South Pasadena Police Report on Crime Last Week May 25 to 31, 2016

The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring in the City of South Pasadena. An alert and well-informed citizen makes you less of a target to a criminal. Remember; call the South Pasadena Police Department to report any suspicious activity.

STOLEN VEHICLE
5-28-16, midnight to 9 AM, 300 block of Monterey. ’00 Honda Civic.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY
• 5-29-16, 3:00 PM to 5-30-16, 8:00 AM, 500 block of Fremont. Suspect(s) finds hidden house key to gain entry and take loss. LOSS: Furniture and key.
• 5-28-16, 10:50 PM to 11:36 PM, 300 block of Pasadena. Suspect gains entry to victim’s residence by breaking a kitchen window. LOSS: Firearms, jewelry.
• 5-26-16, 1:30 PM, 1100 block of Foothill. Suspect removes the window screens of two different apartments and attempts to enter the residences. SUSPECT DESCRIPTION: Male, White, 40 years, red short hair, white tank top, blue jeans.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR
5-31-16, 3:03 PM, 800 block of Rollin. Officers respond to suspicious subjects in a vehicle. Officers discover beer cans inside and outside vehicle. SUSPECTS ARRESTED: S1 – Male, White, 21 years, Los Angeles, S2 – Female, Juvenile, S3 – Male, White, 21 Years, Los Angeles.

THEFT
• 5-31-16, 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM, 1100 block of Fair Oaks (Jenny Craig). Suspect(s) enter business and take loss from unattended front counter drawer. LOSS: Cash.
• 5-31-16, 4:48 AM to 4:51 AM, 600 block of Camino Cerrado. Suspect(s) enters victim’s unlocked vehicle and ransacks it. LOSS: None.
• 5-31-16, 7:00 PM to 7:03 PM, 1100 block of Fair Oaks (Vons). Suspect places loss in coat and walks out without paying. LOSS: Liquor
(recovered). SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Hispanic, 55 years, La Puente.
• 5-31-16, 5:14 PM, 1100 block of Fair Oaks (Vons). Suspect enters store and takes loss. Employee sees suspect exiting store without paying for loss. Officers locate suspect a few blocks away. Suspect is also found to have an outstanding warrant. LOSS: Groceries (recovered). SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Hispanic, 44 years, Los Angeles
• 5-31-16, 5:05 AM to 5:08 AM, 1800 block of Via Dey Rey. Suspect(s) enters victim’s unlocked vehicle and takes loss. LOSS: Credit card, paperwork, cash.
• 5-30-16, 10:06 AM, 1100 block of Fair Oaks (Vons). Suspect takes loss and leaves store without attempting to pay. SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Black, 27 years, Compton.
• 5-25-16, 7:50 PM, 1200 block of Fair Oaks (Pavilions). Suspect places loss in backpack and leaves store without attempting to pay. SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Hispanic, 37 years, Los Angeles. LOSS: Alcohol (recovered).
• 5-25-16, 8:45 PM, 1100 block of Fair Oaks (Vons). Suspect takes loss and leaves store without attempting to pay. SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Hispanic, 37 years, Los Angeles. LOSS: Alcohol (recovered).
• 5-21-16, 6:00 AM to 5-26-16, 9:04 AM, 1600 block of Raymond Hill. Suspect is a transient and uses power from water tank. SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Hispanic, 55 years, Pasadena. LOSS: Utilities.
• 5-15-16, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, 800 block of Fremont (Green Brooms Music Academy). Suspect takes victim’s unattended loss. LOSS: Laptop.

FRAUD BY FALSE PRETENSE
5-26-16, 11 AM, 700 block of Fair Oaks. Suspect contacts victim via telephone and claims to be a billing agent from Southern California Edison. Suspect claims that victim owes money and the power will be shut off unless the money is paid off immediately. Victim purchases a gift card and gives the information to suspect.

IDENTITY THEFT/CREDIT CARD FRAUD/CHECK FRAUD
• 5-27-16, 5:25 PM, 1900 block of Hanscom. Suspect uses victim’s credit card information and makes several unauthorized purchases.
• 4-26-16, 9:55 AM, to 5-23-16, 10:36 AM, 1100 block of El Centro. Suspect obtains the services of victim and attempts to pay victim with a fraudulent check.
• 5-25-16, 5:09 PM to 5:28 PM, 1600 block of El Centro. Suspect obtains victim’s check from a mailbox and alters the check.

VANDALISM
• 5-31-16, 1:44 PM to 1:57 PM, 1500 block of Bank. ’02 Honda Civic. Suspect(s) damage victim’s car door.
• 5-25-16, 9:22 AM to 9:36 AM, 1100 block of Monterey. ’06 Toyota. Suspect breaks victim’s passenger side mirror during a road rage incident.

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