NEW CRIME REPORT: April 4 – April 10

Roger Bennett, Rio Hondo Police Academy Graduate and LVO Crime Reporter

April 4, 2011

Identity Theft Report
2400 block of Foothill Blvd. – Amber Ridge Apartments
4 p.m.

Unknown subject used Reporting Person’s info to gain access to her ATM card and used same in Minnesota at a computer repair shop in the amount of $2,080.

April 7, 2011

Grand Theft Report
2000 block of 11th St.
2:35 p.m.

Occurred some time after 9 a.m. and noon. Air conditioning unit taken. Suspect was told he could take scrap metal but not unit. Roofers observed him take the unit.

Fraud Report
2400 block of Foothill Blvd.
4:06 p.m.

Reporting Person approached by two men and offered to sell her a solid bar of gold for $800. The woman bought it and took it to a jewelry store to find out it was not gold. Reporting Person is 81-years-old. She advised she is supposed to meet the same back at Target at 4:30 p.m. to buy another one.

April 9, 2011

Suspicious Auto
Arrow/Wheeler
9:56 p.m.

Reporting Person following a blue SUV northbound on Wheeler from Holly Oak. Passenger leaning out window attempting to hit other vehicle with a metal pole.

April 10, 2011

Burglary to Vehicle
4900 block of Old Ranch Road

Locked 2007 SUV Chevy was parked last night at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the driveway. Unknown point of entry and what was taken.