Claremont Police Blotter
Wednesday, June 29 An alert resident called 911 at 12:50 a.m. to report a suspicious vehicle parked at Vista del Valle Elementary School, 500 Vista Dr. The caller also reported three individuals had exited the car and were headed to the school. When officers arrived, they contacted three young men sitting in a 2015 Chevrolet […]
Wednesday, June 22 A Claremont Police Department officer on 1:30 a.m. patrol near Foothill Blvd. and Towne Ave. spotted a man, later identified as 28-year-old Covina resident Jose Reynoso, walking south on the east side of Towne. The officer said he noticed Reynoso notice him, then cross Towne Ave. When the police car approached him, […]
Tuesday, June 14 Claremont Police Department officers on 5 a.m. patrol at Larkin Park, 650 N. Mountain Ave., spotted a 2009 BMW car in the parking lot and approached it for a welfare check of its four occupants. A records check turned up a misdemeanor warrant for the driver, 31-year-old Claremont resident Michael Tenerelli, stemming […]
Wednesday, June 1 Claremont Police Department officers responded to a 7:07 p.m. 911 call from a neighbor who reportedly witnessed 27-year-old Claremont resident Andrew Guerra strike a 49-year-old man with a baseball bat, causing wounds to his head and upper torso. The genesis of the attack stemmed from the victim allegedly yelling at Guerra after […]
Claremont Police Department officers responded to a family disturbance call in the 600 block of S. Mountain Ave. at 4:10 p.m.
On May 29, sometime overnight, unknown suspects shattered the front glass doors to Lucky’s Coffee Roasters, Magnolia Bistro and Wine Bar, and Blue Fin Sushi and Teriyaki. These businesses are located in the same shopping center in the 600 block of east Foothill Blvd. Based on video surveillance, two suspects were responsible for all three […]
Monday, May 16 What began as a routine arrest of a known trespasser and restraining order violator quickly turned serious when a 32-year-old unhoused man told police there was a bindle of fentanyl inside the abandoned commercial building in which he’d been squatting. The incident began after an officer conducting extra patrol in the area […]
On Friday, May 27, the Claremont Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location within the city. According to police, the checkpoint will start at 7 p.m. and will conclude at 2 a.m. at the undisclosed location. Drivers will be stopped long enough to ensure they are not under the influence of […]
Tuesday, May 10 It doesn’t sound like much of a prize, but what its owner described as “a 16-foot dirty aluminum boat” and trailer were reported stolen from the driveway of a home in the 3700 block of Williams Ave. A neighbor told police a white or silver early 2000s lifted Dodge Ram pickup pulled […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Monday, May 2 A 26-year-old El Monte woman wanted for an alleged November 2021 hit-and-run accident turned herself in at Claremont Police Department headquarters at 11:38 a.m. Nancy Sotelo was then booked and released with a citation to appear in Pomona Superior Court. The case stems from a 2 a.m. […]
by Steven Felschundneff | steven@claremont-courier.com During its April 26 meeting, the city council approved an ordinance approving the military equipment use policy of the Claremont Police Department, as required by state law. The action was required under Assembly Bill 481, the Law Enforcement and State Agencies Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition and Use Act, which went […]
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Wednesday, April 27 A resident called the Claremont Police Department at 1:43 a.m. to report an unknown man had been ringing the doorbell and had then laid down on the front porch of a home in the 800 block of W. Base Line Rd. Responding officers say the suspect, a […]
A 55-year-old unhoused woman called the Claremont Police Department at 3:47 a.m. to report she had been robbed after being rousted by a man as she slept on the platform of the Metrolink station, 200 W. First St.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com On Wednesday, April 6, in one of the more bizarre and frightening Police Blotter entries in memory, a suspected car thief was arrested on a litany of felony and misdemeanor charges after leading what amounted to the entire Claremont Police Department on a potentially dangerous chase that reads more like […]
Thursday, March 31 Claremont police are investigating a possible criminal threats case after an approximately 18-year-old man allegedly threatened to harm a 60-year-old Claremont High School proctor as she approached his car. The incident began after witnesses say the man was swerving and “fishtailing” through the student parking lot at CHS, 1601 N. Indian Hill […]
Wednesday, March 23 Claremont Police Department officers on patrol at 2:17 a.m. noticed an expired registration tag on a 2002 Ford F150 pickup truck and pulled it over near the corner of Base Line Rd. and Monte Vista Ave. A subsequent record check on the driver, Ronald Hernandez, 58, from Montclair, turned up two San […]