Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of May 15 to May 21, 2019. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Many people who are arrested do not get prosecuted in the first place and many who are prosecuted do not get convicted.
May 15
• Deputies issued a motorist a citation for driving without having a driver’s license, expired registration, driving without insurance, and driving a vehicle with the license plate obstructed.
May 16
• Deputies received a call of a traffic collision at the Haypress reservoir in the interior of the island. A motorist collided into a wood fence and drove into shallow water/mud. There were no injuries. The motorist spent the night in his vehicle until the morning.
May 17
• Deputies received a burglary report call in the 200 block of Bird Park Road. Someone had stolen bathroom plumbing items from the property. The investigation is ongoing.
May 18
• Deputies received a call that someone was lighting lanterns that fly in the air and releasing them. Deputies checked the area and did not find anyone lighting the lanterns.
May 19
• Deputies are handling a vandalism incident where a suspect threw a beer can through a window of a residence in the 300 block of Clarissa Avenue.
May 20
• Deputies arrested Luis Tamayo of Avalon on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine in the 300 block of Metropole Avenue.
May 21
• Deputies arrested Carmelo Chavolla of Avalon on suspicion of illegally possessing two unregistered handguns. The arrest occurred at Beacon Street and Catalina Avenue.
Safety Note
The Avalon Sheriff’s Station hosted three Avalon School students in a job shadowing day (Carmen Hernandez, Guillermo Torres, and Sebastian Garcia). The three students toured the station and learned how the 911 system worked the first day. On the second day, they went on a ride-along with the patrol deputies. The three students learned a lot and enjoyed their time with the deputies.
