DATE/TIME: April 22, 2025 / 5:46 P.M.
INCIDENT: PC 664/215(a)- Attempted Carjacking
LOCATION: Food 4 Less, Rancho Cucamonga
SUSPECT(S): Jorge Diaz, Age 36, Resident of Rialto
VICTIM(S): Confidential
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 5:46 P.M., a deputy assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station was flagged down by a carjacking victim in the Food 4 Less parking lot, located on Foothill Boulevard.
The victim reported that while seated in the driver’s seat of her vehicle, an unknown male suspect opened the driver’s door and forcibly removed her from the vehicle. The victim resisted the attack and re-entered her vehicle during a struggle with the suspect, who was later identified as Jorge Diaz. The victim prevented Diaz from taking control of the vehicle.
A bystander who witnessed the incident intervened and pulled Diaz away from the victim, allowing the victim to drive away to a safe location within the parking lot. The victim called Sheriff's Dispatch and while on the phone with dispatchers, she flagged down a deputy patrolling in the area.
Diaz was located walking in the business complex and was taken into custody.
Diaz was arrested and booked into the West Valley Detention Center for PC 664/215(a)- Attempted Carjacking, with bail set at $45,000.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station at (909)477-2800. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy V. Peterson
Station: Rancho Cucamonga
Phone No. 909-477-2800
Case No. 112504157
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
