Press Releases

An Inland Empire man is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges of aiming the beam of a laser at an Ontario Police Department helicopter.

Asarel Felix Lombera, 28, who resides in Fontana, but lived in Ontario at the time of the offense, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense of aiming a laser at an aircraft. He is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

When Lombera was charged in December, prosecutors also filed a plea agreement in which the defendant admitted that he… Read More

Ontario Police are investigating a hit-and-run traffic collision in which a vehicle stuck a 55 year-old woman. Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver of the vehicle.

The collision occurred on February 9th, 2017 at 6:07 PM, in the intersection of Vesta Street and San Antonio Avenue. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken by helicopter to a local hospital.

The driver of the suspect vehicle is believed to be a White or Hispanic male with dark hair, 20 – 30 years of age. The suspect vehicle was described as a red or… Read More

On January 31, 2017, at approximately 3:00pm, two 17-year-old girls were near the community pool in the Eden Glen community, 3800 E. Riverside Drive. They did not live in the complex.

The suspect, 36-year-old Cephas Hendricks Jr., who lives in the complex, gave them access to the pool. He … Read More

On January 25th at approximately 1:15pm, Officers were sent to the 4700 block of E. Guasti Road for a deceased male. 

The reporting party was walking through the area behind the industrial businesses and the I-15 freeway when they discovered a man’s body lying in a field near the railroad tracks.

The San Bernardino County Coroner’s office was notified. During the initial examination by the coroner’s investigator, detectives could see no visible signs of injury that might have caused his death. Detectives will have to wait for the Coroner’s autopsy examination in… Read More

Ontario, CA – Officers from the Ontario Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Friday, January 27, 2017 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and / or arrest.

“The goal of this grant is to keep the roadways safe for our community,” said Lieutenant John Duffield who manages the Ontario Police Department’s Traffic Division. “This is a ‘Zero Tolerance’… Read More

The Ontario Police Department is looking for teenagers and young adults to join our Ontario Police Explorer program. If you are 14 through 20 years of age, have no felony convictions, are of good moral character, and have a minimum 2.0 GPA, please join us this Thursday, February 2, 2017, at 6:00 PM, outside the front doors of the Ontario Police Department.

There will be an orientation and demonstration session detailing how the Explorer program operates. Those interested in joining the Explorer Program will receive an application. Individuals under 18 years of age are… Read More