Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor CLAREMONT - A suspect has been detained after abandoning a vehicle and fleeing on foot from an Upland Police traffic stop, Claremont and Upland Police said. A search for a suspect wearing a green and grey shirt, grey pants and green hat was being conducted in the area of East 6th Street and North College Avenue. School officials at the Claremont Colleges urged students to stay inside during the search, according to The Student Life newspaper. Upland Police attempted a traffic stop on the suspect who was driving a vehicle without license plates. The suspect fled the stop recklessly and at high speed, prompting officers to decide against a pursuit, according to Upland Police.
The suspect vehicle was found abandoned on the Claremont/Upland border. No other details are available. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor CLAREMONT - A driver was fired upon Saturday by a reported tailgater who became angry at the driver for moving too slow, the CHP said. The shooting occurred on the eastbound 210 freeway west of Baseline Road around 10:42 p.m. March 23. The driver was uninjured, according to Officer Moises Marroquin of the California Highway Patrol. The driver’s vehicle was hit by un unspecified number of bullets and became disabled, according to CHP radio traffic.
The driver’s BMW 430i was towed away as evidence in the investigation. A suspect vehicle description was unavailable. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor CLAREMONT - One person died at the scene of a collision between 10 to 15 vehicles on the westbound I-10 freeway at the Indian Hill Boulevard onramp Sunday morning. Nine other people were injured, two critically, when the vehicles collided just before 2 a.m. March 24. The collisions occurred in the HOV and No. 1 lane. Passersby reported some victims were being pulled out of crashed vehicles by friends or family and were being driven away, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs.
A Sig Alert was issued at 2:12 a.m. for all westbound lanes. The Sig Alert ended at 6:42 a.m. IDENTITY THEFT: Claremont PD Finds More Than 20,000 Pieces of Stolen Property, Suspects in Custody3/20/2019 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor CLAREMONT - Two suspects with outstanding warrants were arrested during a traffic stop Monday and were later accused of possessing stolen identity property. Police made the traffic stop March 18 at 2:07 p.m. and discovered the driver, who has a suspended license, was allegedly under the influence of drugs. His passenger also had an active warrant, Claremont Police said. A vehicle search yielded stolen mail, credit cards, fraudulent driver licenses and a key used to open community mail boxes, Claremont Police said.
After the suspects were taken into custody, police searched their room at the Claremont Lodge, 736 S. Indian Hill Blvd., and found additional stolen mail, a card reader, fraudulent checks and more than 20,000 pieces of property belonging to identity theft victims, Claremont Police said. The suspects’ hotel room was fraudulently rented, Claremont Police said. Arrested were 39-year-old transient Joseph Martinez and 28-year-old Pomona man Raymond Lussow. Martinez and Lussow were booked on suspicion of identity theft, mail theft, illegal possession of a card reader, forgery and outstanding warrants. Martinez was additionally booked on suspicion of DUI. Both suspects had a scheduled appearance in Pomona Superior Court Wednesday, March 20. |
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