W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 20, N O. 35
May 19, 2022
Kidnapped 17-year-old victim held a gainst her will i n N e w Yo r k , R i a l t o P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t h e l p reunite her with family
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RPD Detective Agnes Watson helping to return the 17-year-old female victim to the family in Rialto on May 10th.
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hile the name of the 17-yearold female victim was not released, 24 year old New York City Resident Elijah Clark was arrested on charges for kidnapping, false imprisonment, injury to a minor, strangulation, assault on a police officer, and multiple weapons charges. “It’s so important for our department to educate the public on personal safety
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so they aren’t victims.
Cases like this are reasons why it’s important to work hand in hand with other agencies as we all have different resources and in this case the resources resulted in our detective bureau and crime analysis unit helping the victim return home to her family,” said Rialto Police Department Corporal Nic Parcher. For months, the 17-yearold Rialto native had
been in contact with Clark via the internet, and on April 30th, 2022 Rialto Police Department’s (RPD) Communications Center received a call from the family stating that the victim was missing.
During that call, the parents shared they recently learned from their daughter’s friends that she had been conversing with Clark and when the female victim still hasn't returned home on May
2nd, RPD’s Detective Agnes Watson took action.
While investigating the case, Watson was able to pull together information that led to the tracing of Clark’s cell phone number.
Watson relentlessly made contact with Clark’s phone number via calling and even sent a text message, in which all attempts garnered no response.
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Finally, on May 5th at 1:14 PM, Watson received a response from the victim on Clark’s phone, stating that Clark was refusing to let her leave and she wanted to return home. At that moment, Watson contacted the New York Police Department (NYPD) alerting them of the kidnapping and shared what she believed was Clark’s home address.
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Community News
ayor Deborah Robertson welcomes the community to join the City of Rialto and American Legion Post 422 in honoring our American heroes on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at Rialto Park Cemetery, 200 N. Willow Ave., Rialto. This event is emceed by Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott, Council Member Rafael
Trujillo and Post Commander Armando Chavez. Council Member Andy Carrizales and Council Member Karla Perez will also be in attendance to greet and welcome our veterans.
We are honored to have Keynote Speaker, Lieutenant Colonel Robert K. Furtick from Fort Irwin, CA. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kennerly Furtick is a native of Springfield, SC. In December of 2001, he was com-
missioned an Armor Officer through the ROTC program at Newberry College in Newberry, SC. He has served in various leadership and staff positions within both Cavalry and Armor Formations.
LTC Furtick’s first assignment as a Major was as the Squadron Operations Officer and Executive Officer for 3-16 CAV, 316th CAV BDE. Upon completion of this assignment in 2013, he was reas-
signed to Fort Irwin, CA where he was assigned to 1st Squadron 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Here he served as the Senior O/CT for the Regiment and later as the Squadron Executive Officer. He was then reassigned as the Chief of Protocol for the National Training Center. LTC Furtick completed his Tribute, cont. on next pg.