DATE/TIME: Friday, August 21, 2020 / 6:34 P.M.
INCIDENT: Assault with Caustic Chemicals, Battery Causing Great Bodily Injury, Unlawful Use of Tear Gas (Mace), Possession of Tear Gas (Mace) by a Convicted Felon.
LOCATION: Citibank, 14808 Pipeline Avenue, Chino Hills
SUSPECT(S): Bryan Cota, age 29, a resident of Chino Hills
VICTIM(S): Victim #1, Confidential
Victim #2, Confidential
SUMMARY: On Friday, August 21, 2020, at approximately 6:34 PM, Chino Hills deputies were dispatched to a report of an assault with pepper spray next to Citibank. Victim #1 was pepper sprayed in the face by an unknown male suspect while she sat in her vehicle. The suspect walked back to his vehicle after he pepper sprayed Victim #1. Victim #2 heard Victim #1 scream after she was pepper sprayed and chased after the suspect. A physical altercation occurred between Victim #2 and the suspect. The suspect fled in his vehicle prior to deputies arriving at the location. Victim #2 was transported to Chino Valley Medical Center for a laceration over his eye and Victim #1 was treated by Chino Valley Fire Department and released at the scene.
Through investigative leads, the suspect was identified as Bryan Cota, a resident of Chino Hills. On Sunday, August 23, 2020, at approximately 5:45 PM, deputies observed Cota’s unoccupied vehicle at a gas station in the city of Chino Hills. Deputies contacted Cota inside the gas station and apprehended him without incident. Cota was transported and booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Chino Hills Police Department at (909) 364-2000. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputies T. Van Amberg or D. Ramirez
Station: Chino Hills
Phone No. (909) 364-2000
Case No. 222002370
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
