Staff Reports

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Chino/Chino Hills – On Tues., Jan. 5, a juvenile female contacted School Resource Officer, Deputy Marlene Thompson, at Ayala High School in Chino Hills.  She advised Thompson of ongoing physical and mental abuse that she has suffered at her residence in Chino.

Fontana Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives initiated an investigation and identified the suspect as Joe Patino, 37, of Chino.  A search warrant was conducted at the suspect’s residence, and Detectives gathered additional information in regard to the allegations of abuse.

Patino was taken into custody and booked into the West Valley Detention Center for Cruelty to a Child.  The victim and other minors in the home were taken into protective custody by Children and Family Services.

Detectives are concerned there may be additional victims; anyone with additional information regarding this incident is urged to contact Detective Joe Parker or Sergeant Mark Martinez at (909) 356-6767.  Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to contact the

West Valley Detention Center (Photo courtesy of County of San Bernardino)

We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

In another incident, Deputies from the Chino Hills Station arrested a felon in possession of a loaded assault rifle during a routine traffic stop on Fri., Jan. 16.  This incident let Deputies to an illicit identify theft crime ring being conducted from a nearby hotel room.

Joseph Sisenia, 31, of Los Angeles, and two female passengers were contacted at a vehicle traffic stop.  Sisenia provided identification to the Deputies with a different name on it that later proved to be fraudulent.  Upon a record search of the occupants, Deputies discovered that Skye Kelley, 24, of Moreno Valley, had an active warrant for her arrest.  The other female passenger, Aimee Rodriguez, 27, of Baldwin Park, was in possession of and under the influence of a controlled substance. Deputies also discovered Sisenia’s true identity, and learned he was on felony probation for identity theft out of Montclair.

A vehicle search was conducted which revealed a loaded assault rifle with a high capacity magazine; additional ammunition was discovered in the car as well.  Deputies also recovered several Green Dot cards, gift cards, credit cards, check making materials, and items used to commit identify theft.  Green Dot cards are commonly used to launder the illegal proceeds of identity theft by funneling it to a generic prepaid credit account.

During the course of the investigation, deputies learned that the suspects had been staying in a nearby Extended Stay America hotel room.  A search of the hotel room uncovered more suspected narcotics and evidence of identity theft related to a Chino Hills mail theft case from December 2014, as well as an additional suspect, David Chacon, 41, of El Monte.

All the evidence was recovered and Detectives will attempt to locate additional victims.

All suspects were booked into the West Valley Detention Center for their respective crimes, including identify theft, possession of a high capacity magazine, felon in possession of a firearm, parole violation, conspiracy to commit identity theft, and active warrant for weapons.