Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez issued an email Friday to all members of the community. His statement read, in full and unedited: Mayor, Council Members, Department Personnel and Community Members: The recent high-profile shootings involving law enfor... More »
On Friday, July 8 at about 4:30 am, South Pasadena police officers responded to the area of Hermosa Place and Hermosa Avenue to assist California Highway Patrol officers at the termination of a vehicle pursuit. The suspect, who fled on foot, was wanted for bur... More »
A Pasadena man, confronted by three suspects who tried to wrench off his backpack after they doused him with pepper-spray and threatened him with a knife, managed to chase down his attackers and enlist the help of nearby Sheriff’s deputies. One the attackers w... More »
Members of the Pasadena Police Department Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) successfully talked a despondent man off the Colorado Street Bridge Wednesday afternoon, ending a tense three-hour drama that closed the popular bridge. Two negotiators convinced the unide... More »
Pasadena court dates Thursday await three men accused in two separate incidents. Two men charged in connection with the shooting of a man at a Pasadena fried chicken restaurant on December 29, 2015 are scheduled to face pretrial proceedings in Department E. Ro... More »
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a shooting that left one man injured and a little boy dead Tuesday night. Detectives learned that at approximately 10:30pm, on July 5, 2016, a drive-by shoot... More »
Pasadena Police officers arrested two people from Covina after they were allegedly caught in possession of a stolen vehicle Sunday evening a Sears store at 3801 E. Foothill Blvd. Lt. Pete Hettema said aside from the stolen vehicle, the couple was arrested beca... More »
For the second time in two weeks, a controversial report on the community’s perceptions of the Pasadena Police Department has failed to be discussed at a City of Pasadena public meeting as scheduled. The 2015 report, “Community Perceptions of Policing in Pasad... More »
Police arrested a 54-year-old homeless man Saturday after he allegedly threatened another homeless man with a knife as they quarreled in Old Pasadena over what they both claimed as their territory for panhandling. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said the vict... More »
On Saturday the Pasadena Police Department’s Special Enforcement Section conducted a narcotics investigation in the 1800 block of Navarro Ave. During the investigation, several pounds of marijuana was seized along with a large cache of illegal fireworks in exc... More »
A 22-year-old man accused of exposing himself, assaulting a teen and breaking into several homes on Wednesday was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Michael David Brownlee (dob 8/21/93) of Los Angeles has been charged i... More »
A Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for sexual assault of three females, for indecent exposure and for a series of residential burglaries in South Pasadena. At about 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, South Pasadena Police Department officers rushed to South ... More »
