South Whittier pursuit of stolen vehicle leads to arrest

South Whittier-  Deputies arrested a man found a stolen vehicle Sunday afternoon after leading
authorities on a brief pursuit thanks to the efforts of a Sheriff's Department Aero Bureau helicopter patrol crew.

About 2:15 p.m., the Sheriff's air unit received a notification that a 2013 Honda Accord that had been reported stolen on Friday was heading eastbound on Florence Ave from the city of Downey.  Whittier Police was quickly notified since the wanted vehicle had entered Santa Fe Springs.

Whittier Police provides police services to Santa Fe Springs through a municipal services contract.

There were no injuries in this SUV that the suspect collided with during
the pursuit at Florence Av and Carmenita Rd  Photos by LMNews

 A Whittier police unit caught up to the stolen vehicle in the Sunshine Acres area of South Whittier and went entered into vehicle pursuit on Carmenita Road from Leffingwell Road as deputies were also converging on the area.

The fleeing driver collided with an SUV in the intersection at Florence Ave. There were no injuries to any of the occupants of the SUV.

The crash did not stop the driver of the stolen vehicle, and he began driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Florence Ave and onto Mills Ave.

Deputies switched to a 'Surveillance Mode' where the patrol cars trail from a safe distance as the Sheriff's Aero Bureau crew above updates the movements them of the whereabouts of the suspect(s).

About five minutes into 'Surveillance' the suspect found himself being placed into cuffs by deputies that were directed to the alley near Comstock Ave and Whittier Blvd after he brought stolen Accord to a stop, without further incident.

Sentence of just over 10 years given to DUI Driver that killed La Mirada man

Santa Ana-   A Cerritos man that was handed a sentence of 10 years and 8 months for causing the

death of a La Mirada man in a DUI crash as the victim was leaving a family dinner on Mother's Day 2015.

Steven Gerard Cruz, 35, was driving close to 90 m.p.h. with a .11 blood-alcohol-level attempting to clear an intersection on Orangethorpe Avenue in Buena Park before a traffic signal would turn red according to City News Service.

Cruz was found guilty by a jury in August.

The victim was William Bradford Parker, 82, of La Mirada.

For further details

https://mynewsla.com/crime/2018/09/20/drunk-driver-gets-nearly-11-years-for-deadly-crash/

https://mynewsla.com/crime/2018/08/28/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-mothers-day-crash/

La Mirada man dies in Eastern Sierra ATV accident

August, 30, 2018.

Bridgeport CA-   A local man died Monday afternoon after the ATV he was riding toppled on top of him when he went down an embankment in a semi-rural area just outside of Bridgeport along near U.S. Highway 395.

Reno TV Station KTVN reports the California Highway Patrol is attempting to determine what caused Chris Fairbrother, 47, of La Mirada to lose control of the 2002 Honda Quad.

Bridgeport is located in Mono County 375 miles north of La Mirada, and 110 miles south of Reno Nevada.near Bridgeport California

Deputies descend on Foster Park neighborhood searching for felony suspect

A twinsonic light bar common on LASD cars in the 70's.

La Mirada-  Deputies locked down a Foster Park neighborhood for about 20 minutes late Monday in an unsuccessful attempt to locate a man that fled from an injury accident in nearby South Whittier.

Norwalk Station received a 911 call at about 10:37 p.m. of a felony ( when a person is left injured) hit-and-run accident at Leffingwell Rd. and Valley View Av in South Whittier.

A witness that followed the suspect stated the man abandoned the white pickup truck used in the crime in the roadway in front of the Juan Pollo near Imperial Hwy. then fled west on foot.

The witness told deputies he last saw the suspect in an industrial complex on Marquardt next to Jim's Burgers running towards either Ramhurst Drive or Duffield Ave in the 'dead-end's'.

Close to 15 patrol deputies descended on the area and quickly organized a ground search of the area with a Sheriff's Air-unit overhead to provide support.  The search was unsuccessful.

The truck driven by the suspect was not stolen, but it was unregistered with the last known owner residing in San Bernardino.

Injuries at the accident site were reported to  be not life-threatening,

CHP is handling the investigation.

La Mirada man killed in Cerritos crash

Cerritos-

A man killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday night at Artesia Blvd and Marquardt Ave was a La Mirada resident according to City News Service report.

58 year-old Ronald Franken died shortly after the 9:15 p.m. collision after being transported to UCI Medical Center in Orange.

Click on the Link for further details.

http://mynewsla.com/crime/2017/04/09/death-in-a-cerritos-intersection-deadly-pickup-probe/