Claremont Police Blotter
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 […]
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officers remove marijuana plants from a grow house in the 100 block of Kirkwood Avenue on Monday. Officers from both Claremont Police and the S.B. County Sheriff’s marijuana enforcement team, took part in the 8 a.m. raid. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com Monday, March 14 Sometimes folks just don’t want help. Case in point, Claremont Police were called to the 1800 block of north Mountain Ave. at 11 p.m. regarding a person lying in a front yard. Arriving officers found a familiar face: a 36-year-old local unhoused man with whom they’d had […]
Crime in Claremont increased modestly in 2021 but remains remarkably low compared with 20 or even 30 years ago, according to an annual report from the Claremont Police department.
Tuesday, March 2 An opportunistic thief apparently hit the smash and grab jackpot after breaking a window of a 2010 Lexus and making off with more than $9,000 in goods and cash. Claremont Police took a report from a 42-year-old La Verne woman, who said her car’s window was smashed sometime between 9 and 10:45 […]
Tuesday, February 22 Neighboring Pomona Police Department’s license plate reading cameras picked up a stolen black 2009 Ford Fusion heading north on Indian Hill Blvd. about 1 a.m., and notified Claremont PD that it was headed toward the City of Trees. Claremont officers pulled over 59-year-old Chino resident Edwin Thurman at Indian Hill and Kingsley […]
A 25-year-old unhoused man riding a bicycle while guiding a second one with his free hand was pulled over by Claremont police at 11:54 p.m. after they allege he was heading the wrong way on the east side of Indian Hill Blvd. near the 10 freeway.
A 32-year-old Salt Lake City, Utah man was arrested for felony hit and run after taking off on foot after allegedly injuring a Claremont man in a rear-end collision.
Tuesday, January 25 The Claremont Police Department received a 3:48 a.m. call regarding a suspicious person knocking on doors at the Knight’s Inn motel, 721 S. Indian Hill Blvd. Arriving officers conducted an area check and found a man who fit the description of the suspect, Tyrone Womack, 53, from Pomona. They determined Womack was […]
Early Monday morning a Claremont police officer made a grisly discovery when a suspicious vehicle call turned into a suspicious death investigation. At 6:06 a.m. the officer responded to the 1400 block of Claremont Boulevard to inspect the vehicle and discovered a deceased male inside the car, according to Lieutenant Karlan Bennett. Detectives from the […]
Last Friday, gusty winds in excess of 70 miles an hour toppled trees and power lines in the City of Claremont and surrounding communities. For several days, parts of the city were without power as utility crews repaired downed power lines. Staff estimates that over 300 trees fell and a number of homes were damaged […]
Wednesday, January 19 Claremont Police Department’s license plate reading cameras helped collar another alleged would-be car thief. It began in the early morning hours when one spotted a black 2022 Toyota Camry that had been reported stolen out of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division. Claremont PD located the Camry at 5:25 a.m. at […]
A front desk employee at the Knight’s Inn called the Claremont Police Department to report a man who had recently been advised against trespassing at the 721 S. Indian Hill Blvd. motel was back.