A federal grand jury Tuesday afternoon returned a 26-count indictment that charges a Pasadena man with making a series of detailed threats to harm, rape and kill 10 victims he met in various social and business settings. Samuel Trelawney Hughes, 31, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom, was charged with seven counts of…
On Saturday, May 23, 2020, at approximately 4:10 p.m., Pasadena Police Officers responded to the 1500 block of North Lake Avenue regarding a shooting that had occurred. Officers arrived on scene and located an unresponsive male who was later identified as 24-year-old Ray Magee Jr. of Duarte. He was riding inside a black Toyota Camry…
Two men from the San Gabriel Valley were charged Wednesday in federal court for allegedly participating in the kidnapping of Ruochen “Tony” Liao, a Chinese national who was violently abducted from a mall parking lot in San Gabriel two years ago, and whose parents were extorted for $2 million in ransom before Liao died from…
June 1 At 1:46 p.m., the front of the Pasadena Police Department was vandalized with spray paint. Additional vandalisms occurred at a City Park in the 2500 block of Paloma Street and other locations in the city. There was evidence all of the incidents of vandalism were connected and a subject was located who, officer’s…
Early Tuesday morning, shots rang out on Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena. A gunman shot several rounds at a Pasadena apartment unit with a woman and six children inside. While not hit by bullets, the two boys received minor injuries: one 7-year-old by some broken glass while another child, also 7, sustained an injury during a…
A 75-year-old Pasadena man entered a no contest plea last Wednesday for attempting to kill a woman in 2017, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ryan Erlich said Lance Anthony Semkus entered the plea to one felony count of willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder and admitted an allegation of…
On Thursday, June 4, at about 10:45 a.m., Pasadena Police Department responded to the 100 block of Painter Street regarding a report of shots fired. Officers arrived on scene and located an adult male victim on the grassy area of the apartment complex suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was transported by paramedics to a…
On Thursday at about 10:45 a.m., Pasadena Police Department (PPD) received several calls of shots fired in the 100 block of Painter Street. Officers arrived on scene and located the adult victim on the grass area of the apartment complex. Paramedics arrived on scene and transported the victim in critical condition to a local hospital….
