Pasadena Police Chief Recaps Last Week’s Critical Incidents

Editor’s Note: In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena.

Critical Incidents:

On October 17, at about 12:17 p.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to the Colorado Street Bridge regarding a suicidal subject.  On arrival, officers saw the subject standing on the other side of the bridge safety railing.  Officers talked with the male adult for several hours requesting that he climb back over the safety railing. The negation continued and at about5:00 p.m., the subject complied with the officer’s request to surrender.  He was then transported to a local hospital for mental health evaluation.

On October 17, at about 8:19 p.m., Pasadena Police Officer A. Torres was on routine patrol in the 1500 block of Villa Street when he received an alert regarding an “Armed and Dangerous vehicle.”  The felony alert was generated by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department.  Officer Torres began searching the area and subsequently found the vehicle near Washington Boulevard and Los Robles Avenue.  A high-risk vehicle stop was initiated and the suspect driver (female Black adult) yielded.  The two suspects complied with the officer’s orders to surrender and were arrested without incident.  The follow-up investigation determined that the passenger (Noah Fields, male Black, 22 years, Pasadena resident) was involved in the Las Vegas robbery.  The female was later released.

On October 19, at about 6:58 p.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to the 1400 block of Iowa Avenue regarding calls of shots fired.  On arrival, officers did not locate any victims; however, they found evidence of the shooting.  The suspect vehicle was described as a Sliver Toyota.

On October 20 at about 10:07 p.m., Pasadena Police officers investigated a traffic collision in the 600 block of North Lake Avenue. Officers learned that the driver of a vehicle was traveling south on Lake Avenue when he lost control of his car and impacted a city light pole and the exterior wall of a restaurant. Fortunately, there were no significant injuries associated with this incident.