Brentwood Police Blotter: 3 Burglaries and Stolen Mercedes Benz Wheels

Burglaries

• Between 2 and 2:30 p.m. May 20 in the 1100 block of Amherst Street, suspect(s) entered an apartment by unknown means and removed a laptop and bicycle, according to Los Angeles police. A computer was recovered by unknown means by the Santa Monica Police Department.
• Between 6:30 p.m. May 24 and 2:30 p.m. May 25 in the 11700 block of San Vicente Boulevard, suspect(s) pried open the side door to a business and removed computers. 
• Between 7:40 and 7:50 a.m. May 25 in the 100 block of South Westgate Avenue, suspect(s) opened a side window of a home, triggering the alarm. Several bottles of wine were removed.

Stolen Merecedes Benz wheels

• Between 8:30 p.m. May 23 and 7:30 a.m. May 24 in the 11700 block of Mayfield Avenue, suspect(s) removed the wheels from a Mercedes Benz E350.
• Between 4 and 5:30 p.m. May 23 in the 11700 block of Kiowa Avenue, suspect(s) removed wheels from a Mercedes Benz parked in an underground parking garage.

More vehicle burglaries

• Between 9:30 and 11 a.m. May 24 in the 1000 block of Hanley Avenue, suspect(s) removed a purse and I.D. from a vehicle parked in a parking lot.
• Between 12:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. May 24 in the 11800 block of Wilshire Boulevard, suspect(s) removed a purse from a vehicle parked in a parking lot.
• Between 9 p.m. May 25 and 11:55 a.m. May 26 in the 200 block of North Barrington Avenue, suspect(s) removed cologne from a vehicle parked in the street.
  
• Between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. May 30 in the 11900 block of Wilshire Boulevard, suspect(s) removed a purse from a vehicle parked in a parking lot.

Grand and petty theft

• On May 22 in the 400 block of Bowling Green Way, a wallet, cash and I.D. valued at $100 were stolen from a business.
• On May 27 in the 11400 block of Sunset Boulevard, a purse valued at $3,600 was stolen from a home.
  

A note from Senior Lead Officer Maria Gray:

As the weather warms, it is very tempting to leave a window or two open while away –whether it be away from your home or vehicle. Burglaries always have an uptick during the warmer summer months. Burglars know this -- this is their busy season! And they specifically look for small bathroom or kitchen windows that most people would never suspect that anyone can actually fit through. But they do, and then it’s a sad situation to come home and see your valuables and personal effects have been ransacked and stolen. Please don’t think that it can’t happen to you!

Again,

• Leave a radio on loud enough to be heard from the outside every time you leave. And I mean every time!  Make it a habit—grab your bag, keys, turn the radio on, leave.
• Look at your property through the eyes of a thief.  If they were to look at your home, does it seem like an easy mark?  Those beautiful bushes near the windows on the side of your home—does that offer them an opportunity to secrete themselves behind it while they access your window? Those privacy hedges that prevent your neighbors from seeing anything that goes on around your property are a double edged sword. 
• Can they easily hop the fences? Or does it look locked and fortified.  
• Have you exchanged your phone numbers and/or email addresses with your neighbors? Do it now! Look out for each other. When it comes to the concerns of your neighbors keep this in mind: if burglar(s) and other criminals come to a particular neighborhood and see that it’s relatively easy to score a big bounty then it only increases the likelihood they’ll return time and time again and tell their criminal associates about it.  And that may eventually increase the likelihood that you too will become a victim. So your neighbors are just that, your neighbors and you have to work collectively to keep your neighborhood crime free.
  

Feel free to call/email me should you have any questions or concerns.

Senior Lead Officer Maria Gray
Office: 310-444-0744
E-mail: 30469@lapd.lacity.org
LAPD's West Los Angeles Area Front Desk: 310-444-0702

If you see anything that you feel is suspicious, but not an emergency, go to www.alertcommunity.com. It allows citizens to document suspicious activity quickly, easily, and anonymously.

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