Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Gang member arrested with loaded firearm near Hamilton Park



DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 2017 2:45 PM

LOCATION: Hamilton and Commercial

CRIME: 25850(C)(3) PC Gang Member carrying a loaded firearm

VICTIM: State of California

SUSPECT: Charles Daniel Martinez Jr, 33 Years old, Pomona Resident

INCIDENT #: 18-20524
 
On 2-20-18 The San Gabriel Valley East AB 109 Task Force was conducting surveillance in the area of Hamilton Park of gang members loitering and acting suspiciously. Detectives believed that due to their actions some sort of illegal activity was occurring. As one of the individuals, Charles Daniel Martinez, left the park on foot detectives attempted to contact him.  Upon identifying themselves as police officers Martinez began to run and attempted to evade capture. Martinez was observed throwing a firearm on top of a boat that was parked in the driveway to a nearby residence.   Martinez was apprehended and the firearm was recovered and found to be loaded.  Martinez has gang tattoos and was wearing clothing consistent with being a member of the “Cherryville”street  gang. He was arrested for the felony charge of gang member with a loaded firearm.  

The SGV East AB 109 Task Force is headquartered at Pomona PD and is comprised of investigators from Pomona, El Monte, Claremont, San Gabriel and the Los Angeles County Probation Department. Their mission is to mitigate the crime recidivism rates of supervised persons by identifying, monitoring, and gathering information on those supervised persons that live, work, and/or visit any of the participating cities.
 
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Pomona Police Department at 909-620-2085. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Sgt Ryan Rodriguez
Pomona Police/ SGV East AB109 Task Force

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