Juan Carlos Aguilar was a parolee. He is now a dead former parolee. There is good reason to believe his parole agent failing to arrest him (which might very well have been within policy) had a lot to do with it, as well as a cop being shot.
Aguilar's family called his parole agent and told her had he was acting out, was under the influence and had a gun. His parole agent however chose NOT to arrest Aguilar on Tuesday evening but instead scheduled an appointment with him for Wednesday morning.
Aguilar couldn't keep the appointment. He had been flying on meth for about a week and at 10 PM Tuesday night, about 5 hours after parole agent Mary Rush had met with him, he was involved in a shootout with the local constabulary in the middle of Prairie Avenue. A deputy was injured in the shooting, a through-and-through wound to the shoulder. Aguilar was killed.
Maria Franco (yes, that Maria Franco) confirmed that agent Rush visited the Aguilar home as reported. She also stated that policy is that parole agents do NOT make solo arrests for safety reasons.
Margarita Fox, Aguilar's cousin, stated that her mother had called the parole agent. Ms. Fox and her mother live in a separate house on the same property where Aguilar lived with his mother. Agent Rush arrived about 5 PM Tuesday and declined to take Aguilar into custody. She instead scheduled a return visit for 10 AM the next day when she would have assistance. At 10 PM that evening the drug-induced paranoia overtook Aguilar who instructed his mother to pack a bag so they could flee the people who were "after him". When Aguilar pulled a gun on his mother, she took off to an unspecified police station, where she was allegedly told that they could not assist her. Aguilar's mother then returned home, noted that her son was still hallucinating, and called 911 from the house. Aguilar fled when he hear his mother call the cops. She reported that he was high and armed.
Aguilar was then involved in two shooting incidents. The first time he was contacted he pulled a gun on the cops and they fired. He beat feet, traveling about 200 to 300 feet along Prairie Avenue. There was then a second shots fired incident involving Sheriff's deputies as well as Hawthorne and Glendale police officers. Aguilar was shot numerous times and a deputy was wounded. The deputy was hospitalized over night.
At the same time Aguilar's mother was making her 911 call Agent Rush was submitting a request for an arrest warrant for Aguilar. Aguilar was a known Lil Watts gang member and has an extensive arrest and police contact record, primarily involving drugs and DUI but also a sprinkling of battery, spousal abuse and theft.
As you might expect, the matter is under investigation.
Thanks to Caroline for the heads up on this one. Clicking on the title will link to an item in the Daily Breeeze.Com on this subject.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
This Dropped Ball Resulted In A Wounded Cop And A Dead Parolee.
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3 comments:
this is nothing new - in 1995 i had a parolee do a hit and run on a vehicle of mine-luckily a neighbor got the plate number and i tracked him down -no registration no license hit and run - contacted his PA - PA did a COP and i was stiffed for the repairs - 6months later he gets a new PA and this PA sets a fire under his ass and 2 months later i got my money-
how did i get my money? i showed the PA the police report and he told parolee - he had 48 hrs to contact me and start some money my way or he was getting his parole revoked
moral of story - just gotta find some1 who will do their GD job
Why agent Rush went alone to that home is beyond me. The unit supervisor should have put together a team and then responded to the residence.
Perhaps parole has reallyscaled things back. All I know, from a police officer perspective, is that id parole calls the local law enforcement agency and requests back up, we roll and assist.
And if it was a crazed, man with a gun call, we would roll the world!
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