GLENDORA — A police officer suffered minor injuries Wednesday after his patrol car collided with a civilian vehicle on Foothill Boulevard while responding to an emergency call, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 7:40 a.m. at Foothill Boulevard and Loraine Avenue, Glendora police Lt. Jaime Caldwell said.
Two police cars were responding with emergency lights and sirens on to a report of an injury car crash — which was later found to be only a broken down vehicle — in the 1300 block of East Foothill Boulevard, near San Jose Drive, the lieutenant said.
Both patrol cars came to a stop when they reached Loraine Avenue, and proceeded when it appeared traffic was clear, Caldwell said. The first unit made it through the intersection before the second one was struck.
Cars in the northbound left turn lane and fast lane came to a stop for the emergency vehicles, however another car in the right-hand lane did not stop and broad-sided the police car at about 40 mph, Caldwell said.
The woman driving the sedan was unhurt, though the damage to her car was major, he said.
The involved police officer was taken to a hospital as a precaution, Caldwell said, but his injuries were believed minor and he was released from the hospital and placed on light duty later in the morning. The police car sustained “moderate” damage.
In keeping with department policy regarding officer-involved collisions, La Verne police are handling the investigation.

GLENDORA – Police Wednesday caught up with the big-haired suspect who escaped through a small gap in the station’s booking cage earlier this month.

Arthur Guerrero was arrested around 10 a.m. at a home where he was believed to have been staying in the 2000 block of East Inola Street, Glendora police Lt. Brian Summers said. The arrest came on the suspect’s 24th birthday.

He was booked on suspicion of escape, obstructing police, burglary, vandalism and displaying false registration, the lieutenant said.

Guerrero escaped from a booking cage at the Glendora Police Department on Nov. 6 after being arrested for having fraudulent license plates on his vehicle and refusing to identify himself, Summers said.

From officers’ conversations with Guerrero, he appeared to espouse the “sovereign citizen” extremist movement, in which members do not recognize local, state or federal laws or governmental authority, officials said.

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Officers went yard to yard Tuesday night looking for a gunman wanted for resisting arrest.
Glendora police Capt. Tim Staab said a bounty hunter tried to arrest 29-year-old Jose Rosas about 7:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of East Inola Street.
The Glendora man has a $30,000 warrant for resisting arrest out of Long Beach Superior Court, Staab said.
Rosas allegedly pointed a gun at the bounty hunter and ran.
He was last seen running across Route 66 toward a residential area near the Glendora Country Club.
Police closed off several streets and used a helicopter and police dogs to search for the suspect.
The search was called off about 2 a.m., Sgt. Matt Egan said.

GLENDORA — A crash blamed on a speeding driver who ran two red lights on Lone Hill Avenue sent four people to the hospital early Wednesday, including a young woman listed who was listed in “very critical” condition, authorities said.
The crash was reported about 7:20 a.m. on Lone Hill at Auto Centre Drive, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department officials.
The street is one of the Glendora’s busiest thoroughfares, and was congested with morning trafficat the time of the crash, officials said.
An 18-year-old Azusa man had a young woman as a passenger while, according to witnesses, he was headed northbound on Lone Hill from Gladstone Street at a “high rate of speed,” Glendora police Capt. Tim Staab said.
He blew through a red light at the Glendora Marketplace, then continued through a red light at Auto Centre Drive, the captain said.
The Honda Civic struck a tan sedan that was making a left turn from westbound Auto Centre Drive to southbound Lone Hill Hill Avenue, Staab said. The impact sent the Honda Civic tumbling over a center divider, and it came to rest on its roof in southbound traffic lanes.
The driver of a black sedan was unable to avoid the wreckage and also was struck, deploying his vehicle’s air bag but not causing major damage or injury.
Firefighters spent more than a half-hour cutting the young man and woman free from the wreckage of the Honda Civic, officials said.
The young woman was flown to a hospital by helicopter with severe head injuries and was in “very critical condition,” Staab said.
Her condition remained critical Wednesday afternoon, though according to doctors, <USDEFAULT>“She had made some slight improvements,” Glendora Police Chief Rob Castro said.
The young man driving the Honda Civic was also flown to a hospital, officials said. His condition was believed to be stable, though he was not cooperating with investigators.
A woman who was driving the tan sedan struck by the Honda Civic was flown to the hospital in unknown condition, and a man who was driving the black sedan was taken to a hospital for treatment by ambulance.
The patients who were flown to the hospital were taken to the Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center was unable to accept helicopter flights Wednesday morning due to fog.
Police were investigating why the driver of the Honda Civic was driving so fast and recklessly prior to the crash.
Upon release from the hospital, the 18-year-old Honda driver, whose name was not immediately available, faces the possibility of multiple criminal charges, Castro said.
The had been stolen from Covina, however the owner did not realize that until contacted by police following the crash, he said. The driver was also unlicensed.
The chief said said officials also ordered that blood be drawn from the teenage driver to determine whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.