Argument Leads to Fight and One Arrest

Crime blotter information provided by the Sierra Madre Police Department.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

At 11:30 p.m. on April 20, Sierra Madre police units responded to a report of a fight in progress in the 100 block of East Monticito Avenue. Two individuals, who had been drinking for several hours, started arguing about matters from the distant past. The two squabbled and each person sustained minor injuries. The
officers accepted a private person’s arrest for Battery being made by one of
the involved parties.

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