Alhambra: April 2008 Archives

Brian Day is set to report the existence of a serial robber who is targetign area beauty stores. THe robber has apparently hit five beauty supply locations in recent weeks.

The latest victim .com Beauty Supply in Walnut.

Aslo targeted were stores in Alhambra and Monterey Park. Link to the story when it comes in.

The residents of 1300 Date Avenue in Alhambra, all registered sex offenders, are in the spotlight this week. Alhambra police have been getting the word out about these guys and plan a community meeting 7 p.m. at Fremont Elementary School.

Name:  Drane, Michael Carven
DOB:  September 14, 1954.
Additional DOB=s: August 18, 1954; September 14, 1956.
Physical: Male, Black, 5-09, 250 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.  He also wears glasses.
Residence: 1300 South Date Avenue, Alhambra.
Aliases: Jones, Marvin; Brown, Michael; Jones, Melvin; Jones, Michael; Green, Michael; Drone, Michael.
Offense: 314.1PC - Indecent Exposure.

Name:  Hobbs, Donn Carroll Jr.
DOB:  March 25, 1970.
Physical: Male, Black, 5-11, 254 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.
Residence: 1300 South Date Avenue, Alhambra.
Aliases: Hobbs, Don Carrol.
Offense: 264.1PC - Rape etc. in concert with force violence. 

Name:  Mollinedo, Leonard William
DOB:  June 8, 1972.
Physical: Male, Hispanic, 5-10, 230 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.
Residence: 1300 South Date Avenue, Alhambra.
Aliases: Mallinedo, Leonard W.
Offense: 288(A)PC - Lewd or Lascivious acts with child under 14 years.

Name:  Wynn, Eddie Herman
DOB:  September 8, 1961.
Physical: Male, Black, 5-09, 180 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.
Residence: 1300 South Date Avenue, Alhambra.
Aliases: Smith, Dwayne; Thomas, Dave; Spencer, Terry; Smith, Thomas; Guy, Earl; Franklin, Tony.
Offense: Lewd acts / Indecent Exposure (Out of State).

Name:  Elliott, Mario
DOB:  October 8, 1968.
Physical: Male, Black, 5-08, 140 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.
Residence: 1300 South Date Avenue, Alhambra.
Aliases: Elliott, Mario Dionne.
Offense: 243.4(A)PC - Sexual Battery.

Name:  Wilson, David Haliburton
DOB:  September 4, 1980.
Physical: Male, Other, 5-11, 185 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.
Residence: 1300 South Date Avenue, Alhambra.
Offense: 261(A)(2)PC - Rape by force etc.

A residence at 1300 Date Avenue in Alhambra is home to as many as 6 sex offenders registered under the terms of Megan's Law, officals said.

A forum to discuss the house will be held Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Fremont Elementary School at 2001 E. Elm Street, Alhambra police Sgt. Sigfredo Villegas said.

Police have passed fliers in the neighborhood warning residents of the presence of the sex offenders, Villegas said. They are also stocking copies of the men's mug shots at the police station. Those mugs shots are awailable at the station's front counter, Villegas said.

The state's Megan's Law website does not list any registered sex offenders on Date Avenue. Police became suspicious of the house late last week when two sex offenders apparently called the station (one right after the other) to report their new address.

Arraignment for Isaac Campbell, 32, accused of killing his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, ,31,  then stuffing her body in a trash can filled with kitty litter was postponed again Tuesday, officials said.

Apparently the Los Angeles Department of Coroner is having a difficult time determining the cause of Lu's death, and therefore Campbell cannot be arraigned, according to officials who spoke to Pasadena Star-News reporter Fred Ortega at the Alhambra courthouse. The arraignment was continued until the end of next month, officials said.

Students at PCC, where Lu was a nursing student have been folowing the case via the PCC Courier, which carried this report by Franco Sui Yuan:

One time PCC student Isaac Campbell, suspected in slaying former PCC student Liya Jessie Lu, will make a new appearance on court, after his arraignment was postponed today at the Alhambra Courthouse.

Superior Court Judge Carlos Uranga postponed the arraignment to May 6 due to the tardiness in receiving the Coroner’s report.

The report contains the information of Lu’s cause of death.

“We still don’t have a copy of the [Coroner’s] report,” said Deputy District Attorney and Prosecutor Steve Ipson. “Hopefully it will be available soon.”

Campbell spent several weeks on the lam in connection with the Aug. 11 disappearance and death of Lu before he was captured in Minneapolis in September.

Lu had been reported missing on Aug. 11 after she was dropped off at Campbell's apartment in San Gabriel, authorities said. Her car, a Mazda Miata, was also reported missing.

The car was recovered in the same Arcadia back yard where Lu's body was found, according to a friend of the homeowner who asked to remain anonymous.

Just prior to Campbell's capture, detectives held a news conference asking for assistance locating him. Among the information released at the news conference were details that indicated Lu's body was covered with kitty litter after being stuffed in a 90-gallon plastic trash can.

That information combined with several Internet posts on this blog and Usenet newsgroups helped lead investigators to Campbell, Sheriff's homicide Lt. Gil Carrillo said.