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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly Monday, APRIL 2 - april 8, 2012 Volume xVIi, No. XIv
Oscar Carrillo Charged with Manslaughter in Azusa Teen’s Death 911 Caller Arrested for Fabrication of Truth
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Duarte Crime Down, Despite Recent Shooting By Ruth Longoria Kingsland Other than one shooting in south Duarte last week, the city’s part-one crime rates are down and well below the average of surrounding cities, according to a report during last Tuesday’s Duarte’s City Council meeting by Public Safety Director Brian Villalobos. No one was injured when gunfire erupted about 11 p.m., Friday, March 23,
near the intersection of South Broderick Avenue and Maydee Street. The location is within one-block of the city’s Pamela Park. About eight shots were fired, some hitting a car traveling on South Broderick Avenue. The victim was an African American woman, who does not live in Duarte. Please see page 5
San Gabriel Launches Online Reporting The parents of the 19 year old who was killed by the Pasadena Police, Anya Slaughter and Kenneth McDade speak at a press conference at NAACP headquarters in Pasadena Wednesday afternoon. Pictured with the parents is attorney Caree Harper and Joe Brown NAACP President. -Photo by Terry Miller
By Terry Miller March 24, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Pasadena Police 911 Communications Operator received a call of armed robbery that just
El Monte Toddler Killed at Bus Stop Eighteen month old Hade Sandoval waited with her uncle and grandmother for a bus in the corner of Mountain View Road and Valley Boulevard, in front of Walgreens, when a man’s truck, attempting to park in the lot of the pharmacy, lurched forward instead. The pick-up jumped over a curb and a dirt strip and hit the bus stop’s bench on its way to crash against a telephone pole. Hade died at the hospital, her grandmother was critically injured, and her 12-yearold uncle was hospitalized but in stable condition. The crash is being investigated, but no crime is suspected from the 59-year-old driver of the 1999 GMC pick-up truck.
occurred. The reporting party, Oscar Carrillo stated he was just robbed at gun point and was following the suspects on Orange Grove Blvd at Raymond Avenue. Mr. Carrillo provided sus-
pect description, direction of travel and repeatedly stated the suspects were armed with handguns. At 11:08 PM, two officers arrived at Orange Grove Blvd and Fair Oaks
Avenue where they observed one of the suspects, later identified as Kendrec McDade. Mr. McDade ran westbound on Orange Please see page 7
The San Gabriel Police Department is proud to announce it will be providing a new online police reporting option for the public. This web based reporting system will allow the public to file certain incident types (lost property, thefts, vehicle burglary, annoying/ harassing phone calls, and vandalism) over the internet at their convenience. The San Gabriel Police De-
partment expects this internet based reporting service to be very popular among citizens who have come to expect police services to be provided immediately and conveniently online. A special link has been established on our website which will allow the public to file a report at any time without having to wait for Please see page 2
Rosemead City Council Painfully Rosemead Celebrates Fiscal Reviews Federal Block Grant Success of Downtown Reductions for Social Services Plaza’s First Two Phases By JIM E. WINBURN Deciding which social service programs in Rosemead require more urgent funding than others, the City Council mulled over staff recommendations for an action plan to the upcoming fiscal year at Tuesday’s meeting. Michelle Ramirez, Rosemead’s acting director of Community Development, outlined a nutsand-bolts overview of the city’s reduction in money from Community Development Block Grant and HOME funds for the 20122013 fiscal year. Her recommendations were made from a list of eight staff-endorsed projects with a total of $268,355 in requests. Al-
though many community organizations tried hard to voice a need for their programs at the Feb. 14 public hearing, Ramirez would be forced to work within the limits of a $102,338 allocation for these social service programs. “Unfortunately, due to the severe decrease in CDBG funding, it was necessary to reduce funding for some programs, eliminate funding for others, and recommend the consolidation of two senior nutrition programs into one,” Ramirez said. Requesting $93,010 from the 2012-2013 Social Services Budget, the Senior Nutrition Lunch Program remains the only service
By JIM E. WINBURN that would be granted its full funding request. The program, currently hosted at both the Garvey Community Center and the Rosemead Community Recreation Center, offers lunch to seniors with a requested donation of $1.25 for residents and $3.00 for non-residents. Though the program is facing a $48,000 deficit and its operations will need to be consolidated to a single location, funding for the program is actually a bit more complicated due to federal cap restrictions, according to Ramirez. “The total amount to fund the (senior) program Please see page 9
Rosemead Celebrates Success. –Photo by Jim E. Winburn
As part of its aggressive Capital Improvement Program to enhance the quality of life for its citizens through public facilities, Rosemead celebrated
the completion of its first two phases of the Civic Center parking lot project on Tuesday. Please see page 9