Seniors should be wary of people claiming to have found large sums of cash and wanting to share in their sudden fortunes. In the pigeon drop scam, con artists befriend victims in public and claim they have found money in a bag, envelope or handkerchief and off... More »
The City of Pasadena was hit with a civil rights complaint filing Thursday by attorneys representing two women who claim a Pasadena police officer improperly used his authority in what amounted to a campaign against them to deprive them of their civil rights. ... More »
Pasadena Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Friday, May 27, 2016 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a prove... More »
A brazen bank robber brandishing a semi-auto handgun pepper-sprayed employees and demanded more money than a teller gave him in a frightening mid-day robbery of a bank in nearby Sierra Madre on Wednesday. The FBI is investigating if the suspects are connecte... More »
Bear sightings this time of year have become the norm for the San Gabriel Valley. Even so, Monday evening’s sighting of a large bear in northeast Pasadena near the Eaton Canyon Golf Course seemed to have startled and unnerved some residents. The bear was first... More »
Despite an increase in gun violence since late 2015, the reported crimes rate for Pasadena has dropped 15% so far this year, according to a report just issued by the Pasadena Police Department. According to the Pasadena Police Department Monthly Statistical Re... More »
Pasadena Police officers are investigating a puzzling story that came from a man in his mid-20s who said he was assaulted by two suspects while he was asleep on a park bench two days before he checked into an Emergency Room for treatment. The local hospital ca... More »
Jacob Mallory Bersson, accused of killing Pasadena chef Lawrence Bressler and his wife Denise in 2014, pleaded not guilty to the charge of two counts of murder Thursday, May 19, at the Pasadena Courthouse. He is now scheduled to appear in court on June 30 for ... More »
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. On May 15, at about 7:55 p.m., the Pasadena Police Department received a call of a distraught sub... More »
On Thursday, June 2, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Pasadena Fire Department and Huntington Hospital personnel will teach the community how to save a life with CPR. This service is free to the public and will be held in the courtyard at Paseo Colorado, 280 ... More »
Four suspects robbed a 30-year-old man of four pairs of expensive sneakers he had put up for sale on the internet in a strong-arm robbery Thursday in East Pasadena, Pasadena police said. The victim suffered a cut on his lower lip when the suspects ganged up on... More »
Pasadena Police now say an incident in which a Good Samaritan encountered a 33-year-old Los Angeles man shot in the chest in Pasadena and drove him to Huntington Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Room around 6 p.m. Wednesday night may have begun with an attempted ... More »
