RIALTO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS
Major Injury Collision Investigation
On Friday, December 5th, 2025, Rialto Police was contacted by the California Highway Patrol that their agency was on scene of a collision.
Fatal Traffic Collision
On December 2, 2025, Rialto Police received reports of a two-vehicle traffic collision involving a motorcyclist in the area of Cedar Avenue and 2nd Street.
Rialto PD DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Nov 21, 2025
Rialto PD will hold a DUI Driver’s License Checkpoint in the north east portion of the city of Rialto on November 21, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
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...
Fatal Vehicle Collision
On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at approximately 7:13 p.m., the Rialto Police Department received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a collision in the area of Locust Ave., south of Renaissance Parkway in the City of Rialto. Officers responded to the scene and located a...