Claremont Police Blotter
Police are looking for a couple of presumably very pleasant smelling suspects who reportedly stole $4,000 worth of deodorant from the Vons supermarket at 550 E. Baseline Rd. At 1:34 p.m. an employee called police to report the pair had entered the location and apparently left without paying for the merchandise. Police reported that very similar crimes occurred recently in both Upland and San Dimas.
At 11:35 p.m. Saturday, June 3 officers from Claremont Police Department conducted a traffic stop on Upland resident Julia Barcelona, 48, on Foothill Boulevard near Berkeley Avenue. After Barcelona pulled over, her passenger, Maria Barcelona, 44, also from Upland, got out of the car and reportedly became belligerent. Officers suspected that Julia Barcelona might be intoxicated so they conducted field sobriety tests which she allegedly failed. She was arrested for DUI and Maria Barcelona was arrested as well, charged with drunk in public. At the Claremont jail Julia Barcelona allegedly refused to take the chemical test so police secured a search warrant. She then refused that order as well, so an additional misdemeanor charge of defying a court order was added. Both women were held for detoxification and later released with a citation to appear at Pomona Superior Court.
Sunday, May 21: At 5:16 p.m. the Claremont Police Department received a call from a man in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s at 475 W. Foothill Blvd. who said someone had just removed his mother’s wallet from her purse. The caller described the suspect as a heavy set man wearing a flower print shirt and a mask. Officers located the suspect, later identified as Paolo Cantillana-Vazquez, 53, with no known city of origin, on Baughman Avenue, where a foot pursuit ensued.
The Claremont Police Department was informed at 11:51 a.m. that a woman was at Claremont High School, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., apparently trying to sell drugs to students. Officers located the suspect, Victorville resident Diamond Dixon, 19, in Cahuilla Park. Police allegedly found marijuana on Dixon and arrested her for misdemeanor trespassing and possession of marijuana on a school campus.