Aug. 30

900 block of Town Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, an employee was viewing security footage at the store when she observed a silver Chrysler Sebring parked in front of the store and a suspect, described as a White male wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, exited the front passenger side of the vehicle and entered the store. He walked directly to the aisle containing vacuums and grabbed a box containing a Dyson brand vacuum. The suspect was seen manipulating the security sensor straps eventually leaving the security sensor on the shelf. 

The suspect exited the store with the vacuum without attempting to pay, entered the Sebring and left the area at  3:14 p.m.

Aug. 28

600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, an employee reported a theft in the store by a suspect who entered the store, walked to the men’s clothing aisle, collected a few pairs of jeans and walked out of the store without attempting to pay. An employee was waiting outside the store when the suspect exited and demanded the items be returned; the suspect dropped the items and fled the area. The suspect was described as a White male wearing a black hat, white collared shirt with black sleeves, light colored pants and black shoes. 

The incident occurred  at 6:11 p.m. 

Aug. 26

600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a call concerning a theft at the store location. Security footage revealed a suspect who was described as a White male, about 40 to 45 years old, about 6’ tall, weighing about 200 lbs. with brown hair and a brown mustache. He wore a long sleeve black shirt, dark blue jeans and white shoes. The suspect entered the store without a bag and walked toward the shoe display. The suspect then produced a black cloth shopping bag with a logo of two hands, a moon and “book of spells” on both sides. He walked to the women’s shoe aisle and grabbed five pairs of shoes, placed them in the black bag and walked out of the store without attempting to pay. The suspect was confronted by the employee outside of the store and ran westbound; the employee chased him out of view of the security cameras. The suspect dropped the bag of shoes and fled the area. 

The employee was able to retrieve the shoes. 

The incident occurred at 7:05 p.m. 

Aug. 18

900 block of Town Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, an employee was viewing security footage and observed someone apparently stealing from the store. The security video revealed a silver Chrysler Sebring parked in front of the store. An individual described as a White male, wearing a black hat, a light blue collared shirt and blue jeans, exited from the front passenger side of the vehicle. The suspect walked to the aisle where the kitchen blenders were displayed and grabbed a box containing a KitchenAid blender. The suspect then exited the store and got back into the Sebring and left the area at 4:04 p.m.

Editor’s note: Details included in the crime reports are taken directly from the reports on file. The Crescenta Valley Weekly is not responsible for the incompleteness or inaccuracies in the original reports.