Crime Report: Summit Crest Drive home ransacked, burglarized
April 27
Burglary: 5700 block of Summit Crest Drive. A woman reported that sometime between 9:15 and 10:45 a.m., someone entered her home after cutting the window screen on a rear laundry room door and climbing through the window. Her son had been the last resident in the home that morning and had left it locked up, except for that window. When the mother returned home at 10:45, she found the house ransacked and three high-end purses — Cartier, Louis Vuitton and YSL — were missing from her closet. It was unknown at the time of the report if any other items had been taken. According to her son, there had been an unfamiliar dark-colored car parked across the street from their home when he left that day. He also noticed that a laptop computer had been moved from his bedroom to the living room.
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Grand theft: 400 block of Foothill Boulevard. A business reported the theft of 40 wood crates, 40 wood trays and 60 milk trays from its parking lot. It was estimated the theft took place sometime between 8 a.m. and noon.
Annoying phone calls: A woman who lives in the 3700 block of Hampstead Road reported receiving several unwanted text messages and graphic photos on her phone, all sexual in nature, and sent by an unknown person.
Forgery (counterfeit bill): 1300 block of Foothill Boulevard. A woman reported that at about 2:30 p.m., a man purchased a gift card (the amount of the card was not specified in the crime report), using a $100 bill and accepting change for the difference. About three hours later, when tallying up the day’s sales at the cash register, she noticed the bill was counterfeit. She described the suspect as black, about 20 years old, 5 feet 6 and slim.
April 29
Unauthorized use of access code: 4200 block of Shepherd’s Lane. A man reported that on March 28 he received an email from Capitol One advising him that his payment to his credit card account had been rejected. The man called the bank’s fraud investigation department to say he never made such a payment and was told that on March 24 someone had requested a replacement card under his name to be mailed to Monterey Park. Charges had subsequently been made to the account. The victim said the original card is still in his possession, that it was never lost, and he does not know who might have ordered a new card in his name.
Burglary, vehicle: 4900 block of Daleridge Road. A woman reported that sometime between 7 p.m. on April 28 and 10 a.m. April 29, someone took a maroon-colored backpack containing emergency supplies and an unspecified amount of currency. She said she had left her Nissan Altima in her driveway, locked and the alarm enabled. When she returned to it the next morning, she found both the driver’s side and passenger’s side doors ajar.
May 1
Felon in possession of a firearm: A sheriff’s deputy pulled over a male driver on Foothill Boulevard near Castle Road after observing the man speaking on a cellphone while driving. The deputy further noticed that the license plate light was not operating on the man’s Chevrolet Silverado. He ran the suspect’s information and received a report saying the driver was on probation for illegal possession of an assault weapon. He placed the man in the back of the patrol vehicle and searched the Silverado. In the truck’s bed he found a loaded .357 Magnum revolver that the man said belongs to his girlfriend. The suspect was taken into custody on a parole violation.
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Sara Cardine, sara.cardine@latimes.com
Twitter: @SaraCardine
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