By LILY TINOCO | Assistant Editor
The Los Angeles Police Department West LA Area Crime & Community Intelligence Center released a community alert on Thursday, August 1, regarding a series of residential burglaries in the area.
The department distributed a flyer, providing details of a series of burglaries that have occurred between July 24 and July 31, on Pacific Palisades’ Alcima Avenue, as well as Manning Avenue, Club Drive, Kentfield Avenue and Overland Avenue. The suspects have taken designer purses, jewelry and money, according to the community alert.
The flyer shows a vehicle that has been associated with the string of burglaries. LAPD said the suspects are known to drive a black Chevrolet Suburban LT with dark tinted windows.
“During the commission of each burglary, two suspects—who are described as male Black, wearing dark clothing, masks, gloves, carrying backpacks and a handheld radio—are known to climb over victims’ rear fence and/or wall to gain entry into the rear yard,” LAPD explained in the flyer. “Suspects then smash a glass partition of the rear door and ransack the residence, looking for jewelry, purses and U.S. currency.”
LAPD reported the suspects then flee the area the same way they entered, leaving in the suspected vehicle. On two occasions, the vehicle has been “cold plated,” meaning the suspects used a stolen license plate from a similar looking vehicle.
“Please keep an eye out for suspicious activity,” LAPD Senior Lead Officer for Pacific Palisades Brian Espin wrote. “If you see a crime occurring, call the police immediately. If you see this or a similar vehicle hanging around the street, let your neighbors know to be visible and keep an eye out for each other.”
If you have information regarding the suspects, contact West Los Angeles Burglary Detective Carlos Carrillo at 213-216-5308 or email 39483@lapd.online.
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