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. 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. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor WEST COVINA - A pursuit came to a crashing end Saturday morning after two suspects fled police across three cities.
Covina officers located the handgun. Baldwin Park Officers are investigating the crash, West Covina Police said.
It was not immediately stated why officers attempted the traffic stop. Email Newsletter! | Advertise! | Donate! |
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