March 31
4100 block of Briggs Avenue in Montrose, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle while it was parked in front of the owner’s residence at 2:30 a.m.
2100 block of Crescent Avenue in Montrose, a resident reported items stolen from a drawer in her house between Oct. 31, 2023 and March 24, 2024.
2600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, a suspect was described as a male Armenian, 6’ tall and weighing about 130 lbs. who at the time was wearing a white shirt and black pants. The suspect entered a store with a brown tactical backpack. He walked directly to the liquor aisle and took several bottles off the shelf, concealing them. He then walked out of the store without attempting to pay. He entered the parking lot and into a gold Honda, then left the area at 9:58 p.m.
March 30
4000 block of Sunset Avenue in Montrose, while on a walk a resident received a text message from a neighbor stating that his pickup truck had a passenger side window that was smashed. The resident returned home to find pry/dent marks to the rear passenger side of his vehicle and items missing including the white tailgate that was removed. The vehicle’s catalytic converter was also stolen.
The vehicle burglary theft occurred overnight.
800 block of Greenridge Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a call concerning a residential burglary. They observed several rooms had been ransacked. The resident said she left her home at 12:50 p.m. and returned at 9:50 p.m. Surveillance footage revealed Suspect 1 was a male adult wearing a light colored facemask, green hooded sweater and green pants. Suspect 2 was described as a male adult wearing a dark colored facemask, multi-colored hooded sweater and light colored pants carrying a black backpack. The suspects entered the property, hopped the iron fence and went toward the house and out of view.
After a while Suspect 1 reappeared on the north side of the property holding an unknown item up to his mouth. It appeared Suspect 1 was communicating with Suspect 2. Numerous rooms in the house had been ransacked and items were stolen.
The residential burglary began at 4:50 p.m.
March 29
300 block of Santa Inez Way in La Cañada Flintridge, a resident and her brother were asleep in their home when they received a motion detection alarm that there was movement downstairs. The resident walked down the staircase and saw the back door leading to the residence was smashed. The resident called LASD/Crescenta Valley Sheriff Station. Upon arriving deputies saw the broken back door but did not see any rooms ransacked and no items were reported missing.
The incident occurred at 8 p.m.
March 23
600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, an employee reported that as he was reviewing surveillance footage he noticed three suspects, described as one Black male and two Black females, enter the store from the rear entrance. They had what appeared to be tote bags. He observed the suspects shopping near the men’s department and placing times into their tote bags. After a short amount of time the three suspects exited the rear entrance with their tote bags without making an attempt to pay at the open cash registers.
The theft occurred at 3:22 p.m.
2000 block of Orchard Lane in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a call concerning a burglary. A resident reported that when she returned home she noticed several cabinets were open in her garage and in her home; they were closed when she left her home. One of the cabinets inside the home had a bloody fingerprint near the alarm panel. The resident contacted law enforcement. Deputies found numerous rooms had been ransacked and a sliding door in a bedroom had been shattered.
The residential burglary occurred at 3:02 p.m.
4500 block of Alcorn Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a resident reported that while she was at home playing video games she noticed the WiFi on her game suddenly turned off. Then all the power throughout the home was cut. The resident observed through a window three suspects, described as Black males wearing masks and hoodies, in the backyard. When the suspects noticed her they fled the area. Camera surveillance revealed three suspects exiting a gray Honda Accord. All three were described as Black males.
Suspect 1 wore a black facemask, blue hoodie, blue sweatpants and white tennis shoes. Suspect 2 wore a black facemask, black hoodie, black sweatpants and orange tennis shoes. Suspect 3 wore a black facemask, white hoodie, white sweatpants and black/white tennis shoes. The suspects walked toward the home’s breaker box before power went out.
The attempted residential burglary occurred at 3:20 p.m.
March 22
2300 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, the garage door glass window was smashed, the power to the business was off and numerous items were stolen overnight.
March 20
2600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, a man reported that he had received an email from UPS concerning an undelivered package that belonged to him. He drove to the store to get the package and was told it had already been picked up by an unknown White male adult who was wearing black shorts, a dark shirt, black sweater and white shoes. Surveillance footage revealed the suspect approaching the employee and showing him a paper with the package tracking number. Once the employee matched the tracking number to the one the suspect had the package was turned over.
The incident occurred at 12:30 p.m.