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Sergeant Kim Velasco
(951) 736-2280 

  Sgt. Brent Nelson
(951) 736-2360

 Sr. Detective John Samano
(951) 736-2282

Officer Jesse Cervantes
(951) 736-2330

 
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Corona Police arrest "Sticky Bandits" This morning at approximately 3:00 am., a Corona Police Officer observed two subjects standing near an outside postal mailbox in front of the Post Off...

WIRE THEFT ARRESTS On Sunday, June 16, 2013, at approximately 9:00 am., Corona Police Officers responded to McKinley Elementary, 2050 Aztec Lane, regarding an audible al...

Domestic Violence Assault Suspect Sought On May 06, 2013, Corona Police Officers responded to a domestic violence call at the 900 blk. of S. Joy St. where Miguel Aguiniga, 29 years of Corona,...

SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE As graduations commence and summer vacations now being in full force, the Corona Police Department would like to remind our community about the progra...

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION On June 6, 2013 at 4:34 pm, the Corona Police Department received a 911 call regarding the sound of gun shots being heard in the area of 700 block of ...

UPDATE ON HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION On June 5, 2013, at approximately 3:25 pm., Corona Police Officers responded to the area of Griffin Way and McKinley Ave, regarding shots fired. Upon...

Serious Injury Traffic Collision On June 3, 2013 at approximately 11:46 a.m., Corona Police and Fire units were dispatched to a serious injury related traffic collision at Promenade a...

2013 SPECIAL OLYMPICS TORCH RUN On June 3, 2013, Corona Police employees and their families participated in the Law Enforcement’s “Flame of Hope” Special Olympics T...

DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint planned this Friday night The Corona Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on 05-31-13, at an undisclosed location wit...

Corona Police honors employees at event On Wednesday, May 29th,,2013, the Corona Police Department held their 2nd annual “Spring Employee Recognition Event” at the Corona Police ...

Dog Bite / Attack On Friday, May 10, 2013, at approximately 4:15 P.M., the Corona Fire Department and the Corona Police Department Animal Control responded to the area ...

Attempt Homicide Suspect In Custody On April 7, 2013, at approximately 5:40 pm., Corona police officers responded to 950 W. Fifth St., reference a 911 call of a stabbing.

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Attempt Homicide Suspect Wanted On April 7, 2013, at approximately 5:40 pm., Corona police officers responded to 950 W. Fifth St., reference a 911 call of a stabbing.


Burglary Suspects Arrested in Corona On May 5, 2013, at approximately 7:30 am, the Corona Police Department responded to the 800 Blk. of Wakefield Ave., regarding a vehicle burglary, wher...

Homicide Update The victim’s in Corona’s homicide that occurred on Saturday, April 27, 2013, have been identified.

The female victim, Y...

Homicide Update On April 27, 2013, at approximately 4:20 P.M., officers of the Corona Police Department responded to the 800 block of Railroad St., reference a possib...

Homicide On April 27, 2013, at approximately 4:20 P.M., Officers of the Corona Police Department responded to the 800 block of Railroad St., reference a possib...

Corona PD Runs Baker-2-Vegas 2013 Members of the Corona Police Department will participate in this year’s running of the Challenge Cup Relay, Bake...

Distracted Driver Awareness Month Thousands die needlessly each year because people continue to use their cell phones while driving, handheld or hands-free. Join the National Safety Co...

UPDATE INFORMATION ON HOMICIDE Crystal Lopez has been located and is safe.

The investigation is still on-going. The Corona Police Department however, is still seek...

Homicide suspect wanted, seeking woman at risk At approx. 12:26 p.m., this afternoon, Corona Police officers responded to 715 S. Merrill St. reference a possible shooting. When officers arrived, th...

Police Investigate woman's death On 04-08-13 at about 2:59 am, Corona Police officers were called to the Welcome lnn located at 1248 W. Sixth St. in regards to a medical assist. Offic...

Corona Police investigate attempted homicide On 04-07-13 at about 1255pm, Corona Police officers were called to 805 S. Merrill Ave. in regards to an unknown disturbance. Officers arrived and loca...

Gang Saturation On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, the GREATER CORONA/NORCO/HOME GARDENS Regional Gang Task Force Region 8 (GCNHGRGTF) conducted high-visibility saturation...

Corona Police Investigate Homicide On 03-21-13 at about 1237 am, Corona PD was dispatched to Corona Regional Medical Center to investigate a female adult who was brought in with life th...

STATEWIDE SHOULDER TAP OPERATION On Friday, March 15, 2013, the Corona Police Department participated in an ABC Statewide Shoulder Tap Operation.  During the operation, 31 subjec...

Two Arrested in Copper Wire Thefts On 3-04-13, at about 8:00 a.m., a citizen reported he was following a vehicle that was pulling wire from the city street lights in the 700 block of Ma...

“Drive 4 Life” Teen Driver Safety Education Program

THIS SATURDAY- March 2nd!

The Corona Police Department’s Traffic Section is hosting another year of its “Drive 4 Life” Te...


Corona Officers Receive MADD Award On 2-20-13, Officers Slane and Gardner were presented with MADD honoree awards for their diligent efforts in arresting drunk/impaired drivers. Collect...

Vehicle Burglary Suspects Arrested On 02/14/13 at 0346 hours, Corona Police officers responded to the 2200 block E. Lakeside Pl. regarding three subjects looking into vehicles, possibly...

Guidelines for Mail Theft Victims The Corona Police and The United States Postal Service requests Corona residents to follow the steps provided to protect their mail. Follow these step...

Burglary Trend Targets Elderly On 1-18-2013, an unknown male suspect knocked on the door in the 300 block of Monterey, Corona for several minutes. When the elderly female resident a...

Drive-4-Life offers FREE classes for teen drivers The Corona Police Department’s Traffic Section is hosting another year of its “Drive-4-Life” Teen Driver Safety Education Program. T...

UPDATE: Matthew Rowley Arrested On January 16, 2013, at 9:29 p.m., the Corona Police Department Dispatch Center received numerous 911 calls from the 1100 block of Border Ave. in rega...

Two Arrested for Home Burglary On Wednesday (1-23-13) at about 1:55 p.m. Corona Police officers responded to a call of a suspicious Honda Civic 2-door in the 2700 block of Dixon Way...

Home Burglaries Burglars have started using a new tactic to see if someone is home before breaking in.

As reported in the Press Enterprise on 1-21-13 ...

UPDATE: Arrest made in library robbery On January 8th 2013 at 6:30 pm, officers responded to a strong arm robbery at the Corona Public Library. The victim was leaving the library and had ca...

GTA suspect Joseph Sirimarco Arrested On 12-12-12 The Corona Police Department asked for the Public’s help in locating Joseph Vincenzo Sirimarco, “Vago Joe”, who was want...

Connect with CPD before the need arises! Take the time to connect with the Corona Police Department before the need arises! Be it an emergency or natural disaster, or an earthquake; a school ...

Attempt to identify robbery suspects at Corona Library On 01-08-13 at about 6:30 p.m. a deaf male was standing outside the Corona Library. Three unknown male suspects approached the victim and forcefully t...

Teacher's Aid arrest for lewd acts with minor On 01-07-13, the Corona Police Department was contacted by the parents of a 13-year -old female juvenile. The parents were concerned about inappropria...

Attempt to identify residential burglary suspects On 1-03-13 at about 11:30 a.m. a home in the 4200 block of Via Viscaya on the west side of Corona was burglarized. A home surveillance system took pic...

Corona PD participates in Avoid the 30 program Corona, CA – Heads up holiday party-goers! To help save lives this holiday season, law enforcement from thirty law enforcement agencies in River...

Police seek the whereabouts of Joseph V. Sirimarco The Corona Police Department seeks the publics’ help in locating Joseph Vincenzo Sirimarco (DOB 7-03-69). Sirimarco was driving a car involved i...

Police seek help to identify fraud suspect Corona Police seek the publics’ help in identifying a fraud suspect. The suspect enters several banks in Corona and surrounding cities and depos...

Seeking help to identify homicide vehicle and suspect On December 9, 2012 at 1251 a.m., Corona Police Officers responded to 26 Degrees Bar located at 1535 E. Ontario Ave. #101 reference a possible homicid...

Corona Police arrest sexual abuse suspect On 12-05-12, the Corona Police Department received information in regards to the possible sexual abuse of a 15-year-old female minor. Through the inve...

Attempt to locate Missing Person Corona Detectives have been investigating the disappearance of Christopher Samuel Alberts, 22 years old of Corona.  Christopher has not been seen...

Knock-Knock Burglary Update During this past year suspects from the Los Angeles area were arrested by the Corona Police Department for committing residential burglaries. These bu...

CPD Begins Social Media The Corona Police Department will begin utilizing social media outlets to send important, valuable community information directly to residents using t...

Cops and Kids Event The 12th annual Corona Police Department “Kids & Cops Holiday Magic” will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2012, at Sheridan Park (...

Burglary Arrest

In October 2012, a federal grand jury indicted three Fresno men for breaking into Turner’s Outdoorsman stores in Corona and Torrance and stea...


Fatal Traffic Collision

On October 28, 2012 at approximately 7:17 p.m., a fatal related traffic collision occurred at the intersection of Sixth Street and Merrill Street i...


Fatal Traffic Collision On October 19, 2012 at approximately 11:25 p.m., a fatal related traffic collision occurred on Harrington Street between Cota Street and Lincoln Avenu...

Airplane Crash Corona Airport On October 13, 2012, at 1211hrs., Corona Police Officers responded to an airplane crash at the southern perimeter of the Corona Airport.

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Public Safety Day 2012

The Corona Police and Fire Departments will be hosting a Public Safety Day at the Crossing Shopping Center (Cajalco Road and the I-15) on October 6...


Fatal Traffic Collision On September 30, 2012 at approximately 8:48 p.m. a fatal related traffic collision occurred at the intersection of Grand Boulevard (East) and Garretso...

Project Kids Center Grand Opening On Tuesday, September 25th, 2012, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm., the Corona Police Department, the Corona Chamber of Commerce and the Project Kids Board...

DUI / Driver’s License Checkpoint Planned This Week

The Corona Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday (08-31-12) at an undisclosed locat...


ABC grant On June 1, 2012, the Corona Police Department was notified they were one of 52 agencies selected by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to re...

Robbery On Friday, July 27th, 2012, at approximately 3:24 pm., the Corona Police Department responded to the 200 block of W. Foothill Parkway, City of Corona,...

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, marks the 29th Annual National Night Out.  The National Night Out, or ‘America’s Night ...

Officer Involved Shooting On Thursday, July 19
Charges Filed Against Police Officer

On March 29th 20...


Fido's Fourth
On the Fourth of July, we celebrate our Great Nation’s Independence. For many of us, that means Friends, Fami...

Pedestrian Crosswald Enforcement
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. the Corona Police Department’s Traffic Bureau conducted a pedestrian safety mobiliza...

Fireworks City Ordinances The City of Corona would like remind everyone that it is illegal to possess, discharge or sell fireworks.  Resi...

Fatal Traffic Collision On Monday, August 22, 2011, at approximately 11:23 a.m., Corona Police Officers responded to the 1000 block of Lullaby Lane reference an Injury Traffi...

Suspicious Vehicle

On Friday, June 10, 2011, at 10:46 a.m., the Corona Police Department responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle parked in the parking lot of 4714...