The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in identifying three men who allegedly stole credit cards in Rowland Heights earlier this month. According to a news release, the three men took two credit cards and cash from a car in the 17000 block of East Colima Road on March 8, then bought nine gift cards worth $200 each using the stolen credit cards. The alleged thieves were captured on security footage that day. One man was wearing a green zip-up jacket, black pants and gray shoes; the second was wearing a gray shirt with an NBA logo, gray sweatpants and black s ..read more

Authorities are searching for two missing girls who disappeared in Rowland Heights on Saturday. The sisters, Adrianna Villegas, 12, and Isabella Villegas, 14, were last seen on the 17800 block of Colima Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities say the girls left together and possibly headed to a location on the 12200 block of Magnolia Street in El Monte. The girls’ family has not heard from them and are concerned for their well-being. Isabella Villegas in an undated photo provided by LASD. Adrianna Villegas in a 2022 photo provided by LASD. Isabella is 5 ..read more

More than three weeks after an arrest was made in the July pistol-whipping and robbery of an Asian-American couple in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday that three men have been charged for that incident and "a series of of daytime robberies over the past five months." In addition to 21-year-old Demoryie Watts, who was arrested Aug. 12, Deangelo Thomas, 25, and Eric Burham, 21, face charges, Gascón announced in a press release. Watts was charged with six counts of second-degree robbery and a count of elder abuse, Thomas faces 12 counts of seco ..read more

A burglary in Rowland Heights that was captured on a home security system has rattled its victim. “I feel so mad," burglary victim Shinmann Wang said. "I don’t want to get emotional, but I just feel so violated." Wang's camera, motion detector and security alarm weren't enough to stop a group of black-clad thieves, who are shown on surveillance footage starting the heist by sending a woman to knock on the front door. Two men then go around back and shatter a sliding glass door. The family came home to find one side "all smashed and broken," and there was glass everywhere, Wang said. The burgla ..read more

An investigation is underway into the shooting death of a 30-year-old man who was found in a Rowland Heights intersection early Sunday morning. Deputies responded to the area of Colima and Fullerton roads after getting a call about shots fired just before 2:40 a.m., according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release. They arrived to find an unidentified man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the location. Video from the scene showed first responders surrounding a person who was on the ground in the middle of the street. Nearby, a luxury s ..read more

Authorities were investigating the circumstances around two men found dead in Rowland Heights Wednesday night. Deputies responded to a rescue call around 7:50 p.m. on the 18000 block of Villa Clara Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. They arrived to find two people inside a residence suffering from trauma to their heads. Fire officials pronounced both of them deceased at the scene, the Sheriff's Department said. Information on the cause of death, along with the age and identity of the victims, was not yet available, pending the county coroner's investiga ..read more

The San Gabriel Valley community is celebrating the Lunar New Year, and one Rowland Heights resident went all out with a giant installation to welcome the Year of the Ox. Wendy Burch reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Feb. 20, 2021 ..read more

A kidnapping suspect was shot and killed by deputies after ramming a Sheriff’s Department vehicle in Rowland Heights and injuring a deputy late Sunday night, authorities said. The series of events began over the weekend when authorities were called to a domestic violence incident at a shopping center near the intersection of Fullerton Road and Colima Road about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Arriving deputies found a casing and the ID of a woman, apparently the on-and-off again girlfriend of the suspect, who was abducted from the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Scott Hoglund said. The ..read more

A man who worked as the vice president of a Puente Hills little league team was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison after pleading no contest to molesting three boys, officials announced Tuesday. Last month, 48-year-old Carlton Harris, of Rowland Heights, pleaded to one count of a lewd act on a child under 14 and two counts of lewd acts on a child age 14 or 15, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. In addition to the prison sentence, he was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Harris was described as being the vice president of ..read more

A man who worked as the vice president of a Puente Hills little league team pleaded no contest to molesting three boys, officials announced Friday. Carlton Harris, 48, of Rowland Heights, entered his plea to one count of a lewd act on a child under 14 and two counts of lewd act on a child age 14 or 15, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. A victim, a boy, told authorities in March that his family had become close with Harris when he played with the little league team, and that Harris had sexually assaulted him during visits to the defendant's home. The abuse continue ..read more