Burglary, Suspicious Person, Theft

Daylight burglary 3900 block of Lasuen  05/07/2012

At approximately 12:30 PM, the resident returned home from lunch and found her large screen flat panel TV in the kitchen.  She realized that there was a burglary in progress, exited the house and called 911.  Relatives arrived shortly after and the resident entered the house, finding her bedroom ransacked with loose change and jewelry missing.  The criminals apparently accessed the house by jumping over the backyard fence (which backs up to a DPMWD, well compound).  They then tried to pry the back door open and when that failed, entered through the kitchen window.  The culprits also left over the backyard fence where some of the loose change, and one of the resident's items of electronics were discovered.  The gate to the compound was left open by an AT&T tech working in the area.  A sheriff CSI arrived approx 4 hours later.  The resident has a dog which runs loose in the back yard, but didn't seem to be a deterrent to these crooks.  The dog was let loose out the front gate, but is back at home.

Cowan NW group report, 05/05/2012   catalytic converter theft

During the night of 4-5 of May, a catalytic converter was stolen from a Toyota PU in the Cowan school area.  Toyota PU/SUV owners, please be vigilant.  (Toyotas seem to be preferred due to their great ground clearance--a desirable feature in a vehicle, but also allowing easy access to the catalytic converter).

Suspicious person 2500 block of Catalina

On Monday 4/16 at around 3:30 pm a black male wearing a Raiders football jersey, black beanie and a necklace with a drivers license hanging from it approached my house and knocked on the front door. He mentioned that he was low on gas and needed some money to fill it up. I told him that I couldn't help him and he walked off. He drove away in a Black car. Very hard to get the make of the car but it sounded like a motorcycle. Please keep an eye out for these random visits as I feel he was scoping out the neighborhood to see if people are home or not. My car was parked in the driveway.

Suspicious circumstances 2800 block of Ione St.

On tuesday 4-17, a resident in the 2800 block of Ione St. had someone come to her door at approximately 8:30 PM, banging on the door.  It happened again at approximately 10:30 PM, another person banged on the door.  She did not know what to do, and did not call the sheriff dept.

Especially at the late hour call 911 from a landline or from a cell phone call 874-5111, (this will connect you directly to the sheriff dept without going thru CHP, which handles cellular 911 calls).

In any case, make the person at the door, aware, that the house is occupied, and that you are contacting the police. NO ANSWER is an invitation to break in. (you do not have to show yourself, just yell through the door).

Vehicle break-ins late Sunday, early Monday, 4-15/16 2500 block of Butano

I think someone ransacked a car at 2533 butano, late Sunday/early Monday.  I saw the door ajar and the glove compartment open and notified the resident. He seemed to dismiss it as his "flakey" kids.

That would have been the same night and the same scenario.  I'm on the 2500 block of Butano.  My car was ransacked. (I don't keep much in it because it is a convertible).  The console was open, AND they found my garage door opener. They made off with a $4000 + mountain bike, and a lot of other sporting good items. Probably over $8000 total. It was dumb to have the garage door remote in the car, but maybe you can send a reminder to people, telling them to not leave their garage door remotes in plain sight.or in the vehicle.