 PHOTO courtesy of the West Covina Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - 11 People were taken into custody Friday after an investigation uncovered an illegal gambling operation filled with games, drugs, guns and cash, police said.
The illegal operation was taking place at the Colony Apartments, 301 S. Glendora Ave. Detectives acted on information given to them about the activity. A search warrant was obtained to investigate the operation, West Covina police said. West Covina police detectives and investigators with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office discovered gambling machines, bulk US currency, a large quantity of methamphetamine and four firearms, West Covina police said. The 11 people arrested were booked for various crimes including illegal narcotics violations, weapons violations and illegal gambling. Detectives also confiscated multiple items from the apartment.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A speeding driver led the California Highway Patrol on a reckless pursuit and briefly took refuge in an occupied home Monday, the CHP said. Jimmy Anthony Chavez, a 26-year-old Covina man, refused to stop for an officer after allegedly driving 90 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone on the west I-10 freeway at West Covina Parkway. The officer attempted a traffic stop at 10:51 a.m. April 20. He pursued Chavez onto West Covina surface streets from Vincent Avenue until Chavez abandoned his vehicle in a dead end alley behind Workman Avenue west of Sunset Avenue, according to Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office. “Chavez ... exited the vehicle, jumped over a backyard wall, and forcefully entered a residential structure. Mr. Chavez noticed there were people inside the structure and ran out,” Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.
Chavez fled over the resident’s front fence and ran east into another home in the 300 block of Sunset Avenue. With the help of West Covina officers and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s helicopter, Chavez was arrested at 11:30 a.m., Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. Chavez was booked at the Sheriff’s Walnut/Diamond Bar Station on suspicion of felony evading, driving a stolen vehicle, burglary, resisting arrest and possession of stolen property. Additional charges may be pending, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch. Chavez was issued a citation and released.  PHOTOS courtesy of the West Covina Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA – Two burglary suspects were arrested and a third suspect is outstanding after the latter attempted to carjack a hospital employee April 13. Officers, responding to an unspecified location for a burglary investigation, pursued the suspects who refused to stop around 4:35 a.m. Monday, according to the West Covina Police Department. The suspects abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot in the 14000 block of Donaldale Avenue in La Puente. While officers were setting a containment, one suspect attempted a carjacking, West Covina Police said. Baldwin Park officers learned of the crime in progress and assisted West Covina with a containment search. According to Baldwin Park Police radio traffic, the victim struck the carjacking suspect with the vehicle and should have been injured enough to have a noticeable limp.
Two suspects were located during the search. Anyone with information on the outstanding suspect is urged to call West Covina Policed at 626-939-8505.  PHOTO courtesy of the West Covina Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - An accused reckless driver refused to stop for police and led them on a chase Saturday night. The suspect rammed a West Covina Police car during the chase into La Puente where the driver crashed through a fence at Baldwin Academy, 1616 Griffith Ave., according to the West Covina Police Department. Officers attempted to stop the driver, David Torres, around 11 p.m. April 11 at West Covina Parkway and Vincent Avenue, West Covina Police said.
After crashing at Baldwin Academy, Torres fled and hid away in a trash can. An El Monte Police helicopter and containment search helped find Torres, West Covina Police said. A passenger, identified as Maria Garcia, remained in the crashed car and was arrested.  PHOTO courtesy of the California Highway Patrol. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - No injuries were reported after a driver crashed his truck while exiting the I-10 freeway Monday afternoon, spilling tons of bottled water.
The driver fled the truck after it tipped over and crashed on the westbound I 10 freeway off ramp on Garvey Avenue east of Barranca Avenue around 3:53 p.m. 30 tons of bottled water were strewn across the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol. A heavy duty tow truck was called to lift the approximately 70,000 pound truck back onto its wheels. No injuries were reported.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - Coroner officials named one of the victims who died in a large West Covina house fire. John David Cundiff, 75, was named by Lt. Rudy Molano of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. An exam for Cundiff is still pending, according to coroner records. The woman who died in the fire has still not been publicly identified, Molano said. A fire erupted in the 700 block of North Broadmoor Avenue. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:38 a.m. April 3. Firefighters arrived within four minutes and saw flames had already broke through the roof, according to the West Covina Fire Department.
“Neighbors advised that 2 elderly residents were unaccounted for,” according to the West Covina Fire Department in a written statement. A man was pulled from the home and despite being given life-saving measures, he died at the scene. A woman was discovered in the burned down home soon after. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the West Covina Fire Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - Two people died after a fire tore through a home early Friday. The fire burned in the 700 block of North Broadmoor Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Both victims were described as a white man and woman. Both victims were found dead at the scene, according to Deputy Eric Ortiz of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. It was unclear if there was anyone else injured in the fire. Firefighters were in contact with arson investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, according to West Covina Fire Department radio traffic. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is investigating. |
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