Beach Cities Police Beat: HBPD new eyes, bloody trail,
by Liz Mullen HBPD gets a new pair of eyes The Hermosa Beach Police Department is using new technology to more efficiently distribute resources, and solve crimes, as well as to determine whether a crime occurred, HBPD Chief Paul LeBaron told the City Council on Tuesday. The city recently received the first year’s installment of […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: Blood on The Strand, Craigslist deal gone bad, school fire
by Liz Mullen Blood on The Strand Hermosa Beach Police Department officers followed a trail of blood 11 blocks long on the Strand before finding a man who was bleeding profusely from a cut on his hand in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 13. HBPD started getting calls about the blood sometime after […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: Goonies, Man found dead, e-bike crackdown, Elks Club attack
MB Goonies parents notified Manhattan Beach Police Department Chief Rachel Johnson gave burglary prevention tips, discussed crime trends and answered residents’ questions about a teenage group known as the Manhattan Beach Goonies at a Town Hall late last month. About 50 residents attended Johnson’s annual Town Hall at the Joslyn Center on June 27 and […]
Police Beat: MB Strand walkers robbed, 3 robberies in RB, and 4 commercial burglaries
by Liz Mullen MB Strand walkers robbed at gunpoint The Manhattan Beach Police Department is investigating an armed robbery, an assault with a deadly weapon and four residential burglaries. On Saturday June 22 at about 3:45 a.m. a dark colored Jeep Wrangler drove up to a woman and her friend who were walking on 40th […]
Police Beat: MBPD Chief Johnson warns about ‘bank jugging’
by Liz Mullen Manhattan Beach Police Department Chief Rachel Johnson wants to alert residents to an old scam colloquially known as “bank jugging.”. A thief waits outside a bank, and follows a person who comes out with an envelope full of cash. The thief then steals the envelope when the person leaves it in the […]
Beach Cities Police Beat: E-bike violations, Metlox assault case, copper theft, and feuding roommates
by Liz Mullen Task force to target e-bike violations The Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach police departments have formed a task force to address traffic violations, including e-bike violations, and juvenile crime over the summer. “Traffic safety and juvenile crime … usually includes kids on e-bikes,” HBPD Chief Paul LeBaron said. “But it […]
Police Beat: RB murder suspect, Elks Club assault, burglaries and more
by Liz Mullen Redondo murder suspect rearrested Alexis Martinez, the man charged with killing Teddy Campos at the Redondo Beach Pier in February, is due in court later this month after the Redondo Beach Police Department re-arrested him. Campos was found shot in the head in a Pier parking lot stairwell on the morning of […]
Police Beat: Busy weekend, GPS stalker, Lyft driver robbed
by Liz Mullin Busy weekend in Hermosa Hermosa Beach Police Department officers responded to 342 calls over the Memorial Day weekend, HBPD Chief Paul LeBaron told the City Council Tuesday. HBPD officers also made 48 traffic stops, 17 subject stops and wrote 16 citations and 35 reports — including six for hit-and-run — and made […]
Police Beat: MBPD find swastikas, teen assault arrest, car burglarized in RB
by Liz Mullen MBPD finds swastikas in the park The Manhattan Beach Police Department is investigating two incidents in which swastikas were spray painted in Sand Dune Park, a few weeks after a sign with racial slurs was left there. MBPD was alerted to a swastika painted on a tree in the park between 30th […]
Police Beat: MB bad boys, my ebike, odd couple and more ebikes
by Liz Mullen MB bad boys The Manhattan Beach Police Department is investigating an incident in which 10 juveniles accosted three juveniles, striking one of them and stealing property. The incident occurred on May 4 at the Metlax Plaza. MBPD officers were called to the scene after someone reported juveniles were fighting. When MBPD officers […]
Police Beat: Little League fast one, Uber getaway car, car as weapon
by Liz Mullen The Manhattan Beach Little League’s pitching machine was stolen sometime between April 16 and April 17. The machine was kept in a locked wooden shed at Live Oak Park on the 1900 block of Valley Drive. The shed was pried open. The MBPD is seeking the public’s help regarding an apparent hate […]
Police Beat: Burglars foiled in Manhattan, good samaritans suspect in Hermosa, SUVs MIA in Redondo
by Liz Mullin Burglars caught at empty homes Manhattan Beach Police Department officers foiled attempted burglaries at three different residences in the city during the week of April 11 through April 17. In each case, the homeowners were not at home. On April 12, MBPD officers responded to a report of a person checking doors […]
Police Beat: Domestic quarrel ends in tragedies
by Liz Mullen A 34-year-old Woodland Hills woman stabbed her boyfriend to death, ejected her two children onto the 405 freeway, killing her infant girl and injuring her 9-year-old daughter, and crashed her car into a tree on Pacific Coast Highway at Vincent Street in Redondo Beach, killing herself, the Redondo Beach Police report. Danielle […]
Police Beat: e-bike batteries, drug related deaths, and e-bike seminar
by Liz Mullen E-bike batteries targeted in Hermosa “The biggest crime trend involves property crimes,” Hermosa Beach Police Chief LeBaron said in a recent interview. “We see a lot of bicycles stolen from garages,” LeBaron said. “People have got to realize, those e-bikes are worth a couple of thousand dollars a piece.” “One crime we […]
Police Beat: Garage burglaries, vehicle burglaries, catalytic converter thefts
by Liz Mullen “The biggest trend we are seeing is property crimes,” Hermosa Beach Police Chief LeBaron said in a recent interview. “The smash and grabs are highly publicized. But although they are serious, they are not as frequent.” “We see a lot of bicycles stolen from garages,” LeBaron said. “People have got to realize, […]
E-bike, e-bike battery thefts on upward trend
An elderly man walking on Highland Avenue in Manhattan Beach was approached by three people, who offered him jewelry to distract him. It was only after the man returned home that he realized his watch was missing.Â