June 26

Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest, a man and woman parked their vehicle at the location, locked the doors and left for a hike. When they returned they found the driver’s side rear window had been smashed and several personal items had been stolen between noon and 1:30 p.m.

June 25

Angeles National Forest and Angeles Crest Highway, a woman reported that she had gone to the location for a hike. She left her wallet in the trunk of her vehicle, locked the doors with her key fob and left for the hike. When she returned she found that her key fob at first did not unlock her vehicle’s doors. She tried manually unlocking the car but that did not work either; she continued to try the key fob and it finally opened the front passenger door. She was able to open the trunk of her vehicle and found the wallet had been stolen. The lock of the driver’s side door had been punched out. The woman received several notifications from her bank and credit card companies stating there had been transactions approved at stores while others had not been approved. She had not made or attempted to make any purchases.

The theft occurred between 8 a.m. and noon

June 24

Foothill Boulevard and Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada Flintridge, while on patrol deputies received an alert from the Flock Safety camera of a felony vehicle traveling northbound on Crown Avenue. The vehicle had been entered into the system because it had been used in a robbery in the area of Los Angeles Police Dept. The suspect was identified and the vehicle was described as a grey Chevrolet Cruze.

Deputies found the vehicle traveling westbound on Foothill Boulevard from Civic Center Drive; it did not display a front license plate. Deputies were able to identify the vehicle the by the back license plate. The vehicle’s windows were tinted so no one could see inside the cabin. The deputy activated the overhead lights on his marked patrol car; the suspect’s vehicle did not pull over and a pursuit ensued onto the Foothill (210) Freeway. The suspect’s vehicle made several unsafe maneuvers including using the unpaved shoulder at the Glendale (2) Freeway interchange. Due to the driver’s dangerous and reckless driving it was determined that for the safety of others on the roadway the pursuit should end. The vehicle continued westbound on the 210.

The initial incident occurred at 11:23 a.m.

June 23

600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, an employee reported that while observing surveillance footage she saw a suspect, described as a Hispanic male adult wearing a blue button-down shirt, gold chains, blue jeans and black shoes, enter the main entrance door of the store. The suspect walked into the store with an empty reusable bag and placed it under a shopping cart. The suspect walked to the woman’s department, grabbed several dresses and placed them in a shopping cart. The suspect the walked to the shoe department and grabbed several pairs of shoes, placed them in the cart. The suspect then entered the elevator with the cart and went to the second floor. The suspect walked to the [houseware] department, took a laundry basket from the shelf and placed the women’s clothing and shoes in the basket and placed a towel over the top of the basket. He went back into the elevator and went to the first floor and then walked out of the store without attempting to pay for any of the items. He got into a red Honda CRV and left the area at 1:23 p.m.

June 22

700 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a man reported parking his vehicle in the bank parking lot, locking the doors and entering the bank. When he returned to the parking lot he found the front window of his vehicle had been shattered and personal items, including cash, had been stolen. Surveillance footage revealed a black Hyundai four-door vehicle drive into the rear parking lot of the bank after the victim had entered the parking lot. After the victim entered the bank the black Hyundai parked in the open parking spot east of the victim’s vehicle. A suspect, described as a male adult wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants and a white ski mask, exited the rear passenger door of the Hyundai. The suspect broke the driver’s side window with an unknown item and reached into the vehicle. The victim had been at another bank where he obtained money, then drove to the first bank. The victim feels he was followed from one bank to the other by the suspects.

The theft occurred at 3:30 p.m.

June 6

4300 block of Briggs Avenue in Montrose, a resident reported that after receiving a call from her bank representative she discovered that several checks had been written to people she did not know; the checks had been cashed. The bank put a stop payment on the checks; however, some had already been paid. The funds from those checks were removed from her bank account and the bank could not reverse the charges. She was sent photocopies of the checks and found they resembled the check that she had issued to her employee but modifications were made, including the check number changed, the date erased and the amounts changed. It was discovered the employee had cashed the check with a check cashing service but did not know how anyone got a hold of her checks once cashed.

The theft occurred between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m.