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Chino Hills man charged with torturing, holding 22-year-old woman captive for months pleads not guilty

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Chino Hills man charged with torturing, holding 22-year-old woman captive for months pleads not guilty

A Chino Hills man charged with kidnapping, torturing and raping a girl he held captive at his residence for six months has pleaded not responsible to the costs, officers stated Tuesday.

The suspect, 59-year-old Peter McGuire, is due again in court docket on June 16 at Rancho Cucamonga Superior Court docket, based on the San Bernardino County District Lawyer’s Workplace.

The allegations got here to mild on the night of June 9, when a 22-year-old girl escaped from the person’s home alongside the 16200 block of Cordovan Court docket, based on San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division.

The visibly injured girl went to the close by Alterra Park, the place she was noticed by bystanders who alerted regulation enforcement.

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The girl informed deputies that she had been held towards her will for months on the residence, the place she was tortured, bodily assaulted and raped, Sheriff’s Division officers stated. 

Officers stated the younger girl had moved in with McGuire originally of the 12 months.

“Shortly after shifting in, the sufferer was not allowed to depart and was forcibly held towards her will by McGuire,” Sheriff’s Division spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez stated.

After talking with the lady, deputies from the Chino Hills Police Division went to the house to serve a search warrant and located that McGuire had already fled the scene, based on the authorities.

On Saturday, the San Bernardino County sheriff’s SWAT staff discovered him in a house in Placentia in Orange County. He was finally taken into custody after a protracted standoff.

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The San Bernardino County District Lawyer’s Workplace has filed a number of expenses towards McGuire, together with torture, kidnapping, kidnapping to commit one other crime, mayhem, assault with a lethal weapon, false imprisonment by violence, forcible rape, sodomy by use of pressure and forcible oral copulation.

The DA has additionally filed particular allegations of non-public infliction of nice bodily harm, administering a managed substance throughout fee of a intercourse crime, and infliction of nice bodily harm throughout a intercourse offense.

He’s presently being held with out bail.

Neighbors informed KTLA that they had no clue what was occurring in the home and described a chaotic scene as regulation enforcement descended on the neighborhood over the weekend.

“We heard flash bangs … the entire storage door, they tore it down. It was on the bottom. They usually’d gone by the home,” neighbor Victor Gee stated.

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No additional particulars have been instantly out there. Anybody with info is urged to contact the Chino Hills Station 909-364-2000. Those that want to stay nameless are urged to name the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-27463.

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3 seriously injured in fiery sports car crash in Angeles Forest

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3 seriously injured in fiery sports car crash in Angeles Forest

Three people were transported to a Los Angeles County hospital with major injuries Friday morning after they were involved in a fiery crash on the Angeles Forest Highway.

The crash happened before 11 a.m. and involved at least two vehicles, one of which was a Maserati sports car.

First responders found the Maserati crashed on the side of the road with flames engulfing the vehicle. Firefighters were able to knock down the fire around 11:15 a.m. to rescue the injured patients.

According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, three people were transported from the scene, including one person in critical condition.

The remnants of a Maserati sports car that was engulfed in flames following a crash on the Angeles Forest Highway on Dec. 27, 2024. (KTLA)

Video from Sky 5 showed the scorched car on the side of the roadway where it apparently hit the hillside. A second vehicle with major damage, a Toyota van, was being loaded onto a flatbed, with California Highway Patrol officials stating that the vehicle was driven by an innocent bystander traveling in the opposite direction of the Maserati.

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A third vehicle, which appeared to be a Porsche, was parked near the side of the road not far from the scene of the crash.

Authorities are investigating the possibility that the Maserati and the Porsche were street racing in the moments leading up to the violent crash.

The crash remains under investigation and the roadway was closed to through-traffic for over an hour as crews cleaned debris from the scene. By 12:20 p.m., all lanes of the roadway were reopened to traffic, according to the CHP incident log.

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Argument leads to gunfire at San Bernardino County grocery store

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Argument leads to gunfire at San Bernardino County grocery store

A man was arrested for attempted murder after an argument led to gunfire at a San Bernardino County grocery store Thursday.

The suspect was identified as William Timoteo Moller, 37, an Apple Valley resident, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

The incident occurred at a Stater Bros. market on the 21600 block of Bear Valley Road in Apple Valley shortly before 2 p.m.

Deputies responded to an altercation in which Moller reportedly pulled out a handgun and fired at another person. The suspect was arguing with another shopper, an unidentified 37-year-old man, when a handgun was brought out and one round was fired. 

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No one was injured during the incident, authorities said. The heated altercation prompted employees to evacuate the supermarket.

A 6-year-old boy was also at the scene when the confrontation took place.

Moller was arrested and booked into the High Desert Detention Center on charges of attempted murder. He is being held on $2 million bail.

The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Deputy K. Mullins with Apple Valley Police at 760-240-7400, or dispatch at 760-956-5001. 

Anonymous tips can be provided to We-Tip at 1-800-782-7463 or online at wetip.com.

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Woman found dead at bus stop in Mid-Wilshire; police investigating

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Woman found dead at bus stop in Mid-Wilshire; police investigating

Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at a bus stop in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles Thursday.

According to Los Angeles police, the body had been at a bus stop on Crenshaw and Olympic Boulevards for around 10-12 hours before being discovered in the afternoon.

Emergency medical staff responded to the scene and after investigating, the woman was confirmed dead.

  • Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at a bus stop in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles on Dec. 26, 2024. (Citizen)Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at a bus stop in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles on Dec. 26, 2024. (Citizen)

It’s unclear how she died but police said no foul play was suspected at the time.

A canopy was placed around the bus stop and police tape cordoned off the area as the investigation continued.

Her identity was not released and her cause of death will be determined by the coroner’s office.

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