Posted on 03/26/2026 7:26:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A man released from police custody in Azusa was found dead four days later in an unoccupied patrol vehicle parked at the station, officials announced.
The gruesome March 26 discovery was made by a civilian employee at 4:51 a.m. in a vehicle that police said was not in active use by department personnel and was pending mandatory maintenance.
Medical personnel with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the station, located at 725 N. Alameda Avenue, and declared man dead at 4:59 a.m., according to an Azusa Police Department news release.
Azusa Police Captain Robert Landeros told the Orange County Register that the adult male, who has not been identified, was arrested March 20 on suspicion of driving while under the influence and child endangerment. He was held over the weekend and released on March 23.
On his release, the man apparently walked out of the facility got into the backseat of the unlocked vehicle, which was parked in front of the station, and later died, police said.
No information has been provided on whether surveillance cameras recorded the man leaving the building and getting in the vehicle.
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The Azusa Police Department is right next to the Azusa City Library where I manned the Reference Desk for many years.
If the man was in the vehicle how was it unoccupied?
And I would add: Always, always remove your keys from the ignition when stepping away from your vehicle. I’ve seen too many videos of police vehicles and ambulances being stolen by perps.
CC
Delirium tremens can, indeed, be fatal.
Regards,
That too!
“Once found a 7 year old sitting all alone in the last seat when I got the bus back to the yard. He’d fallen asleep.”
That happened to our youngest son. Driver found him when he got to the yard.
“Once found a 7 year old sitting all alone in the last seat when I got the bus back to the yard. He’d fallen asleep.”
That happened to our youngest son. Driver found him when he got to the yard.
” Would he still be under the influence?”
Or he was able to score right after he got out and needed somewhere to nod off.
An addict shouting - I can’t breathe - I’ve heard that somewhere else
Poor kid, it was dark by the time I got back to the yard with him.
I radioed to dispatch I was headed back out with him. By that time the police had been already called. When I got to his stop I walked him over to his residence. There were two cops there with his mom. Those 2 cops gave me the dirtiest stares I’ve ever gotten, and I am sure they questioned the boy extensively. Cops looked like they were ready to throw me down and cuff me.
Thank God for video cameras on the bus. I am sure they reviewed the tapes closely.
If the guy was in the police car, how could it be considered “unoccupied”?
We had to walk through each railcar after end of run after a guy died in one. Horrible thing was it happened on a Friday. The car didn’t get cleaned till Sunday night! They just tossed the seats off in the yard. They were ruined.
I guess the cops will have to keep the windows down.
Well, that is to the point and much more clever than my post would have been.
“He was in custody for a few days. Would he still be under the influence?”
Depends - maybe the booze masked another drug that he went into withdrawals from after a couple days with no more “medicine”.
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