[Monrovia Police activities from the Police Department's Neighborhood Watch Report for Sept. 16-18. - Brad Haugaard]
During the last seven-day period, the Police Department handled 427 service events, resulting in 69 investigations.
Grand Theft Auto
September 16 at 3:47 p.m., a vehicle was reported stolen from the 200 block of North Mountain. The vehicle, a 1971 Austin Mini Cooper, was parked in front of the victim's home. All keys are accounted for and no one had permission to use or take the vehicle. The investigation is continuing.
Suspect in San Gabriel Valley Schools, Mall, & Hospital Threats Arrested by Five-Agency Team
On September 17, the collaborative efforts of the Arcadia, Covina, and Monrovia Police Departments, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department resulted in the identification, location and capture of the suspect who phoned in criminal threats to school campuses and hospitals in the San Gabriel Valley this past week.
Driving Under the Influence / Possession of Drug Paraphernalia / Destroying Evidence – Suspect Arrested
September 18 at 1:02 a.m., an officer on patrol in the area of Shamrock and Huntington observed a driver throw a can of beer out the window of his vehicle. The officer stopped the vehicle and an assisting officer on the passenger side of the vehicle saw the female passenger attempt to hide a methamphetamine pipe in her hand. When the officer attempted to take the glass pipe, she threw it on the ground and broke it. Through investigation, the driver was determined to be under the influence and was arrested. The female passenger was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, destroying evidence and resisting arrest.
False Personation / Possession of Drug Paraphernalia / Possession of Stolen Property / Warrants – Suspect Arrested
September 18 at 8:07 a.m., police responded to at hotel in the 900 block of South Fifth Avenue regarding a subject who had checked in using fictitious identification. The clerk recognized the subject as a patron they had problems with in the past. A check of the payment method revealed the subject's reservation had a stop payment on the account and the clerk wanted the subject removed. Officers noticed the identification presented by the patron appeared altered.
Officers contacted the subject in his room. The subject gave the officers a different name then the one on the identification he presented to the clerk. The officers located drug paraphernalia and stolen mail in the subject's room. A computer check of the suspect revealed he also had two outstanding warrants for his arrest; he was arrested and taken into custody.
During the booking process, the suspect was recognized by a detective as the suspect in two cases he was in the process of filing with the District Attorney's office for warrants. All of the charges will be added together and presented to the District Attorney for filing.
Injury Traffic Collision
September 18 at 9:33 a.m., a traffic collision with injuries involved was reported on Huntington Drive at Magnolia. A driver heading east on Huntington ran a red light at Magnolia. The vehicle struck a pedestrian and a vehicle traveling north on Magnolia. Another driver traveling east on Huntington failed to stop for the same red light and drove into the crashed vehicles. Three people were taken to area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries.
