HAPPY NEW YEAR MEANS NOT-SO-HAPPY NEW CRIMES TO REPORT

Roger Bennett, Rio Hondo Police Academy Graduate, three-year La Verne Online Crime Reporter

January 1, 2012

Grand Theft Auto
4300 block of Williams
5:01 p.m.
Reporting Person advised vehicle was taken from the front of her location.

Grand Theft in Progress
1500 block of Foothill: Ross
5:25 p.m.
Reporting Person’s vehicle was taken from location about 20 minutes ago. 1999 black Nissan Sentra. Reporting Person advised she went inside to shop and came out and vehicle was gone.

January 2, 2012

Vandalism Report
1200 block of Highland Drive
2:13 a.m.
Unknown subjects set fire to Reporting Person’s trash cans. Fire is out at this time. Occurred in last five minutes.

Grand Theft Auto
1100 block of Lois Circle
5:42 p.m.
2001 Ford Ranger taken from driveway.

Burglary to Vehicle
1200 Foothill Blvd: LA Fitness
5:55 p.m.
Wallet and misc. property taken from locked Suburban while parked in the lot.

January 3, 2012

Vandalism Report
2000 block of Arrow Hwy: Farmer’s Insurance
11:29 a.m.
Occurred within in the past 5 minutes; unknown subject shot out a window to the Reporting Person’s red Dodge Ram while parked in the alley of location.

January 4, 2012

Burglary Report
2400 block of Third St.
7:29 p.m.
Reporting Person advised her house was broken into today. Reporting Person observed a subject with a suitcase walking away 20 mintues ago and toward Bonita.

January 5, 2012

Vandalism in Progress
2700 block of Arrow Hwy.
5:03 p.m.
Vandalism occurred a few minutes ago. Reporting Person’s daughter witnessed the back wall being spray painted.

January 6, 2012

Grand theft Report
1700 block of Yeager Ave: Alpha Scientific Medical
8:12 a.m.
Reporting Person advised all lights to the front of the location were taken off and the plates pulled out to the wire trying to steal the copper wiring.

Grand Theft Report
1800 block of Yeager: EVL Inc.
9:07 a.m.
Reporting Person advised light pole panels were taken off and the wires were cut at her location.

Grand Theft Report
210 block of Wright: Home Direct, Inc.
10:46 a.m.
Reporting Person advised copper wiring taken from the whole complex.

Grand Theft Report
1700 block of Wright Ave: Tiger Tech Media Inc.
2:57 p.m.
Electrical theft of lighting in the parking lot.

January 7, 2012
Shots Heard
2500 block of Price Dr.
Approx. 10 shots heard coming north of Reporting Person, possibly from alley.

Grand Theft Report
1800 block of Wright Ave.: Tech Color Craft
1:32 p.m.
Wire taken from the light poles from the west side of location. 3 light poles and 2 additional to the rear on the east side.

Petty Theft Report
4900 block of Calle del Toro
2:07 p.m.
Reporting Person advised unknown subject broke into her vehicle last night that was parked in front of the location. A $200 GPS and the remote control to the garage that belonged to a different location were taken.

January 8, 2012

Burglary to vehicle
3200 block of Towne Center Dr.: 7-11
3:11 a.m.
Occurred within the last 15 minutes. Driver was making a drop and unknown subject busted out the window.

January 9, 2012

Burglary to Vehicle
1100 block of Beaver way
5:48 a.m.
Passenger window broken out. Occurred between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Vehicle was parked in the driveway.

January 10, 2012

Grand Theft Auto
2500 block of Price Dr.
8:03 a.m.
Reporting person’s red 2002 Chevy Malibu was taken from the alley last night between 10 p.m.and time of call.