Glendora: February 2012 Archives
GLENDORA -- Since November, thieves have swiped copper water valves from the exterior of a dozen buildings in the city.
Glendora Police said the thefts typically occurred over the weekend and occasionally during weeknights.
The valves taken are large U-shaped pipes that feed water into the building and measure at least two feet long with attached valves or the water meter, according to police.
Lt. James De Mond said a video showed two people during the Jan. 12 theft in the 500 block of South Pasadena Avenue but the image isn't clear.
The copper culprits have hit the following locations:
*Nov. 17, 2011 in the 400 block of West Route 66
*Nov. 25, 2011 in the 300 block of West Route 66
*Between Dec. 5 and 5, 2011 in the 1300 block of South Grand Avenue
*Between Dec. 25 and 25, 2011 in the 1300 block of South Grand Avenue
*Between Jan. 6 and 7 in the 300 block of East Route 66
*Between Jan. 8 and 9 in the 500 block of East Route 66
*Between Jan. 6 and 9 in the 900 block of South Grand Avenue
*Between Jan. 12 and 13 in the 800 block of South Grand Avenue
*Jan. 12 in the 500 block of South Pasadena Avenue
*Between Jan. 24 and 25 in the 1300 block of East Route 66
*Jan. 25 in the 600 block of South Elwood Avenue
*Between Feb. 10 and 13 in the 300 block of West Route 66
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call Detective Shelly Schaiterer at the Glendora police department, 626-914-8250. Refer to case #12-0281.
- Ruby Gonzales
WEST COVINA - A jury on Friday convicted a Hollywood man of beating his 62-year-old father to death with a dumbbell in an Irwindale storage facility.
Jonathan Martinez Pedraza, 26, was found guilty of first-degree murder, felony vandalism and two misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run driving, according to Deputy District Attorney Stacy Okun-Wiese.
The jury also found true an allegation that he personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, the dumbbell.
Pedraza faces a maximum sentence of 27 years to life in prison at his Feb. 10 sentencing in West Covina Superior Court.
Miguel Pedraza of Glendora was killed Sept. 3, 2010 and his body was discovered inside a storage locker at A-1 Mini Storage, 4391 Irwindale Avenue.
The younger Pedraza delivered at least five powerful blows to his father's head fracturing the skull and causing 10 lacerations, according to authorities.
He then rammed his car though a security gate at the facility to escape before becoming involved in another collision in Baldwin Park.
He crashed into two other cars at a parking lot in the 14500 block of Ramona Boulevard and fled. Baldwin Park police found him hiding on the roof of a apartment complex in the 14400 block of Pacific Avenue and arrested him.
A judge in October 2011 ruled that Jonathan Pedraza was mentally competent to stand trial.
- Ruby Gonzales
WEST COVINA -- Trial began Wednesday for a Glendora man accused of murdering his father with a dumbbell in a storage facility in Irwindale in September.
Jonathan Pedraza, 26, is charged with Sept. 3, 2010 killing of his father, 62-year-old Miguel Pedraza of Glendora.
The body of the elder Pedraza was discovered inside of a storage locker at A-1 Mini Storage, 4391 Irwindale Avenue, beaten to death with a free weight, investigators said.
After the killing, Jonathan Pedraza allegedly rammed his car though a gate at the facility to escape before becoming involved in another hit-and-run crash in Baldwin Park.
A judge in October ruled that the son was mentally competent to stand trial. Authorities have not disclosed a motive in the killing.
After completing jury selection Wednesday in Pomona Superior Court, the jury listened to opening statements and the prosecution began laying out its case, court officials said.
According to county booking records, Jonathan Pedraza was being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
PHOTO courtesy of the Irwindale Police Department
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