CRIME BLOTTER

Sept. 14
2600 block of Prospect Avenue in La Crescenta, a black 1995 Ford Thunderbird was stolen.

1800 block of Fairmont Avenue in La Cañada, tools were stolen from a truck between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

4600 block of Viro Road in La Cañada, several large appliances were stolen from a home under construction overnight.

Sept. 13
4500 block of Viro Road in La Cañada, George Fisher, 44, from Santa Maria was arrested for attempted burglary after he allegedly entered a home. According to the report, a woman was working on her computer at home when she heard someone opening drawers in her bathroom, about 10 feet away. When she went to investigate she found the bathroom door was locked and assumed her daughter was in the room and called out her name. Her daughter answered her from another room. The door opened and a man, later identified as Fisher, ran out and exited the home. The homeowner contacted the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station and gave deputies a description of Fisher. After an investigation deputies discovered Fisher near the parking lot of La Cañada High School at 4:45 p.m.

2800 block of Harmony Place in La Crescenta, an iPod, audio recorder and phone charger were stolen from an unlocked vehicle between 10:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m.

1900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, the front passenger window was shattered and a purse was stolen from a vehicle parked in the YMCA parking lot.

2700 block of Brookhill Street in La Crescenta, a briefcase, laptop computer and portable DVD player were stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight.

Sept. 11
2100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a woman reported her purse was stolen while she was shopping at Ross Dress For Less. According to the sheriff’s report she had placed the purse in a shopping cart and had moved away from it to look at merchandise. Her purse was stolen sometime between noon and 12:15 p.m.

Sept. 10
3100 block of El Caminito Street in La Crescenta, a wheelchair belonging to a 9-year-old boy was stolen from the front of his home. According to the report, the boy’s grandmother had placed the wheelchair in the driveway. A school bus had been scheduled to stop by the home and pick up the wheelchair to take it to the child at school. She reported that there was a “very visible” note to the bus driver placed on the chair indicating it was to be taken to the school. The child’s backpack was also with the chair and also stolen. It was placed one to two feet away from the trash cans, and on trash day. A witness reported he saw a four-door green American made vehicle, 1995 [approximately] drive slowly down the street at the time the wheelchair was on the driveway. The vehicle stopped in front of the home and he allegedly witnessed a white or Hispanic man, about 50 years old, get out of the car, put the wheelchair into the trunk of his vehicle and leave at 7:50 a.m.

Sept. 8
Ramsdell and Encinal avenues in La Crescenta, the passenger window was smashed and a wallet was stolen from a vehicle between 9 p.m. and 9:55 p.m.

Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, someone entered the Jiffy Lube station and stole cash at 12:20 a.m.

4900 Alta Canyada Road in La Cañada, jewelry and other personal items were stolen and several rooms were ransacked in a home sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Del Mar Road in Montrose, a silver 2006 Cadillac Escalade was stolen sometime between 3 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Sept. 6
Gould Avenue in La Cañada, a maroon 2003 Lincoln Navigator was stolen overnight.

Sept. 5
3100 block of Community Avenue in La Crescenta, a global positioning system and stereo were stolen from an unlocked vehicle between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.