Claremont Police Blotter
Police Blotter: April 5, 2024 by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Tuesday, March 26 Claremont Police Department officers responded to a 9:47 a.m. service call at Hanoi Kitchen, 400 Auto Center Dr., regarding a suspicious man walking in and out of the restaurant. When police questioned John Dawson, 37 of Pomona, a records check revealed he […]
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Tuesday, March 19 Claremont Police Department officers responded to the Chevron gas station, 267 S. Indian Hill Blvd., regarding a 9 p.m. call from a domestic violence victim who alleged they were hit by their husband, a 41-year-old Pomona resident. When police contacted the duo, the victim did not appear […]
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Tuesday, March 12 Claremont Police Department officers responded to an 11:10 a.m. call regarding a man near the intersection of Base Line Road and Mills Avenue acting erratically, waving his arms and yelling. Police matched the description to 31-year-old Sergio Valencia of Pomona. A search revealed he was in possession […]
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Wednesday, March 6 Claremont Police Department officers conducted a 11:38 a.m. welfare check at Claremont Lodge, 736 S. Indian Hill Blvd., on a 31-year-old unhoused man. The man had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant and was subsequently arrested for the warrant and for allegedly being under the influence of a controlled […]
By Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Friday, March 1 With the assistance of the Claremont Motel 6 management, the Claremont, Glendora, and Upland police departments and Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation conducted an undercover prostitution detail in the area of Indian Hill Blvd. and the 10 Freeway following complaints from residents, business […]
At 2:22 p.m. a woman in the 600 block of Bonita Avenue called the Claremont Police Department to report that she was blind and had bumped into an unknown man inside her apartment. The victim said she pushed the man out her front door before calling police … Officers responded to Towne Avenue at Foothill Boulevard at 2:34 a.m. after a license plate reader camera identified a stolen car. Police located the vehicle a short distance away, however, the driver, aptly named Glendale Delacruz, 26, of Glendale, allegedly drove away at a high rate of speed. Police gave pursuit, which ended on the 57 Freeway at the 210 interchange when Delacruz’s car ran out of gas. He then fled on foot but was arrested a short time later …