Dragnet Misses Target UPDATED

UPDATED

The Sun Telegram added this news coverage. The reporting of the events seems to add to the confusion of the facts. For Example.. Isn't a Carjacking a crime where the driver/owner is in the Car being stolen, isn't this different from a man breaking into a car? Is there a MUG Shot of the fellow, a last known address? Isn't this a time when a reverse 911 call to notify the citizens to lock doors, look out for a suspect and who to call in the event a stranger is seen? Also isn't this the time where a reverse 911 call to parents to say your child is safe at the school do not come to campus at this time, could be used to reassure parents in the community?


Article Last Updated: 9/22/2005 10:36 PM
Crime and Public Safety
Staff Reports
San Bernardino County Sun

GRAND TERRACE Parolee gets away following pursuit
A parolee led authorities on a chase early Thursday after carjacking a woman, sheriff's officials said.

Deputies were searching for the man, Tito Perez, 32, who is considered armed and dangerous, said Jodi Miller, sheriff's spokeswoman.

About 6:30 a.m., a woman called authorities to alert them that someone was breaking into her car. The man took some money and clothing from the car, officials said.

He then took off in her vehicle at Mount Vernon Avenue in Grand Terrace, and hit a fire hydrant at Eton and Minona drives. He got out and fled on foot, leading to a several-hour search, said sheriff's spokeswoman Robin Haynal.

Authorities had not caught him as of 5 p.m. Thursday.




OLD BLOG Post:
City Manager Tom Schwab was pressed to explain the law enforcement activity taking place September 22, 2005 during the City Council Meeting on that same date.

He explained, there was a suspected parolee from a case from Colton in Grand Terrace. This person was sighted, and stopped, gave a false identification to the stopping officer, and while the officer was getting the check on the ID, the suspect fled, driving his own car, and eventually causing a car verses cement wall collision. The suspect abandoned his vehicle and ran and hid and apparently escaped the efforts to arrest him.

City Manager Tom Schwab indicated that there was law enforcement support from Loma Linda and of course the helicopter was in flight overhead.

City Manager Tom Schwab indicated that Law Enforcement Knows for whom they are searching. Yet City Manager Tom Schwab did not include the suspects name, or description in his telling of the facts. City Manager Tom Schwab did not indicate the nature of the past crimes for which the suspect is currently on parole.

What is the result of the lack of the City Sharing Factual Information.

One Speaker identified the providing of Low and Moderate Income Housing as a cause for "UNDESIRABLE" being in Grand Terrace. "Such Developments encourage murders and sex offenders to Live in Grand Terrace"

Email Reports of this mornings activities include gardeners being interviewed and scrutinized. Cars being searched. The Elementary School Being Locked Down. A house being broken into and robbed of jewelry and clothing leaving behind muddy foot prints.

So WHO are we looking for? What was his past crime? How long did it take for the second and third cars to arrive in support of our limited enforcement resources?

This is not the first dragnet in this city to fail to catch its target.