 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WHITTIER - A high-speed freeway pursuit in West Covina that took to surface streets ended with the rider surrendering to California Highway Patrol officers early Friday morning.
A CHP officer attempted to pull over the rider for excessive speed on the I-10 freeway at Pacific Avenue just after 4:30 a.m. January 27. The rider refused to stop and took off westbound, eventually exiting onto Puente Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol radio broadcasts. After a very brief stint on surface streets along Merced Avenue and Baldwin Park Boulevard, sometimes doing 90 miles per hour, the rider entered eastbound on the I-10 freeway and then quickly exited, only to go westbound again. The pursuit made a brief appearance in El Monte on Garvey Avenue and Durfee Avenue, where the suspect entered the southbound 605 freeway all the way into the Whittier area. After escaping to surface streets in the Whittier area, the rider decided to stop and surrendered to officers in the area of Slauson Avenue and Norwalk Boulevard.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - Two Covina residents were killed when a vehicle driven by carjacking suspect crashed into another vehicle early Saturday.
The Jeep Patriot driven by a man accused of a carjacking in Baldwin Park was found in West Covina around 2 a.m. near Durness Street and South Sandy Hook Street October 12. The driver refused to stop for police and fled officers until crashing on northbound Glendora Avenue at Cameron Avenue, according to the West Covina Police Department. Two adults in the eastbound vehicle struck by the suspect were ejected and died at the scene. A child in the vehicle was hospitalized, West Covina Police said. Gracie Contreras, 53, and Edward Contreras, 55, were identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Both were Covina residents. The 2010 Jeep Patriot was reported carjacked around 1 a.m. in Baldwin Park by a knife-wielding suspect at Hilda Solis Park, Baldwin Park Police said. West Covina Police began searching for the vehicle once officers were notified the Jeep was last seen entering the city. The California Highway Patrol Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash.  PHOTO/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - The suspect accused of a fatal shooting in Baldwin Park June 28 was arrested Tuesday, Sheriff’s homicide detectives said. Gregory Thomas Kingsbury, 37, was found and arrested at a West Covina home July 2. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail and is scheduled for an appearance in Pomona Superior Court July 5. Kingsbury is accused of pulling the trigger on his still publicly unidentified brother in the 14600 block of Demblon Street. Baldwin Park Police officers found the injured man. He later died at a hospital.
Kingsbury fled in a grey 2012 Nissan Altima which was found abandoned and later recovered. A motive for the killing is either unknown or has not been publicly provided.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A driver and two passengers fled West Covina officers in a high-speed pursuit that ended in a tremendous crash in Baldwin Park Friday morning. Two suspects were detained at the crash scene at East Francisquito Avenue and Puente Avenue in Baldwin Park. One male suspect ran on foot, but was caught soon after, according to Cpl. Rudy Lopez of the West Covina Police Department. West Covina officers tried to pull over the suspect vehicle at Sandy Hook Avenue and Fairgrove Avenue at 1:01 a.m. May 17 for a traffic violation, but the driver refused to stop, Lopez said.
The chase entered the I-10 freeway, but officers lost sight of the suspect vehicle, likely due to the high rate of speed, and the chase was cancelled. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s helicopter soon located the suspect vehicle in Baldwin Park on city streets, still moving at high speed, Lopez said. While West Covina officers were en route to intercept the suspect vehicle, it collided with a white SUV, Lopez said. The suspect driver suffered a leg injury and a female passenger complained of pain, Lopez said. Two people were injured in the vehicle struck by the suspect driver. In all, two patients met trauma criteria, two suffered moderate injuries and one suffered minor injures, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. |
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