Police Blotter: Stolen Purses and Identities

While USC graduate students were fanning out and investigating the town, Fiesta La Ballona was entertaining eager residents and City Hall was discussing important municipal issues, burglaries and robberies were the order of the week on the crime front.

Purse removed

On Aug. 26 at 11:30 p.m., a car burglary occurred near the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Lyceum Avenue. The victim parked and locked her vehicle at 6 p.m. and returned to discover the passenger window had been smashed and her purse had been taken. 

Pushed around 

On Aug. 23 at about 11:30 a.m. on the 3800 block of Delmas Terrace, a simple assault occurred. The suspect and victim were involved in a verbal dispute when the suspect pushed the victim.

On the playground

On Aug. 27, officers received a radio call to meet with LAPD Pacific Division officers regarding a robbery that had occurred at Culver West Park. Once on scene, officers learned that the victims were approached by two males believed to be Hispanic in the park's playground area. 

One of the suspects produced a knife and ordered the victims to empty their pockets. The victims, in fear for their safety, relinquished their property and the suspects fled the scene on foot. 

Unauthorized withdrawal 

On Aug. 25 at about noon, a woman reported that she had been a victim of identity theft. The woman had called her bank to check on her balance and discovered that she was missing more than $4,000. The victim did not give anyone permission to withdraw funds from her account.

Store hit 

On Aug. 27 at 3:45 a.m., officers received a call regarding an audible alarm from a store on the 5500 block of Sepulveda Boulevard.

Upon arrival, officers noticed that the front and rear glass doors had been shattered. Officers conducted an interior search of the store, but did not find anyone inside. However, investigating officers noticed several pry marks to the store's merchandise/storage room door. 

Based on the condition of the door, it did not appear the perpetrators entered the merchandise/storage room.