“Vehicle Driven Through Side of Hotel in Assault @SDMLASD” from LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB) : Nixle

LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB)

Friday October 9th, 2015 :: 06:57 a.m. PDT

Advisory

Vehicle Driven Through Side of Hotel in Assault @SDMLASD

Type of Crime: Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Vehicle)

Incident Date: Friday, October 9, 2015

Incident Time: 1:11 a.m.

Incident Location: 600 block of West Bonita Avenue, San Dimas

Victim(s): Female Hispanic 59 years-old, female Hispanic 25 years-old

Suspect(s): Richard Melendez, male Hispanic 28 years-old, resident of Bell Gardens

On October 9, 2015, at 1:11 a.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a local business on the 600 block of West Bonita Avenue, San Dimas, regarding a family disturbance call.

Deputies learned that the suspect, Richard Melendez, had been pounding on a hotel room door, trying to enter the room of his mother and sister. He left before deputies arrived. As deputies were arriving in the hotel lobby, Melendez drove his 2003 Hummer into the exterior wall of the hotel. The Hummer struck the wall six to ten times, eventually coming to rest partially inside the room occupied by Melendez’ mother and sister.

Persons fleeing the area around the affected room told deputies Melendez had a gun.

Melendez, who was intoxicated and uncooperative with Sheriff’s deputies, was subdued with the aid of a Taser. No guns were located at the scene. Melendez was treated and released at a local hospital.

He was booked at San Dimas Station for assault with a deadly weapon and related charges, with bail set at $30,000.

No one in the hotel was injured. Melendez’s wife and four children, ages 1,3, 5 and 6, were asleep in a room across the hall when the incident occurred. Occupants of adjacent rooms in the three story hotel have been evacuated. The Los Angeles County Building Inspector was notified and will assess the damage. The incident will be investigated by detectives assigned to San Dimas Station.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact San Dimas Station at (909) 450-2700. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

San Dimas Sheriff’s Station is one of six stations within the East Patrol Division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The Station’s jurisdiction encompasses approximately 276 square miles. In addition to serving the City of San Dimas, the station serves unincorporated communities of Azusa, Covina, Glendora, La Verne, Claremont, Pomona, the Los Angeles County portion of Mt. Baldy, a large portion of the Angeles National Forest (State Route 39), and portions of Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2). The population for these areas is approximately one hundred and five thousand (105,000), nearly sixty sixty-nine thousand (69,000) in the unincorporated areas and more than thirty-six thousand (36,000) in the City of San Dimas.

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