Local News in Brief : Burglars Get $65,000 in Loot From Homes of Two Actors
The San Fernando Valley homes of TV’s “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider and actor Mike Wayne, son of the late John Wayne, were burglarized of an estimated $65,000 in cash, jewelry, stereo equipment and other property, Los Angeles police said Tuesday. Police said the two burglaries apparently were unrelated.
Schneider and his wife, KABC-TV anchorwoman Tawny Little Schneider, told police they returned from an out-of-town trip Sunday to find a window pried open on their hillside Studio City home. They reported losses of about $1,000 in cash and silverware, a television, stereo equipment, rugs and other property valued at about $49,000, said Sgt. Gene Rogers.
The burglary occurred between Jan. 7 and Jan. 12, Rogers said.
The Wayne home in nearby Toluca Lake was burglarized between Jan. 11 and Jan. 13.
Thomas Connelly, a neighbor who watched the unoccupied home for Wayne, discovered the front door open and a window pried open Sunday night. Stereo equipment, silverware and rugs valued at about $15,000 were reported missing, Rogers said.
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