Police Blotters – April 15 to May 8

– Photo by Terry Miller

April 15

At about 6:10 p.m., the Pasadena Police Department received several calls reporting shots fired in the area of Los Robles Avenue and Adena Street. While uniformed officers were responding to the incident, they received additional calls of a traffic collision near Los Robles Avenue and Mountain Street. On arrival, officers conducted the traffic collision investigation and canvassed the area for evidence of a shooting. Uniformed officers received and documented several witness statements, which subsequently lead to solid evidentiary leads. Special Enforcement Section (SES) officers and detectives developed the leads and identified Michael McCray (Male Black adult) as the shooter. Search warrants were secured and on May 5, McCray was arrested without incident by FAU and SIU operators. During the warrant service, detectives and officers also recovered a handgun and ammunition. McCray was booked at the Pasadena jail on several charges. The case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office early this week. Like many of the shootings in our community, this particular case was very complex and required a great deal of follow-up investigation. McCray is in custody as the result of some great police work.

April 25

At about 12:42 p.m., suspect Nunez committed a theft from Target (3121 E. Colorado Blvd.). Loss prevention personnel identified the suspect as a person who had committed previous thefts of razor blades at both Target stores in the city. Pasadena Police Officer DeCaro had handled some of the previous theft reports, had viewed video of the suspect, and had seen Detective Riehl’s want flyer depicting Nunez. Officer DeCaro located suspect Nunez in the area of Target. He arrested Nunez after he was positively identified during a field show-up. Officer DeCaro transported Nunez to the PPD station and notified Detective Riehl of the arrest. Officer DeCaro and Detective Riehl Mirandized and interviewed Nunez and he admitted to committing several thefts from the Target stores.

April 30

At about 12:50 p.m., Officer Armendariz was checking illegal lodging transients in the area of Rosemead Boulevard and the 210 Freeway. He contacted several subjects. Raymond Towns was one of those subjects. Officer Armendariz was aware that Detective McKinney had distributed a want flyer for a burglary that occurred at Dewey Pest Control. Officer Armendariz recognized the photo on the flyer; as he has had numerous contacts with Towns. Officer Armendariz arrested Towns without incident. Detective McKinney was notified of the arrest.

May 4

At about 6:11 p.m., Pasadena Police Helicopter was conducting routine patrol when the flight crew observed a motorcyclists traveling at an excessive rate of speed in the area of Sunset Avenue and Washington Boulevard. The air crew began tracking the cyclists (who continued to ride recklessly), directing patrol officers to the 2300 block of Vista Laguna Terrace. PPD officers contacted the subject and discovered he had a loaded pistol tucked into his waistband. The suspect was arrested without incident and subsequently booked at the PPD jail. Great proactive police work by the Pasadena Police Air Crew and ground units to remove another loaded firearm from our community.

May 8

At about 2:49 a.m. Pasadena Police officers responded to West Drive near Seco Street regarding a single car traffic collision. On arrival officers learned that a silver 2002 BMW 330i was being driven by a 17-year-old White Male (Pasadena resident), south on West Drive when he struck a light pole. The driver and sole occupant sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. No other cars were involved in the accident. Pasadena Police Department’s Major Accident Investigating Team responded to investigate the incident. The identity of the driver is currently being withheld pending notification to the family. Our investigation, of this tragic incident, is ongoing.

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