Claremont Police Respond to Threatening Message at Residence Near South Street

A resident near South Street reported receiving a threatening message, prompting Claremont police to respond Feb. 18, a dispatch entry posted that day shows. The entry describes officers being sent to the area to check on the situation but the narrative in the public dispatch excerpt is truncated and lacks an outcome.

The dispatch entry reads: “A dispatch entry posted on Feb. 18, 2026 shows that Claremont police responded to a report of a threatening message received at a residence near South Street.” The same excerpt adds that “The call was logged as an incidents-type ‘Assault’ or ‘Threats.’” The log also includes a truncated line: “Officers were dispatched to check the welfare of the repo” with the remainder missing from the posted copy.

A fragment of a Facebook post circulated alongside the dispatch excerpt claims more detail at the scene: “When officers initially arrived on scene, they were given information about an immediate threat involving a firearm. Officers acted quickly and” — the Facebook text is also truncated. That social-media account has not been corroborated by an official police statement in the available records, and the dispatch entry itself does not mention a firearm.

The posted dispatch excerpt does not include critical operational details: it does not list the exact street address or cross-streets on or near South Street, it does not state the time the call was received or the time officers arrived, and it does not indicate whether any person was detained, arrested, or charged in connection with the call. The CAD excerpt also omits whether a weapon was located or seized.

The Feb. 18 dispatch sits alongside a series of January Claremont police entries summarized by Claremont-Courier reporter Andrew Alonzo. On Jan. 11 Claremont officers responded at 4:57 p.m. to a report of criminal threats at the Metrolink station, 200 W. First St.; arriving officers arrested a 41-year-old Claremont man for misdemeanor possession of unlawful paraphernalia (a methamphetamine pipe), transported him to the Claremont jail, booked him, and released him with a citation to appear at Pomona Superior Court. On Jan. 12 police received a 7:07 p.m. call reporting tools valued at $6,000 were taken from a truck in the 700 block of W. San Jose Avenue; that investigation remains ongoing. Also on Jan. 12, at 8:41 a.m. officers on the 100 block of N. Mountain Avenue arrested a 56-year-old Pasadena man after a records check revealed a felony Los Angeles County warrant; he was booked and cited. On Jan. 18, officers arrested a 50-year-old Claremont man on felony domestic violence charges at a residence in the 2100 block of N. Mills Avenue; he was held for court, released on bond Jan. 21, and was due in Pomona Superior Court on Feb. 10. On Jan. 19 a resident on the 500 block of Scottsbluff Drive reported a break-in between Jan. 16 and Jan. 19; police reported no items missing and an investigation remains open.

Key elements of the Feb. 18 South Street dispatch remain unresolved in public materials: the full CAD narrative and incident number, whether a firearm was reported or recovered, the precise location of the residence, and whether anyone was taken into custody. The posted dispatch excerpt and the Facebook fragment provide initial leads but do not, by themselves, establish what actions officers took or what follow-up investigation, if any, has been opened.