Per Detective Mota, 7/12/2010

I wanted to advise you all of three burglaries that took place last Tuesday, July 6 at 807 N. Hyperion Ave. All three burglaries took place at the same apartment building and three apartments were hit. All three apartments were next to each other and they happened during the day, between 6:15 AM and 2:30 PM. The suspects pried open the front door's to all three apartments. Once inside, they ransacked the locations and took several items. It had to be multiple suspects as several small and large items were taken. Items taken included a Mac computer, Gucci purse, Nintendo Wii, Canon camera, large 42" Panasonic tv, MacBook silver laptop, bicycle, Gateway laptop, large canvas bag, cellular phones and thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. It is obvious that the suspects were there for several minutes and amazingly not seen. Please spread the news about the burglaries and let your friends and neighbors know to always keep a watchful eye and call police if you see anything suspicious.

Per Detective Mota, LAPD

BURGLARY RD 204 800 Blk MALTMAN AVE 05/13/10 1100-1200 HRS.

ON 05/13/10 AT 1100 HOURS, THE RESIDENCE WAS LOCKED AND SECURED. AT 1200 HRS., THE VICTIM WAS TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED AND NOTIFIED BY THE HANDYMAN THAT THE REAR DOOR WAS OPEN AND PIECES FROM ONE OF THE WINDOWS WAS MISSING. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SUSPECT(S) REMOVED THE PANELS FROM A WINDOW FRAME TO GAIN ENTRY. SUSPECT(S) ENTERED AND REMOVED SELECTED ITEMS AND LEFT VIA THE REAR DOOR.

ON 5/13/2010, THE VICTIM OF THE BURGLARY RECEIVED A CALL FROM HER BANK THAT SOMEONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CASH ONE OF HER CHECKS. THE SUSPECT FAILED TO WAIT FOR THE BANK TELLER AND LEFT THE BANK WITHOUT THE CHECK AND HIS CALIFORNIA ID.

05/13/10
HOUSE
REMOVED PANELS FROM WINDOW
TAKEN: JEWELRY AND A CHECK BOOK (POSS SAME SUSP IN A BFMV 1002-11384).

THE BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TOOK PLACE AT APPROX THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME HUNDRED BLK OF MALTMAN.

Taggings 05/12/10

These were cleaned up pretty early, and the only opportunity I had to take them was during dawn.

Graffiti Taggings 05/04/2010

Sorry for the delay in posting these. The HBT has done a great job this month at getting these cleaned up on the same day, so people may missed these incidents.

From the LA Times, 2/24/10

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/silver-lake-crime.html

Silver Lake residents, business owners ask police to crack down on neighborhood crime

February 24, 2010 | 9:21 am

About three dozen Silver Lake residents and business owners met with police Tuesday night for what organizers touted as a town hall meeting “to discuss the escalating gunfire, violent crime, burglary and physical violence in our neighborhood.”

The gathering was prompted by a string of recent incidents in the Sunset Junction neighborhood, said business owner Jeff Castelaz, including an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven convenience store, an attempted robbery that left a man dead on Manzanita Street and a shooting Monday afternoon outside of Castelaz's record label, Dangerbird Records.

No one was injured in Monday's shooting, which police believe was gang-related. But Castelaz said bullets struck his building and an employee’s car and almost hit a member of one of the bands signed to his label.

"We’ll do the best we can to piece this together,” said LAPD Capt. William Murphy, commanding officer of the Northeast Division, which claims much of Silver Lake as its territory.

Murphy said crime is down in the area this year with the exception of rape and burglary. There have been 35 burglaries so far in 2010, which is 48% higher than last year, he said.

Local business owners pleaded with police to do more to combat crime.

“I do think that crime is going up in the area,” said Irma Gonzalez, the owner of Tacos Delta.

She complained that police were unresponsive after a recent attempted break-in at her taco stand. The fact that Silver Lake is patrolled by two LAPD divisions, Northeast and Rampart, contributes to the problem, residents and business owners said.

“On our end it’s confusing and frustrating to be in the middle of these borderlands,” said resident Thaddeus Herrick, who has lived in the area for 10 years. "I've always felt safe. But I'm really concerned about these escalations and spikes in crime.”

-- Kate Linthicum

Burglary 2/22/10, Reported by Detective Mota, LAPD Rampart Division

10-0206866 Rd 204 969 Manzanita St 02/22/10 1115 hours

On 02/22/10 at 1115 hours, the victim was home and heard noises coming from her rear door. As the victim approached the rear door that leads to the laundry room, she confronted a male White suspect inside her residence. The suspect appeared to be startled and asked "Is Joseph here?" The vict asked the suspect who he was and he quickly left via the rear door. Investigation revealed that the suspect pried open the rear door and entered. The victim described the suspect as thin and a "skater" or "rocker" type wearing long Dickie shorts and possible skater type "Vans" shoes. The suspect may also have had tattoo's on his neck.

Suspect: male White 5'7", 120/130 pounds and 25/30 years old. The suspect was wearing a dark t-shirt and long shorts.

02/22/10
House
Pried rear door
nothing taken

Graffitit Taggings 2.24/10

Although cleanup requests have been made, the Hollywood Beautification Team hasn't made it out yet. Thus, more cross outs were seen this morning: