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WEST COVINA - A 62-year-old kickboxing coach was arrested Thursday after two former students came forward with molestation allegations.

Eddie Ramirez was arrested August 23 after a female student came forward with the allegations. Detectives later learned multiple students were molested in 2017 and 2018, according to the West Covina Police Department.

Police did not state where the alleged molestation occurred, or how many victims were molested.

Ramirez is a coach at The Lab Creative Arts Studio, 541 N. Azusa Ave. It is unclear how long Ramirez has taught there.

The Lab website boasts training world champion athletes and dancers, the latter of which have been featured on NBC’s World of Dance, So You Think You Can Dance, The Ellen Show and more.

The lab offers weekly dance, tumbling and kickboxing for athletes and dancers from ages 4 to adult.

Kickboxing classes cater to students as young as 11 years old, according to The Lab weekly schedule.

West Covina Police  believes there may be additional victims Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is urged to call the West Covina Police Department at 626-939-8688.

Ramirez is being held in the West Covina Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in West Covina Superior Court Monday, August 27.

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WEST COVINA - A Fontana man was declared dead at the scene of a late-night crash on the Interstate 10 freeway Wednesday night.
 
The driver, a 55-year-old Fontana man, was ejected after his 2007 Honda Civic overturned after striking the center divider on the westbound side west of Sunset Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
 
The collision occurred around 11:57 p.m.
 
One minute later, a Nissan Sentra, driven by another Fontana resident, struck the left rear of the crashed Civic in the No. 1 and 2 lanes of traffic after the driver could not avoid the collision, the CHP said.
 
The 27-year-old driver received only minor injuries.
 
Alcohol is not a suspected factor in the crash, the CHP said.

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​Heads Up, West Covina! DUI/Driver License Checkpoint Coming Aug. 17
 
WEST COVINA - Police are planning a DUI/driver license checkpoint for this Friday, August 17.
 
The checkpoint is part of a national end-of-summer campaign, which will run through Labor Day weekend, considered by law enforcement as one of the deadliest times of the year in terms of DUI-related deaths, according to the West Covina Police Department.
 
The checkpoint is scheduled to begin after 6 p.m. at an undisclosed location.

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WEST COVINA - A man in cardiac arrest after a likely overdose was revived, hospitalized and released the very same day he needed help, police said.
 
West Covina officers were the first to arrive on scene of medical call in the 100 block of North Azusa Avenue around 9:39 a.m. August 12. The first officer on scene determined the man sitting in a vehicle was suffering an overdose, according to Lt. Travis Tibbetts of the West Covina Police Department.
 
A second officer arrived and prepared a nasal dose of Nalaxone while a third officer pulled the man from the vehicle. Officers began administering CPR.
 
The officers then deployed the Nalaxone, which helped save the man’s life, Tibbetts said.
 
All West Covina Police officers began carrying Nalaxone, also known by the name brand Narcan, two months ago after the West Covina City Council granted funding.
 
Naloxone can prevent overdoses by binding to the opioid receptors in the human brain to block the effect of opioids, such as heroin, Fentanyl and prescription pain killers. 
 
Naloxone can restore normal breathing to victims experiencing an overdose.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | Citywatch Editor

WEST COVINA - A woman died on the freeway and two others were hospitalized in a collision on the westbound Interstate 10 freeway at Grand Avenue Thursday morning.
 
The collision occurred around 1:53 a.m. A woman was struck by another vehicle as she stood at the center divider after having gotten into a separate collision, according to the California Highway Patrol.
 
According to an initial report, the CHP was told that two people were ejected in the crash. One victim was possibly in full arrest, the second may have suffered an amputated leg.
 
West Covina paramedics arrived and began CPR around 2:08 a.m., according to CHP radio traffic.
 
The woman was declared dead around 2:18 a.m.
 
All eastbound lanes were closed until just before 5:30 a.m.

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WEST COVINA - Two suspects, one armed with a knife, stole cell phones during a daytime robbery Sunday.

The suspects entered T-Mobile, 235 N. Citrus Ave. #B, just after 12:50 p.m. and forced employees to the back, according to a West Covina Police crime broadcast. An undisclosed number of cell phones were taken.

Both suspects were described as men, but one suspect could possibly be a woman, West Covina Police said.

One suspect was dressed black pants and a black hooded sweater. The suspect wore white tennis shoes.

The second suspect wore a blue hooded sweater, dark brown or khaki pants and white tennis shoes.

The suspect fled in a black Jetta northbound through the parking lot towards Workman Avenue, West Covina Police said.

No further information is available.

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WEST COVINA - Walnut and Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man found inside a vehicle from Friday night.

Walnut Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 300 block of South Frankfurt Avenue just after 8 p.m. and found the intellectually-disabled man suffering from an unknown medical condition, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

The man, described as being in his 50s, died at the scene. He may have been left inside the vehicle for an unknown duration, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.

The driver is cooperating with detectives.