Crime Report: Burglary suspects caught on security camera attempting to steal safe

Oct. 4

Burglary, commercial: 1900 block of Verdugo Boulevard. A business owner reported that sometime around 4 a.m. that day, someone pried open the front door of his business and attempted to steal a safe. He received an alarm activation on his cellphone, which connects to a surveillance camera system at the business.

Seeing no movement or signs of a break-in on his phone, he thought it was a false alarm. But when he arrived at his business at 9:30 a.m., he noticed the front door had been pried open.

Surveillance footage shows two suspects dressed in black entering the front door and attempting to move the safe before being scared off by the alarm.

The suspects are described as a black male in his 20s or 30s, up to 6 feet in height and with a thin to medium build, and a black female in her 20s, about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 10 inches with medium build. Both were wearing white gloves. Video footage showed the man carrying a crowbar.

Oct. 5

Petty theft, unlocked vehicle: 3700 block of Via Serrano Avenue. A man told deputies sometime between 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 and noon on Oct. 1, someone entered his unlocked vehicle and stole the keys to his boat and rental property from the center console. A garage door opener was also taken from the driver’s side sun visor.

The victim recalled that on Friday, Sept. 30, he was awakened at around 4 a.m. by the sound of the garage door opening. Nothing else appeared to have been taken.

Theft, mail: 1900 block of Lombardy Drive. A woman reported that sometime between 9:30 a.m. the day before and 10 a.m. that day someone pried open her locked mailbox and stole three days worth of mail from inside.

Oct. 9

Vandalism, vehicle: 4300 block of Belair Drive. A man said that sometime between 1:19 and 1:39 p.m. that day, someone cracked the front windshield of his car while it was parked in his driveway. The crack was about 12 inches long.

Oct. 10

Burglary, residence: 700 block of Greenridge Drive. At around 3 p.m. that day, a man was collecting mail for his vacationing neighbor when he noticed the front glass window of the neighbor’s home was broken. Deputies were called to the scene and immediately cleared the area.

The victim’s daughter was called and, in a walk-through of the property, reported several pieces of jewelry — including a diamond wedding ring, a diamond and sapphire ring and necklace, several other pieces of jewelry and her grandmother’s diamond ring — had been stolen from a bedroom safe that her mother keeps unlocked. The victim’s daughter also noticed a clothes hamper had been emptied and was possibly used to carry items out of the house.

Compiled by Sara Cardine