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Detectives are investigating what led up to the shooting death of an Ontario man.

On February 14, 2017 at approximately 12:10 pm, police received a call of a shooting victim in the street in the 900 block of S. Magnolia Ave. Officers quickly arrived on the scene and were told by neighbors that the suspect, later identified as Alberto Luna, was last seen running west of the location. Luna tossed the gun in a neighborhood yard as he fled.

Moments later, residents at 1309 W. Mission Blvd. started calling saying that a man was trying to break into an… Read More

An Ontario man was arrested early Monday morning after attempting to rape a jogger in the Creekside area of Ontario.

On Sunday, February 12, 2017 at approximately 4:43 P.M., A 17 year old female was attacked while jogging through the green belt area in the Creekside residential community of Ontario.

The suspect (later identified as 24-year-old Christopher Collins of Ontario) tackled the victim and pinned her to the ground, while he attempted to remove her clothing. The female victim fought back causing Collins to flee on foot from the location.

During the course… Read More

An Inland Empire man is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges of aiming the beam of a laser at an Ontario Police Department helicopter.

Asarel Felix Lombera, 28, who resides in Fontana, but lived in Ontario at the time of the offense, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense of aiming a laser at an aircraft. He is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

When Lombera was charged in December, prosecutors also filed a plea agreement in which the defendant admitted that he… Read More

Ontario Police are investigating a hit-and-run traffic collision in which a vehicle stuck a 55 year-old woman. Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver of the vehicle.

The collision occurred on February 9th, 2017 at 6:07 PM, in the intersection of Vesta Street and San Antonio Avenue. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken by helicopter to a local hospital.

The driver of the suspect vehicle is believed to be a White or Hispanic male with dark hair, 20 – 30 years of age. The suspect vehicle was described as a red or… Read More

On January 31, 2017, at approximately 3:00pm, two 17-year-old girls were near the community pool in the Eden Glen community, 3800 E. Riverside Drive. They did not live in the complex.

The suspect, 36-year-old Cephas Hendricks Jr., who lives in the complex, gave them access to the pool. He … Read More

On January 25th at approximately 1:15pm, Officers were sent to the 4700 block of E. Guasti Road for a deceased male. 

The reporting party was walking through the area behind the industrial businesses and the I-15 freeway when they discovered a man’s body lying in a field near the railroad tracks.

The San Bernardino County Coroner’s office was notified. During the initial examination by the coroner’s investigator, detectives could see no visible signs of injury that might have caused his death. Detectives will have to wait for the Coroner’s autopsy examination in… Read More