Monthly Archives: February 2012
Drunken driving suspected in beer truck crash that snarled freeway in Santa Fe Springs
Three arrested in San Dimas after woman spots her own car driving on freeway
Another teacher, this time in Chino, suspected of child molestation
Whittier man, East LA woman jailed after long police chase from Hacienda Heights to North Hollywood
Update: Teen shot by gang members in Pico Rivera
UPDATED: Motorcyclist killed following crash in La Mirada
Whittier woman attacked after surprising burglar
WHITTIER — A resident who arrived to find a burglar in her home Tuesday afternoon was punched in the head and knocked to the ground.
Whittier police Lt. Randy Inman said the intruder fled with jewelry, laptop and other items but was later caught by officers.
The 12:45 p.m. incident happened in the 16200 block of Honnington Street. Inman said a woman and her child came home and discovered a burglar at the house.
The woman chased the man off the property, he added.
“We started getting 9-1-1 calls about a woman screaming,” Inman said.
Officers spotted the man walking on Russell Street and Whittier Boulevard.
Adam West, 30, of Buena Park was arrested on suspicion of robbery and burglary. West was being held at Whittier Jail.
Inman said coins and other items taken from the house were found on the suspect.
“He discarded the laptop and the jewelry in the trash,” Inman said.
Officials: Suspect shot by West Covina PD in Pomona fired at officers with 4-year-old son in car
An armed man who was shot by West Covina police after a high-speed chase Sunday had his 4-year-old son with him during the wild pursuit in a stolen SUV, police said Monday.
Freddy Silva, 31, allegedly drove the wrong way on the 10 Freeway, opened fire on police with a shotgun, and crashed into a house in Pomona, before he left his son and carjacked second car. He was then shot by police and remains hospitalized.
Silva had been acquitted 10 days before on an assault case involving a firearm, police also said Monday.
Lt. Dave Dolson of the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau said Silva, whose last known address is in Claremont, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remained in critical condition Monday at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
“He was shot once in the upper torso with a department-issued shotgun,” Dolson said.
The Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is handling the investigation because it is an officer-involved shooting.
Dolson said Silva’s son is in protective custody with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. He didn’t know where Silva was heading Sunday before encountering police.
According to online court record and authorities, a Pomona Superior Court jury acquitted Silva on Feb. 16 of charges related to an assault case.