Crime Blotter: Cars Vandalized

The following reports were taken from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Crescenta Valley Station.

Burglary - Residence

A resident in the 5000 block of Ocean View Boulevard reported that upon arriving home at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, he found a sliding glass door and a kitchen window to be open. According to the report, a bedroom in the residence had been ransacked and $10,000 worth of jewelry stolen.

Burglary – Residence

Some time between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, a residence in the 3700 block of Normandy Ave. was burglarized. The victim reported leaving her home and setting her security alarm but deactivated the internal motion sensor due to pets. Upon her return, the alarm had not activated but she found a window to the home’s master bedroom smashed. Jewelry trays were found emptied and drawers ransacked in both the bedroom and a bathroom. Reported stolen were two diamond rings with a combined value of $8,000.

Two Crimes – Same Suspects?

Deputies reported two separate incidents involving what may be the same suspects along the 5500 and 5300 blocks of Ocean View Boulevard on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 17.

A resident reported that while sitting in her home and looking out her kitchen window, she saw a man run out of her garage and get into a late model, dark blue Honda Civic, noting that three other individuals were visible inside the car. Taken from the garage was a bag containing sneakers and a sweatshirt. 

While conducting this investigation, deputies were approached by a neighbor, who reported that while walking along Ocean View Boulevard, someone driving a late model, dark blue Honda Civic threw a package out of the vehicle and sped away. Deputies responded to the location and found a package at the 5500 block of Ocean View Boulevard addressed to a residence in the 5300 block of the same street. The resident of the address noted that she had been expecting a package and had not realized that it had been taken from her porch.

The package was booked into evidence and fingerprinted as the vehicle and suspects matched the description of the garage burglary that had been reported just moments earlier nearby.

Double Vehicle Vandalism

At noon on Sunday, May 15, two cars parked at Encinas Drive at Fernside Drive were reported vandalized. A resident reported that while his car was parked across the street from his residence on Encinas Drive, someone keyed it along the rear panel to the front door.

While taking the report, the deputy was approached by the owner of the vehicle parked behind the first. The second car was also keyed, with marks along the left side and a drawing of a penis on the hood.

Glued Gas Cap

At noon on Sunday, May 15, a resident in the 5100 block of Angeles Crest Highway reported that the gas tank door of his vehicle had been glued shut while the car was parked in the driveway of his residence. Damage was estimated at $1000.