Last Updated on January 17, 2023 by C-CAR
RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A 52-year-old woman suspected of leaving the scene after a vehicle crash and a man suspected of encouraging her to leave the scene were arrested, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported Sunday.
Cynthia James of Rancho Cucamonga and Gary Guglielmo, 64, of Upland were taken into custody Friday evening on suspicion of driving under the influence and conspiracy to commit hit and run, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Department.
Both were booked into West Valley Detention Center. She was being held on $30,000 bail and he was released, according to Sheriff’s Department booking records.
The crash occurred about 9:10 p.m. Friday at Archibald Avenue and 19th Street, the statement said.
James, who was driving a 2002 Toyota Sequoia, got out of her vehicle and began to exchange information with the other people but when they noticed James appeared to be under the influence of alcohol they called 9-1-1, the sheriff’s statement said.
Guglielmo then arrived in his car and when he realized law enforcement officers had been called to the scene he talked James into leaving, the sheriff’s statement said.
James got in her car and left with Guglielmo following, but those at the scene took down the license plate numbers of both cars.
The information helped deputies locate the couple at Guglielmo’s home in the 8900 block of Citation Court, the statement said.
The two tried to hide from deputies at the home and were uncooperative before being arrested there, the statement said.
James has been arrested in the past and accused of driving under the influence, the statement said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Deputy Daniel Smith or Sgt. Phill Dupper at the sheriff’s Rancho Cucamonga station at 909-477-2800 or 909-477-2817.
