Crime Blotter: Hash Haze Cut Short

The following reports were taken from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Crescenta Valley Station.

SUSPICIOUS FOLLOW

A 47 year-old female resident of the 2200 block of Waltonia Drive called deputies on Tuesday, March 3 at 10 p.m. after her nine year-old daughter ran into their house screaming that someone was following her. 

The girl told deputies that a man in a large, black, newer model pick-up truck with heavily tinted windows and no license plates had been driving next to her while she walked her dog. She stated that the driver, who she described as being in his 30s with a dark complexion, black moustache, shaved head, and a tattoo of a feather on his arm, rolled down the window of the passenger side of the truck and stared at her for between one and two minutes. According to the girl, the driver did not say anything to her.

Scared, she turned and ran back toward her house, claiming that the truck then made a u-turn and paced her again. The mother noted that while she did not see a car outside her house upon her daughter’s return, she did hear a vehicle screech away.

Deputies alerted all local law enforcement and conducted a search in the area.

HASHISH BOOKING

Responding to a call at 12:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 9, deputies found 20 year-old Jaime Bargueira of Glendale slumped over the steering wheel of her Jeep Cherokee parked near the intersection of La Crescenta Ave. and Prospect Ave.

Unable to rouse Bargueira and concerned for her well-being, deputies broke the Jeep’s rear passenger window in order to gain access to the locked vehicle. A strong odor of marijuana met deputies as they helped Bargueira from her car. Unable to identify herself as she slowly woke, deputies searched Bargueira’s purse in an effort to locate ID. 

Instead, deputies found two prescription bottles containing a substance resembling marijuana, a clear cylinder holding what looked like hashish oil, and a medical vial with what deputies believed could be hash.

When asked what was in the bottles, Bargueira replied, “hash.” After receiving medical assistance, she was booked at the Crescenta Valley Station for possession of over one ounce of marijuana, possession of hashish, and possession of hashish oil.

SLASHED TIRES

A 17-year old male Crescenta Valley High School student left fifth period at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, to find one of the tires on his Mitsubishi Eclipse flat.

Upon closer inspection, the victim saw that four slash marks had been made to the sidewall of the tire. Damage was estimated at $100. The car had been parked on Glenwood Ave. near Community Ave.