Crime & Safety

Crime Blotter: Lurker and Vehicle Break-Ins

A week in crime in Sierra Madre for the period of Nov. 10-18.

Crime blotter information provided by the Sierra Madre Police Department.

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012

At 7 p.m. a resident in the 600 block of West Orange Grove Avenue was inside her home when she observed a person looking into her kitchen window. The individual quickly moved away from the window and was gone before police units arrived. The resident could not provide a description as she saw only portions of the suspect’s torso. An examination of the area failed to locate any evidence.

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Monday, Nov. 12, 2012

In the early afternoon, someone broke the side window of a vehicle parked in the Bailey Canyon parking Lot. The suspect removed a purse that had been placed under the front seat and fled. While investigating this crime, the officers discovered that a second vehicle in the same lot had been broken into in the same fashion. A purse was also taken from the second vehicle. This is the third vehicle burglary in the Baily Canyon parking Lot this month. In each of the crimes the suspect smashed a side window and took property that was easily reachable.

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Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012

At 5:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to Santa Anita Canyon Road at the Lannan Debris Basin to investigate a report of a fire. Upon arrival they detained a male transient who had ignited a large trash fire to keep himself warm. The fire was quickly extinguished and the transient was arrested for starting an unlawful outside fire.


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