Claremont Police Blotter
Thursday, May 10 Troubles began for a 17-year-old Claremont High School student after throwing a rock through an open classroom window in the 400 quad on campus around 11:30 a.m. After throwing the rock the student attempted to flee the campus, but was stopped by a school proctor and brought to the office. The student […]
Two solo vehicle crashes on Base Line Road had similar turnouts Sunday and Monday night, May 13 and 14. A 39-year-old man driving a Honda CRV drove off the road in the 1200 block of Base Line and onto a sidewalk, striking and shearing off a fire hydrant. The man admitted he had “drank too […]
A 20-year-old female was arrested after crashing into a police car Saturday evening at Towne Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. The Claremont police officer was transporting an arrestee, traveling south on Towne, when the woman made a left turn in front of the officer causing the vehicles to collide. Both the officer and the other occupant […]
Wednesday, May 2 A 16-year-old Antonio High School student was arrested Wednesday morning after being found urinating on the cement of the school grounds. Police determined the student was under the influence of alcohol and, upon inspection, also found a lighter in his backpack. He was arrested for being drunk and urinating in public, as […]
Claremont Police have arrested 2 men in connection with a series of Mt. Baldy Road auto burglaries. Over the past 3 weeks, at least 6 cars have been broken into via smashed windows on Mt. Baldy Road near Evey Canyon, with an additional burglary at Padua Park. A witness of the Padua Park incident was […]
Wednesday, April 25 The Mt. Baldy Road car burglary toll keeps mounting, this time with more than $4000 taken from a single vehicle. The incident took place near Evey Canyon between 4:15 and 6 p.m. The burglar entered the Dodge Ram pickup truck by shattering the rear passenger window. A pair of $2000 binoculars, tools […]
A burglary scheme Friday morning, April 27, in the 2200 block of La Paz Drive ended with 3 men in jail. Witnesses say the men were going door-to-door in what is suspected to be an attempt to identify if anyone was home. One witness claimed he had answered his front door and one of the […]
Thursday, April 19 A warranted man was found hiding behind a dumpster at the Kiddie Academy of Claremont, 663 E. Foothill Blvd. Mwenda Mbaabu, 39, of Fontana, was arrested for the 2 outstanding warrants, for failing to pay for public transportation and driving with a suspended license. **** Cars parked near the Claremont Hills Wilderness […]
Wednesday, April 11 A truck driver was caught off guard Wednesday morning when a 40 to 50-foot tree branch fell on top of his vehicle as he was driving down Claremont Boulevard near Earlham Drive, sustaining injuries. The driver was transported to a nearby hospital with complaint of pain to his neck. His car was […]
On Thursday, March 29 police arrested a woman from Idaho after she gave her boyfriend a bloody nose in an unusual way at Hotel Claremont. A hotel employee contacted police around 1:29 a.m. after hearing the banging of a door and the shatter of a window within one of the occupied rooms. Police heard a […]
A supposed diamond-selling scheme ended in disappointment for a 41-year-old Claremont woman Friday afternoon. The woman was approached about the scheme by 2 men, who appeared to be in their 30s or 40s and were speaking Spanish, on the corner of Foothill and Indian Hill Boulevards. They told her that she would not be able […]
It was a busy week for police dealing with customers from Claremont’s Piano Piano, located at 555 W. Foothill Blvd. Police responded to the dueling piano bar around 1:50 a.m. on Friday, February 24, regarding 2 men causing a disturbance. The men had left prior to the police’s arrival, but were spotted running south on […]
Owners of a vehicle parked at the Brighton Park Apartments in Claremont woke up to find a broken side window Monday morning. Sometime over the night vandals used a BB gun to break several car windows at the complex as well as others around the city. The broken windows appear to be part of a […]
An ongoing “call forwarding scam” is occurring in the Inland Empire, according to the Claremont Police Department. The scam occurs when the victim receives a collect phone call from a person posing as a telephone technician, or a jail or custody officer, stating that a relative of the victim has been arrested and needs immediate […]
On Friday, August 5 a damaged water pipe caused a geyser during a grand theft on the 700 block of South Indian Hill Boulevard. Sometime between Friday, August 5, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, August 6, at 10 a.m., a 3-foot section of copper pipe was removed from outside a local business on Indian Hill […]
The Claremont Police Department is requesting help to identify a man accused of sexual assault in Claremont. At 1:30 a.m. on June 18, the man rode his bicycle up to 2 females on the 700 block of West San Jose Avenue, grabbed their buttocks, and fled. Shortly after, as one of the victims was walking […]