Monday, September 5, 2016 | 12:41 am
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 August 19, at about 5:30 p.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to the 100 block of Pai... More »
Sunday, September 4, 2016 | 9:14 am
Pasadena police officers were searching for three women in their 20’s who they said had assaulted another young woman of about the same age Saturday night in the 800 block of Brooks Avenue in Pasadena. The victim was struck with an 18-inch baseball bat and com... More »
Saturday, September 3, 2016 | 7:17 am
South Pasadena Police pursuing a speeding motorist on the 110 freeway early Saturday morning stopped a woman wanted for grand theft auto and allegedly discovered a cache of suspicious items in the car —including hundreds of pieces of apparently stolen U.S. m... More »
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 | 7:39 am
Two pickup trucks were found lit on fire early Wednesday morning in what authorities say is a possible arson. The vehicles were on fire in the 1100 block of Summit Avenue around 3:41 a.m., according to Lieutenant Mark Goodman of the Pasadena Police Department.... More »
Friday, August 26, 2016 | 2:53 pm
On Friday August 26, 2016 at approximately 8:12 a.m., officers were investigating a non-injury traffic collision in the 1800 block of Ramona Avenue. Upon contacting both of the involved parties, a records check was performed on one of the drivers who did not p... More »
Friday, August 26, 2016 | 12:58 pm
A homeless man convicted of beating and burglarizing a 79-year-old South Pasadena woman in August 2012 was sentenced to 95-years-to-life in state prison today. Alonzo Bernard Johnson, 53, was found guilty by a jury on May 4 of three felony counts: first-degree... More »
Friday, August 26, 2016 | 4:48 am
A Pasadena man accused of scamming numerous victims with fraudulent amusement park tickets was charged with grand theft and other counts today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Brian Edward Anderton, 44, was expected to be arraign... More »
Thursday, August 25, 2016 | 4:30 pm
L.A. County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau investigators made a public plea Thursday in front of the house on the 300 block of West Figueroa Dr. in Altadena where Salvador Esperanza III was killed, asking for help in locating the suspects who fatally shot and kil... More »
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 | 9:03 pm
Reported crimes in Pasadena have dropped to the lowest levels in four years, according to a report released by the Pasadena Police Department. Calls for police service dropped by 14 percent in the first seven months of 2016 compared with calls last year at the... More »
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 | 8:05 am
A 30-year-old homeless man was arrested for armed robbery Tuesday afternoon after he brandished a knife at a Target employee in Pasadena, according to authorities. Christopher Matheny entered the Target store on 777 East Colorado Boulevard around noon and alle... More »
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 | 9:32 am
An assault took place in the back parking lot of the 1881 Club, a well-known bar in north Pasadena, at about 8:26 p.m. Monday, according to Lieutenant Vasken Gourdikian of the Pasadena Police Department. Gourdikian said the suspect approached the victim and wi... More »
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 | 8:27 am
To combat the ongoing Chimney Fire which has burned over 35,000 acres since August 13, the Pasadena Fire Department in collaboration with other California fire departments has dispatched a five-engine Brush Strike Team, which includes 22 firefighters and a bat... More »