Claremont Police Blotter
Tuesday, February 28
According to the Claremont Police Department, sometime on Tuesday, Claremont resident Dr. Jia Mao, 38, left several voicemails on a victim’s phone during which she allegedly threatened to have someone kill the victim. Police were able to identify Dr. Mao and arrested her on Friday, March 3. Based on her behavior while in custody she was taken for an evaluation. She later posted bond and has a court date Friday. Police said the Los Angeles County District Attorney is due to announce this week the charges Dr. Mao will face.
Wednesday, February 22
At 1:33 a.m. Claremont Police Department officers pulled over Pomona resident Ivan Diaz Toledo, 29, on Indian Hill Boulevard near American Avenue for an inoperable taillight. After questioning Toledo, officers say he appeared to be intoxicated and asked him to get out of the vehicle. Police say field sobriety tests confirmed Toledo was driving under the influence. He was arrested for misdemeanor DUI, transported to the Claremont jail where he was held for detoxification, and later released with a citation to appear at Pomona Superior Court.
Friday, February 17: Police made a double arrest when a witness called 911 at 10:11 p.m. to report a driver on Foothill Boulevard weaving in and out of lanes who appeared to be inhaling a substance from a balloon. Police caught up with the driver, 22-year-old Jose Alta Mirano of Pomona, as he was turning into the parking lot of Sprouts Farmers Market, 835 W. Foothill Blvd. Police questioned Mirano and said he showed signs of being under the influence. They also reported seeing a nitrous oxide tank in the back seat of his car and several balloons. When police asked his passenger, 21-year-old Pomona resident Anthony Rios, to step out of the car, a gun allegedly fell out of his waistband. Police determined it was a fully loaded Glock style “ghost gun,” with no serial number. A records check showed Mirano had a suspended license for a previous DUI conviction. He was arrested on the new DUI charge and for the suspended license. Rios was arrested for felony possession of an unregistered firearm. Both men were taken to jail, booked, issued citations for the charges, and released.
Tuesday, February 7
At 10:57 p.m. Claremont Police Department officers reported seeing a car run a stop sign at the corner of San Jose and College avenues and said it then began speeding up College. Officers conducted a traffic stop on Montclair resident Gervasio Ramos, 19, near Arrow Highway and College, and say that Ramos gave them a false name. While talking with him police reported he displayed the symptoms of intoxication. He was asked to get out of the car and take a field sobriety test, which officers said confirmed Ramos was driving under the influence. During a search of his car police reportedly found a baggie containing methamphetamine. Ramos was arrested and taken to the Pomona Police Department jail, where he allegedly continued to give a fake name, but police were able to determine his true identity. He was booked for DUI, possession of a controlled substance, not having a driver’s license, and providing a false name to the police, all misdemeanors. He was held for detoxification and later released with a citation to appear at Pomona Superior Court.
Claremont police arrested a 37-year-old unhoused man at Mallows Park Friday morning after he reportedly shouted, “I’m going to kill them. They can’t do this to me. I have a gun,” in the vicinity of a mother and her young daughter.
The man, whom police said was apparently from Indiana, was charged with making criminal threats, a felony, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.
The Claremont Police Department received a 2:40 p.m. call regarding a man walking in lanes of traffic on Base Line Road near Mills Avenue.
Monday, December 19: at 3:40 p.m. a Claremont police officer returning to town from Pomona Superior Court saw Pomona resident Alex Alanis, 56, whom she recognized from previous encounters, dancing and flailing his arms about. He then allegedly threw a large dirt clot at her patrol car causing minor damage. The officer made a U-turn to confront him, at which point he began to walk away. The officer steered her vehicle into an alley in the 300 block of E. Mission Street in Pomona where she attempted to detain Alanis. When the officer attempted to place handcuffs on him, he allegedly pulled away and a struggle began, during which both the officer and suspect fell to the ground.
A Stater Bros. employee called CPD at 6:02 p.m. to report a customer wearing a Halloween mask from the dystopian horror movie franchise “The Purge” had hit her in the face after being confronted about throwing newspapers around the store.
Monday, December 12: security at Claremont Toyota, 601 Auto Center Dr., called the Claremont Police Department at 8:15 p.m. because two men were on the sales lot checking for open vehicles. When officers arrived, they located two people walking east on Auto Center Drive and made contact with them near Super King Market. A records check revealed that one of the men, Altadena resident Maxence Labbe, 40, had a felony warrant from Pasadena for auto theft with a $100,000 bail, as well as a no-bail parole violation warrant for burglary.
At 2 a.m. Claremont Police Department officers responded to the 1000 block of North Towne Avenue regarding a car that had collided with a utility pole.
Friday, December 2: At 7:30 p.m. officers responded to a domestic disturbance call from a home on Mountain Avenue north of Base Line Road. Upon arrival they located a female suspect in the home’s driveway and detained her in the back of a patrol car. They also found a victim who had visible lacerations on the back of both hands. The suspect allegedly used a metal alarm company sign to hit the victim multiple times and also punched the victim in the face. The suspect also reportedly broke a window in the home’s front door. While in the patrol car, the suspect allegedly began banging her head on the car window. When an officer opened the door in an attempt to calm her down, the suspect reportedly spat in the officer’s face.
The Claremont Police Department was recently awarded some $94,000 in state and federal grant funds to be used for deterring unsafe driving behaviors. The grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will allow CPD to increase patrols throughout the community. It also will fund traffic safety programs […]