Staff Reports Southern California -There has been a lot of crime in the area this past month, here is a quick recap of all the events that have gone on. On May 2, two separate incident occured. The first incident occured when an unnamed Industry man was airlifted to the hospital after striking a light post around 12:27 p.m. Fire teams were dispatched to the scene and were able to cut the man from the vehicle at 1:27 p.m.. The driver’s injuries were unspecified. The second incident occured when a man and woman were caught in a string of recent burglaries. The duo was identified as Andrew Martin, 47, and Gloria Quintero, 46, both from Ontario. They were suspected to be involved in over 40 burglaries ranging from Glendora, Azusa, Covina, Diamond Bar, La Verne, Claremont, Chino, Ontario, La Palma and San Bernardino. The duo was finally caught when an officer who viewed the security footage recognized Martin from a recent traffic stop a week earlier. A getaway vehicle was also identified to be a primer gray 1989 Chevy S-10 pickup truck. The two were put on $20,000 bail. On May 3, two more incidents were cited. The first incident occurred at around 9:15 a.m. A broken big rig’s gas tank forced the shutdown of an exit ramp on the 60 Freeway for hours as crews worked to clean the spill, CHP reported. The exit ramp at Garey Ave. off the 60 freeway was shutdown shortly after 10 a.m. and remained shutdown for several hours. The second incident that occured on May 3 was a 15-year-old Diamond Ranch High student was arrested for bringing a firearm onto school grounds. Police were called to investigate at around 12:30 p.m. When deputies arrived on scene, a cooperative effort was enacted between deputies and school officials to do a thorough search of the classroom and detain the student. When officers checked the student’s backpack, they found and recovered an unloaded firearm inside the student’s backpack next to his desk on the classroom floor. It was later determined the firearm in his possession had been reported stolen in 2008, according to a written police report. The student was arrested for possession of a firearm on school grounds, possession of a stolen firearm, and being a minor in possession of a firearm. The student was booked at the Walnut/Diamond Bar Sheriff’s Station and was transported to the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. The student was not eligible for bail. On May 5, a suspect was attemted to break into a Diamond Bar residence but could not enter. Police attempted to search for the suspect via helicopter and vehicle patrols, but were unable to find the suspect.
