Crime Report: Catalytic converters stolen from Toyota Sequoias in two separate incidents

La Cañada Flintridge

June 1

Grand theft, catalytic converters: 1900 block of Lombardy Drive. A woman reported that sometime between 12:30 p.m. the day before and 9 a.m. that day, someone stole two catalytic converters from her 2003 Toyota Sequoia while it was parked in her driveway.

Grand theft, catalytic converters: 2200 block of Daisy Lane. A man reported having two catalytic converters stolen from his 2003 Toyota Sequoia while it was parked in front of his home sometime between 4:30 p.m. the day before and 4 p.m. that day.

Petty theft: 1000 block of El Vago Street. A man said at around 2:40 p.m., a FedEx truck had delivered a box of cookies to his doorstep. About five minutes later, he saw a Latino male carrying a box away from his doorstep. The suspect got into a black sedan parked in front of the victim’s home, driven by another man of similar description wearing a blue shirt. The vehicle drove west on El Vago and out of view.

June 3

Identity theft: 1500 block of Alta Park Lane. A man told deputies someone had fraudulently opened a Visa credit account in his name. The victim learned this when he received an e-receipt from Nordstrom for a purchase made in San Francisco. When he called Visa, he was notified that two other purchases were made at the same store with the credit card.

Identity theft: 1900 block of Hilldale Drive. On May 22, a woman saw on her American Express credit card statement several charges not made by her. On investigating, she learned someone had used her personal information to make the charges. Four days later, the victim got a call from Barclay Bank asking her to verify that she’d opened an additional account with them. When she said the transaction was fraudulent, she was advised to contact the sheriff’s department. On June 1, she received a letter from Amazon to thank her for opening an account. The next day, the victim received two more notices, from T-Mobile and UPS, also thanking her for opening accounts with them.

Burglary, shoplifting: 800 block of Foothill Boulevard. A manager of an AT&T store told deputies that at 6:51 p.m., a Latino male and female entered the store through the back door and approached the service desk, asking to be placed on a customer waiting list. While waiting, the woman walked up to an LG phone display and removed a phone from its base. Her companion took the phone from her and the pair quickly exited the store. The manager said he believes they came to the store solely for the purpose of shoplifting, and said he would hand over the store’s surveillance footage.

June 6

Annoying contacts by phone: 4500 block of Alveo Road. A woman reported receiving several annoying phone calls and texts from a restricted number in the past year, and said that day she’d gotten a number of text messages containing inappropriate content.

La Crescenta

May 29

Burglary, vehicle: 5400 block of Pinecone Road. A woman reported leaving her unlocked 2005 Honda CRV in her garage the night before. Her stepmother came home around midnight and parked next to her, possibly leaving the garage door open. When the woman returned to her car at 6:30 a.m. the next day, she noticed the vehicle had been ransacked. The victim’s purse, containing her wallet, driver’s license and three credit cards, was missing from the back seat, and a Bluetooth device had been taken from her visor.

June 2

Identity theft: 3000 block of Orange Avenue. On April 20, a woman received a letter from the State Franchise Tax Board claiming a debit from “California Community Colleges” had been deducted from her tax return. She called the chancellor’s office and was informed that the deduction is an application fee added when someone applies for a community college class. The representative then said in January 2014, two applications were received for classes at Ventura and Oxnard city colleges, using the victim’s personal information. While the applications were denied, the standard fees applied. The victim told police someone had fraudulently filed a tax return in her name, and that she believed this person may have been responsible.

June 3

Identity theft: 3000 block of Fairesta Street. A woman called Southern California Edison to inform the utility she was moving from her home, only to learn a new account had been opened online in her name earlier that day. The address listed was in San Bernardino, but the representative could not give the victim the full details. The woman closed the account immediately.

Unlicensed driver: 4400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Deputies driving on Encinal Avenue observed a man driving a white pickup truck northbound on Pennsylvania Avenue, who appeared to be typing on his cellphone. They pulled the vehicle over and asked the driver if he had a license or form of identification. The man showed a Mexican Consular identification card, and using that information, the deputies determined the man had no license and was wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for an aggravated felony reentry into the country. The man was arrested, and his vehicle was left at the scene of the stop at the request of the owner.

June 5

Burglary, shoplifting: 2647 Foothill Blvd. A loss prevention officer with Rite-Aid reported that at 2:49 p.m., he saw a white male adult, about 6 feet tall and weighing up to 180 pounds, walk toward the store’s supplement aisle and grab an item. The suspect unwrapped it and put it in his left pant pocket, returning the box to the shelf. The officer went to the aisle and retrieved the box, which had contained saline nasal gel, and confronted the man in front of the store. The man admitted to shoplifting, claiming he had no money. When the officer demanded he return the gel, a second white male, who may have been connected to the shoplifter, began arguing with him. The two men then left the property without returning the stolen item.

June 7

Possession of burglary tools’ possession of access cards with intent to defraud: 600 block of South Normandie Place, Los Angeles. A deputy was informed at 1:50 p.m. that the Los Angeles Police Department’s Olympic Division had a suspect in custody who was wanted in connection with an earlier residential burglary committed on Altura Avenue, and that the man was being transported to the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. The man had been arrested following a trespassing call on Normandie Place in Los Angeles. When the man arrived, deputies found among his property several tools they believed had been used to commit burglary as well as two ATM cards. The man said he was homeless and used the bank cards to gain entry to bank lobbies, so he could sleep there. The suspect claimed the tools were used to “work on cellphones.”