RIALTO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS
Fatal Hit & Run Traffic Collision
On February 21, 2025, Rialto Police received a report of a traffic collision. Personnel administered life-saving measures to the passenger, Rachel Martin.
Rialto Police Holding DUI Checkpoint January 24th, 2025
Rialto Police will hold a DUI Driver’s License Checkpoint in the east portion of the city on January 24th, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
Armed Suspect Taken into Custody in Downtown District
On January 16th, the Rialto Police Department received 9-1-1 calls regarding a subject walking in the middle of the street firing a rifle.
Rialto Police Investigate Homicide of Sasha Pye
On Saturday, March 27, 2022, at approximately 12:29 AM, the Rialto Police Department Communications Center received a call regarding a subject being stabbed. Rialto Police Officers arrived and located a single female victim, identified as Sasha Pye, and detained the...
April is Distracted Driver Awareness Month
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Rialto Police Department will be actively looking for drivers throughout the month who are in violation of the state's hands-free cell phone law. "Holding your phone and using it while driving is not only dangerous,...
Pursuit Suspect Murders Two People in Rialto
On Saturday, April 2, 2022, at approximately 12:57 a.m., a gray 2014 Nissan Maxima entered Rialto city limits being pursued by the Colton Police Department. The suspect was able to elude Colton police officers. Moments later, officers from the Rialto Police Department...
Fatal Traffic Accident On Riverside Avenue in Rialto
On Saturday, March 26, 2022, at approximately 8:02 p.m. officers responded to 300 S. Riverside Avenue for an unknown injury traffic collision involving a bicyclist and a motor vehicle. Officers arrived on scene at approximately 8:05 p.m. and observed an adult male,...
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Operation Planned for March 29, 2022
The Rialto Police Department will conduct a traffic safety operation on March 29, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. focused on the most dangerous driver behaviors that put the safety of people biking or walking at risk. These violations include speeding, making...
News Release – Arrest of Lashay Grayes
On Friday, February 25, 2022, at approximately 9:51 AM, the Rialto Police Department's Communication Center received a 9-1-1 call from staff at a medical clinic, stating they were scared and requesting officers respond to the location due to an adult female causing a...
*UPDATE* News Release – Sexual Battery on School Grounds
Synopsis: On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at approximately 6:30 PM, the Rialto Police Department was notified of a sexual battery that occurred at Carter High School. The initial report to police was that a 15-year-old female student had been sexually assaulted by a...
News Release – Sexual Battery on School Grounds
Synopsis: On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at approximately 6:30 PM, the Rialto Police Department was notified of a sexual battery that occurred at Carter High School. The initial report to police was that a 15-year-old female student had been sexually assaulted by a...
News Release – Chief’s Statement For Arrest of Juvenile
Rialto, California, February 15, 2022 -- The department is aware of an incident involving a 16-year-old female that occurred on February 11, 2022, at about 4:08 pm, in the area of Linden Ave., and Pinedale Ave., in the City of Rialto. The juvenile was stopped for...
News Release – Lethal Force Encounter
On Sunday, January 9, 2022, at about 1:10 p.m., the Rialto Police Department's Communication Center received multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a man armed with a knife and whose hands were covered in blood. Officers arrived on scene and located the suspect at the...
*LOCATED* News Release – Critical Missing Juvenile
The Rialto Police Department is pleased to announce 13-year-old Elijah "Lucky" Bajza, who was reported missing on Saturday, Nov. 13th , has been located. At 12:27 PM on Thursday, Nov. 18th , after several days of around-the-clock investigation by our detective bureau,...
News Release – Critical Missing Juvenile
On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Rialto police officers responded to a report of a missing juvenile, identified as Elijah Bajza. Elijah is described as a 13-year-old male diagnosed with autism. The missing juvenile was last seen in his bed at 04:30 AM on Friday,...
*CORRECTION* News Release – Lethal Force Encounter
Synopsis: On Friday, October 22, 2021, at about 12:29 a.m., after observing a vehicle code violation, an officer from the Rialto Police Department conducted a traffic stop of a Chevrolet pick-up truck in the 100 Block of N. Encina Ave. During the initial contact, the...
Fatal Vehicle Collision
On Friday, March 12, 2021, at approximately 5:34 a.m., the Rialto Police Department received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a traffic collision on Riverside Ave., south of Alder Ave. in the City of Rialto. Officers responded to the scene and found a deceased male...
Four Suspects Arrested for Charges Related to Sexual Assault
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, at 7:05 P.M. officers from the Rialto Police Department responded to a residence located in the 700 block of West El Molino Street to investigate leads of a runaway juvenile being at the location. The runaway juvenile was subsequently...
Fatal Vehicle vs Pedestrian Collision
Decedent: Gail Hansen-Amos, 55-year-old female, resident of San BernardinoInvolved Party 1: Marco Burgos, 37-year-old male, resident of RiversideInvolved Part 2: Felipe Santoyo, 58-year-old male, resident of San Bernardino On Friday, January 15, 2021, at...
Arrest of Shawn Monaco for 2018 Murder
On November 9, 2018, at 11:00 p.m., Johnny Hausman was shot behind a business in the 200 block of West Foothill Blvd and later died as a result of his injuries. Detectives from the Rialto Police Department responded to the scene on the night of the homicide and...
Vehicle Theft Suspect Dies in Vehicle Collision
On Saturday, October 17, 2020, at about 5:35 p.m., the Rialto Police Department received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a three-vehicle traffic collision that occurred in the intersection of Baseline Road and Sycamore Avenue. Officers responded to the scene and...
Robbery Suspect In Custody
A San Bernardino man is in custody for robbing two Rialto 11-year-old girls at gunpoint. On Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 5:10 p.m., two female juveniles were robbed at gunpoint in the 400 block of N. Sycamore Avenue in the City of Rialto.The victims reported the...
Fatal Hit and Run Collision, Vehicle vs. Pedestrian
*UPDATED INFORMATION* After disseminating a photograph of the suspect's vehicle to various social medial platforms, the Rialto Police Department received a tip leading officers to the suspect's residence. On October 14, 2020, at about 5:30 p.m., officers from the...