Press Releases

Police responding to a medical assist in the 1700 block of East Yale Street, find the resident deceased.

At approximately 5:50pm, police received a call from a resident about a man trapped in a tunnel he was digging.

The 65-year-old Ontario resident was apparently digging for rocks in his own backyard. A resident at the same house

was watching him for a while but then left. When they returned to the backyard they saw that the tunnel had

collapsed. They hurried over to help rescue the man but when they got to him, he was already dead.

The Coroner’s… Read More

Ontario, CA – The Ontario Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on September 22, 2017 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving crashes. The Ontario Police department supports the new effort from the Office of Traffic Safety that aims to educate all drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.” If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the… Read More

This shooting appears to have resulted from a dispute over payment, involving prostitution. The victim, 44-year-old Irwin Myland of Rancho Cucamonga, was shot while still in the hotel room and was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Detectives were able to gather enough information to identify the suspects and their vehicle. 24-years-old Fernando Covarrubias, out of Fresno, is suspected of being the shooter.

Fresno PD conducted a surveillance on Covarrubias. When Covarrubias left the location, Fresno PD tried to do a traffic stop but Covarrubias took off. A short… Read More

Detectives are investigating what happened to a man who was found dead inside a refrigerator. The refrigerator had been dumped onto the northbound lane of traffic in the 700 block of South Hope Ave.

Police received a call at approximately 6:00am from a man on his way to work who found the refrigerator dumped onto the street. When he got out to see what was going on, he discovered the dead body partially hanging out of the refrigerator and called the police.

Detectives identified the man as a Hispanic male in his mid to late 30’s. The man’s identity is not being… Read More