 PHOTO/Courtesy of the West Covina Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - An 18-year-old man and 19-year-old man were arrested recently, accused of being involved in a January shooting, West Covina Police announced. Trevall Jones, 18, from Pomona, and Steven Hernandez, 19, from La Puente, were taken into custody. Jones was arrested in Pomona February 1 and Hernandez was arrested in La Puente January 30, West Covina Police said. A 30-year-old woman was hit by gunfire around 12:30 a.m. in the shooting in the 500 block of South Charvers Avenue January 27. She was hit in the upper torso, but is expected to survive her injuries, West Covina Police said.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against the suspects. Jones was charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and shooting at an occupied home. Hernandez was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and shooting at an occupied home, West Covina Police said. Bail for the suspects was set at $1 million each.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A 30-year-old woman was hospitalized Sunday after being found shot, West Covina Police said. Police were dispatched to the shooting just before 12:30 a.m. January 27 in the 500 block of South Charvers Avenue. The woman, shot once in the upper torso, was taken to an area hospital, according to the West Covina Police Department. The woman’s updated condition was not disclosed. West Covina detectives are working on leads into the suspect or suspect involved and a possible vehicle.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to call West Covina Police at 626-939-8557. To leave an anonymous tip, call the West Covina Police hotline at 626-939-8668. 
SCREENSHOT/From video provided by the West Covina Police Department.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
WEST COVINA - A man carrying a blue skateboard is being sought after committing theft from a parked vehicle January 18.
The video was captured around 4 a.m. in the 3000 block of East Virginia Avenue. While some of the video appears be corrupted, the suspect appears to open an unlocked, newer-model SUV. What was taken from the SUV was not stated (click the small thumbnail to view the video).
The suspect walked down the driveway and out of view.
The suspect is possibly male, has medium complexion skin and has a thin build. He wore a baseball cap with a white stitch design, a grey hoodie with dark sleeves, a dark hood with banded colors at the waist. The suspect wore a camouflage chest harness pack, West Covina Police said. Anyone with information is urged to call the West Covina Police Department at 626-939-8557 and refer to case number 19-401. 
VIDEO/Courtesy of Julie Dungca.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
WEST COVINA - A family is searching feverishly for any sign of their possessions taken by three daytime burglars January 9.
One possession in particular taken during the home burglary holds more value than any other: the wedding ring from Julie Dungca’s late father-in-law. “We live on a small cul-de-sac and all of our neighbors know each other. Nobody has had anything like this happen. It's been awful,” Dungca said. The ring was kept safe for about seven years. It’s now in the hands of strangers. The men burglarized the home in the 1000 block of South Magnolia Avenue just before 12:40 pm. The three men clad in hooded sweatshirts and gloved hands approached quickly and found their way to a rear sliding glass door.
"It's a case without any leads," said West Covina Police Sergeant Tim Rodgers.
The men had their faces well covered. Their hands were gloved. A West Covina Police community service officer could not obtain fingerprints from the crime scene, Rodgers said. At least one of the suspects turned security cameras around to point away from the crime in progress, but one camera was able to catch a bit of the glass door being shattered after one of the suspects used a center punch to breach the door. An alarm wasn’t triggered initially because the door was never opened after the glass was shattered and there was no motion sensor fixed to the room to detect the entering suspects, Dungca said. The Dungca family’s ADT security system notified them of the break-in when the suspects triggered a sensor after venturing outside the bedroom, Dungca said. 
VIDEO/Courtesy of Julie Dungca.
The suspects fled into a white Mercedes-Benz with paper plates. Taken in addition to the father-in-law’s ring: Dungca’s first wedding ring and a silver chain with a cross.
Dungca and her husband have been scouring pawn shops and are searching online marketplaces for any sign of the stolen belongings. “Pawn shops ‘can't’ put it out for sale for 30 days so we wait. Also checking other unique items stolen so we can maybe get a trail back to this ring, but no luck yet. We've been checking Facebook marketplace, offer up, 5 miles, etc.,” Dungca said. Nearly a week after the burglary, the Dungca’s wait for a break in the case. “We know it's a long shot, but we want our community safe,” Dungca said.  PHOTO/Courtesy of the West Covina Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA – An accused robbery suspect was found and arrested January 9 in Claremont, hours after pushing his victim down to steal her cellphone. Sean Dwight Taylor, 23, was found in Claremont coffee shop and detained by Claremont Police until West Covina officers could arrest him on suspicion of robbery, according to Cpl. Rudy Lopez of the West Covina Police Department. Taylor’s victim was loading groceries into her parked vehicle at Eastland Center, 2753 Eastland Center Dr., around 5 p.m. Wednesday. Taylor allegedly approached his victim from behind, shoved her and stole her cellphone from her rear pocket and fled.
“Later that evening, the victim’s husband checked her Life 360 App which was downloaded on her cellphone and it showed that the cellphone was at a location in the City of Claremont,” Lopez said.
Claremont Police arrived to the coffee shop in the 800 block of South Indian Hill Boulevard, located a man matching the suspect’s description and found him in possession of the victim’s cellphone Lopez said. Taylor, an Upland man, is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.  PHOTO/Courtesy of the West Covina Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A man armed with two knives kept police at bay for eight hours after allegedly threatening the resident of a home Monday, police said. Officers arrived to the home in the 3400 block of Willow Glen Lane at 6:51 a.m. January 7 after a resident called 9-1-1. Officers saw the suspect inside the home carrying knives, waking from room to room, according to Cpl. Rudy Lopez of the West Covina Police Department. After several hours of being unable to contact the suspect, the West Covina SWAT team responded to the scene at 11:30 a.m. Surrounding homes were evacuated, Lopez said.
Tear gas was deployed around 2:40 p.m. Officers then observed several small fires being ignited inside the home, Lopez said.
West Covina firefighters were able to extinguish the flames with an escort by SWAT members. At 3 p.m., Abraham Jin Moon, a 30-year-old Santa Clarita man, emerged from the home and surrender to police, Lopez said. Moon was booked on suspicion of arson and criminal threats. He was booked at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 bail. No one was injured during the barricade.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - Traffic was at a standstill for hours overnight after a woman was struck and killed on the I-10 freeway, the CHP said. The woman, 22 -year-old Grisol Lupita Ramirez, was killed after she exited a stopped 2007 Honda Civic that crashed into the center divider of the westbound I-10 freeway east of Holt Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver of the Civic apparently hydroplaned in the No. 4 lane and crashed into the center divider around 11:25 p.m. January 5. The Civic spun around and stopped in the No. 2 lane, the CHP said. Ramirez exited the right front passenger door and was struck by a driver who fled the scene, the CHP said.
West Covina firefighters declared Ramirez dead at 11:56 p.m. All westbound lanes were closed around 12:13 a.m. and were finally reopened around 3:21 a.m. Anyone who has information on the hit and run driver is urged to call the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office at 626-338-1164. 
VIDEO/Courtesy of the West Covina Police Department.
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
WEST COVINA - As many as three men forced their way into a home early Thursday, pretending to be police officers.
The home invasion occurred in the 2200 block of Pacific Park Way around 4 a.m. December 27. The suspects yelled “police” and search warrant” as they force their way in, but the residents quickly knew the suspects were not officers, according to the West Covina Police Department.
VIDEO/Courtesy of the West Covina Police Department.
Children were also present inside the home at the time the men broke in, West Covina Police said.
The suspects fled after the residents called 9-1-1. They took a television with them as they ran and fled into what is believed to be a dark-colored four-door sedan. The suspects were only described as young males. “No weapons were seen but West Covina Police want to warn the public that these types of suspects could be armed,” West Covina Police said in a written statement. “West Covina Police are asking residents to be vigilant and they should call 911 on any suspicious people or activity, particularly if people are forcing entry into their home claiming to be police officers.” Anyone with information on the suspects is urged to call West Covina Police at 626-939-8688.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A possibly armed man continues to barricade himself almost five hours after fleeing police.
The man is barricaded in a home in the 1000 block of South Willow Avenue. Officers were investigating a shooting when the suspect fled from them, according to the West Covina Police Department. Officers were called to the area after a bullet reportedly went through the window of a home, West Covina Police said. Officers are asking people to stay out of the area.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A driver died in a crash early Monday after entering the I-10 freeway west of Citrus Street the wrong way.
The driver, 54-year-old Margarita Vargas, died at the scene of the collision. West Covina Firefighters declares her dead at 3:26 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Vargas was identified by the Los Angeles a County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. A preliminary report indicated Vargas died of blunt force trauma, the CHP said. The CHP responded to a call at 2:56 a.m. of a wrong-way driver westbound in the No. 1 lane of the eastbound I-10 freeway. Four minutes later, callers reported a collision. It is unknown why Vargas entered the freeway the wrong way. The 30-year-old driver Vargas slammed into was apparently not injured, the CHP. All eastbound lanes were shut down during an investigation at 3:17 a.m. Lanes were reopened at 5:18 a.m. |
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