Police Beat: Egg-tossing e-bikers, Gun shots & shells, simulate gun hold-up
by Liz Mullen A crackdown in case of egg-tossing e-bikers After complaints of teenagers on e-bikes throwing eggs at vehicles and causing other kinds of trouble, the Hermosa Beach Police Department on Friday evening, February 7, initiated a crackdown. They stopped 22 e-bike riders and cited nine of them. HBPD also impounded four e-bikes from […]
Police Beat: scrambled e-bikers, spinning wheels, restroom robbery
by Liz Mullen Recipe for scrambled e-bikers HBPD has had several reports of juveniles on e-bikes throwing eggs at cars but has been hampered in catching them because e-bike chases pose a bigger threat to the public than the eggs. “The juveniles have fled from officers multiple times and due to them being on e-bikes, […]
Police Beat: RB gardner threatened, underage drinking party, e-bike chase
RB gardner threatened by Robber’s gun in waistband Robbers stole $4,500 of gardening equipment by flashing a handgun in broad daylight in Redondo Beach earlier this month. It happened just after noon on Jan. 14 on the corner of Carnegie Lane and Flagler Lane. “The victim–he’s a gardener and he was doing some work in […]
Police Beat: spotlight thefts, fire patrol ends, MC student remembered
by Liz Mullen Hermosa Beach Police Department detectives are investigating the theft of expensive truck spotlights from at least four trucks in the city in recent weeks. “We don’t know if it’s one person or multiple people, but they are stealing spotlights off of trucks,” HBPD Officer Keaton Dadigan told the Easy Reader. “They’re called […]
Police Beat: Beach City first responders called to Eaton Fire
by Liz Mullen Off-duty officers from the Redondo, Hermosa and Manhattan Beach police departments have been working at the Eaton Fire in Altadena over the past week. Officers are patrolling the fire site to prevent looting and other criminal activity as well as providing security and aid to the shelter for Eaton fire victims who […]
Police Beat: No foul play, traffic stops, 114 items, ski masks and e-bike warnings
by Liz Mullen No foul play in man washed ashore The body of a 67-year-old man washed ashore at about 7 p.m. on Sunday Jan. 5 off the 3500 block of The Strand in Hermosa Beach. “A preliminary investigation showed no obvious signs of foul play and the drowning appears accidental,” the Hermosa Beach Police Department […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: HBPD DUI show of force, MBPD E-motorcycle warning, RBPD stops car show
by Liz Mullen A DUI education in Hermosa Hermosa Beach Police Department officers conducted a citywide traffic enforcement operation and stopped 51 drivers of cars and riders of e-bikes, issued 24 citations, arrested two drivers and impounded two vehicles on Friday, Dec 27, starting at 10 a.m. The two people arrested had been driving even […]
Police Beat: HBPD cameras follow hit and run, shooting in Redondo, ‘bank jugging’ in Manhattan
by Liz Mullen Grant money at work As previously reported, the Hermosa Beach Police Department recently received an $80,000 grant from the state of California for traffic safety and is using a good portion of it to crack down on people driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In the past week, HBPD officers […]
Police Beat: Avian Flu found in Manhattan Beach seagulls
by Liz Mullin Two Western Gulls infected with Avian Influenza (H5N1) were found on the shore in Manhattan Beach. The Manhattan Beach Police Department reported the cases in its most recent weekly crime report. In the last four weeks, there have been about 30 confirmed or suspected cases of wild bird flu in birds found […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: Black SUV, Town Hall meeting, four guns seven people, dog licenses, burglars
by Liz Mullen Black SUVs used in two MB assaults Two different men were assaulted and robbed in Manhattan Beach by men who drove away in black SUVs, in what police believe were unrelated attacks during the week of Sept. 5 to Sept. 11. On Sept. 7 at about 1 a.m., a man was placing […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: HB forbidden fruit, Resident shelters, car thief steals e-bike, speed enforcement
by Liz Mullin HB fruit vendor’s forbidden fruit Hermosa Beach Police Department officers arrested a fruit vendor for possession of a large amount of methamphetamine in plastic baggies, foiled a residential burglary and nabbed a thief who was involved in stealing a car and an e-bike. HBPD has been warning the public about vendors selling […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: missing person, RB Pier shooter sentenced, parking scam, sand-throwing
Missing person turns up at burglary in Manhattan Beach by Liz Mullen Manhattan Beach Police Department officers are investigating two residential burglaries and ended up finding a missing person while responding to a third. On Aug. 16 at about 2:52 a.m. MBPD responded to a report of persons trying to enter residences. This person did […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: Tag launcher, DUI checkpoint, retail theft
by Liz Mullen Tag launcher helps HBPD end car chases The Hermosa Beach Police Department will soon be able to launch GPS trackers onto the cars and trucks of suspects that refuse officers’ orders to pull over, a move that could lessen or eliminate the danger of high-speed pursuits. The Hermosa Beach city council approved […]
Police Beat: TNT, suspect story, garage fire, loaded gun, BB shooter
by Liz Mullen Tacos with traffic HBPD motorcycle officers will hold “Tacos with traffic” at El Tarasco, at 337 Pier Ave., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22. Free tacos will be served. Officers will answer questions about traffic, including e-bikes, loud exhausts, speeding vehicles and neighborhood traffic issues. HBPD motorcycles will […]
Police Beat: welfare check, wrong town, thefts, unhappy joyride
by Liz Mullen RBPD welfare check finds deceased resident Redondo Beach Police Department officers making a welfare check requested by concerned family members found a 45-year-old white woman dead in her home in South Redondo on Friday, Aug. 2. The woman, who lived on the 800 block of South Catalina Avenue, was identified by the […]
Police Beat: Crashes, citations, weapons, and thieves
by Liz Mullen HB, PCH accident A motorist in a hurry was hit by a truck in Hermosa Beach, causing a traffic collision that destroyed a traffic light and closed Pacific Coast Highway for hours last Friday, July 26. Both the car and the truck were going southbound on Pacific Coast Highway approaching Second Street, […]