A grand theft was reported in the 600 block of Foothill Boulevard on Sept. 6 at 6:19 p.m. The store employee was monitoring the CCTV system of the store when he saw two men shoplifting. Both suspects were walking through multiple clothing aisles in the stores when they both began to fill two large pieces of luggage with merchandise. Shortly after they exited the store, without attempting to pay for the merchandise, the employee immediately exited the store to attempt to retrieve the items. When the suspects saw the employee, they immediately dropped the merchandise and they ran toward their vehicle.
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A grand theft was reported in the 4800 block of Hampton Road on Sept. 8 at 5:21 p.m. The victim was doing work for a resident, when the resident told the victim that two male suspects stole items from the bed of his pickup truck, which was parked on the eastside of Hampton Road. The suspects stole a Honda lawnmower, an Echo leaf blower and a weed wacker. The resident knew that the items were stolen when he was reviewing surveillance footage of his residence and saw a white SUV park parallel to the victim’s vehicle and began to take tools.
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A deputy responded to a mail theft report in the 400 block of Inverness Drive on Sept. 5 at 3:03 p.m. The victim was told by a neighbor that someone was going through mailboxes in the area and she immediately looked on her CCTV cameras and saw a male wearing a white T-shirt and red pants parked in front of her residence. The suspect then went through her mailbox. The suspect was driving a newer model gray Honda Accord sedan and was last seen driving southeast. The victim looked in her mailbox to find that her mail was gone. She then drove her vehicle in the same direction as the suspect and saw multiple pieces of mail scattered in the street. She recovered the piece of mail and identified the mail to be hers. She was still missing some mail, which included a check in the amount of $11,000. Due to the quality of the video, the deputy was unable to see the license plate number.
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A deputy responded to a mail theft report in the 4100 block of Woodleigh Lane on Sept. 5 between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The victim was leaving her house and saw multiple letters on the ground near her mailbox. She investigated the mail and saw that the mail belonged to a home in the 400 block of Inverness Drive. She inspected her mailbox and noticed it had been pried open with an unknown tool, which broke her mailbox key locking mechanism. She was unable to immediately identify any mail that may have been stolen but said that she receives mail every day. Due to the location, time and type of incident that took place, the deputy formed the opinion that the incident had been conducted by the same suspect as previous calls.
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A deputy responded to forgery report in the 5200 block of Haskell Street on Sept. 4 between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. The victim stated that he wrote a check to his gas company and placed it inside an envelope, which he put inside his mailbox with the intention of it being delivered to his gas company. He inspected the outside and confirmed that the mailbox door had been left open and he discovered that the envelope was missing. He visited his bank the next day where he initiated a stop payment on the check. After that, he received a letter from his bank indicating that an individual had attempted to cash the check at an unknown location, but the check was declined. He stated that he did not give anyone authorization to tamper with his check and was not familiar with the individual who attempted to cash it.
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A deputy responded to a mail theft report in the 600 block of Foxwood Road on Sept. 5 between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. The call stated that a mailbox had been broken into and the mail inside of it had been stolen. The victim was leaving her home when she saw her mailbox had been open. She investigated it and noticed that her mailbox keyhole had been tampered with, but neither the mailbox or the key locking mechanism was damaged. She was unable to immediately identify any mail that might have been stolen. Due to the location, time and type of incident that took place, the deputy formed the opinion that the incident had been conducted by the same suspect as previous calls.
Editor’s note: Details included in the Sheriff’s crime report are taken directly from the deputies’ reports on file at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s station. The Outlook Valley Sun is not responsible for the incompleteness or inaccuracies in the original reports.
First published in the September 14 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
