South Pasadena officers arrived and arrested him on suspicion of attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, South Pasadena Police said. Teriq was the man who brandished metal knuckles during the failed heist at Vana Watch and Jewelry, 1401 Mission St. The second and still outstanding suspect is the man seen in surveillance footage pulling a knife on one of the jewelry store employees before a second employee produced a black handgun, which sent both suspects running. Anyone with information on the outstanding suspect’s whereabouts is urged to call South Pasadena detectives at 626-403-7280. |
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