Feb. 1

Orangedale Avenue and Florencita Drive in Montrose, a resident reported that he parked his company car at the location. When he returned he found the catalytic converter was stolen. While the deputy was taking the incident report a witness reported that at about 4:22 a.m. he had heard a loud noise outside his apartment. He looked out the window and noticed another  company vehicle on its side as if it were on a car jack. He observed four masked men next to the vehicle. He stepped outside and witnessed the suspects stealing the catalytic converter. The suspects left the area in a newer model blue Land Rover or Range Rover. 

The thefts occurred at 4:22 a.m.

Jan. 31

4500 block of Leland Place in La Cañada Flintridge, items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle between 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 31 and 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 1.

Jan. 27

3000 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, an employee of the store at the location reported observing a suspect described as a male Hispanic wearing a red shirt, black pants and a black hat with visible face tattoos. He recognized him as the same man who was involved in previous vandalism incidents at the store. [The previous incident was not reported.] The employee followed the suspect to the restroom area of the store. The employee asked the suspect to leave, which he did. The employee entered the restroom after the suspect left and observed purple tagging inside the large bathroom stall. Security footage revealed the suspect entering the store, purchasing two bottles of water, walking into the restroom and then exiting the restroom. 

The vandalism occurred at 4:40 p.m. 

600 Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, an employee of a store reported witnessing two males, Suspect No. 1 and Suspect No. 2, enter the store empty handed. Suspect No. 1 was described as a male Hispanic wearing a beige and brown hoodie and brown pants. Suspect 2 was described as a male Hispanic wearing a dark shirt, dark shorts and a “Colorado Rockies” hat. The men entered the men’s department and began putting apparel into a shopping cart. They each took a backpack and placed items from the cart into the backpacks. They walked toward the rear of the store, passed the registers and walked out without attempting to pay for the items. 

The theft occurred at 2:54 p.m. 

4600 block of Alta Canyada Road in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a burglary alarm call. When they arrived they observed the rear door window was shattered. A walk through the residence found the window screen from a rear door had been removed and was on the ground. The right glass pane of the main bedroom sliding glass door was shattered and rooms had been ransacked. Deputies also found the plastic tempered window of the rear door had a small puncture as if someone had attempted to break the window but it did not shatter. 

Security motion camera footage revealed a male adult, Suspect No. 1, wearing black tennis shoes with a grey stripe and black gloves, crawling on the floor inside the main bedroom. Another male, Suspect No. 2, was observed wearing white “Nike” tennis shoes and black gloves standing in front of the bedroom closet and another male, Suspect No. 3, wearing all black sneakers and black gloves, stood in front of the bedroom closet. The victim heard them speaking English to each other. No items were reported stolen at the time. 

The burglary occurred at 10:56 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.