South Pasadena Police Department Crime Report

First published in the Oct. 22 print issue of the South Pasadena Review.

An unidentified man was reported to have threatened to kill a motorist while purportedly concealing a weapon in his jacket pocket following a road rage incident at around 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13. The man was described as a 30-40-year-old Black man standing 6 feet-5 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, wearing a dark sweater and black leggings and driving a white Lexus SUV.

A 29-year-old South Pasadena man was arrested on suspicion of possession of burglary tools after being pulled over at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, near the intersection of Diamond Avenue and Mission Street.

There was a hit-and-run reported at 6:48 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the 2000 block of Columbia Street.

Sunglasses and other items were reported stolen from an unlocked Ford Edge SUV parked in the 200 block of Mockingbird Lane sometime between 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, and 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 10.

An unknown person was reported to have used a fraudulent credit card to purchase items at Mission Tile West on Mission Street at 3:13 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15.


Numerous withdrawals using a fraudulent debit card were reported between Aug. 21 and Sept. 7 at Bank of America on Fair Oaks Avenue.

These alleged crimes and incidents were reported to the South Pasadena Police Department between Tuesday, Oct. 12, and Monday, Oct. 18. Information was gathered from a weekly crime summary published by SPPD’s Crime Prevention Unit.