Posts by Liz Mullen
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…
Read MorePolice 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…
Read MorePolice 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…
Read MorePolice 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…
Read MorePolice 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,…
Read MoreE-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.
Read MorePolice Beat: Mini-bike convoy, SUV collide
by Liz Mullen A collision between a black SUV and two mini-motorcycles on Saturday, March 16 in South Redondo is being investigated by Redondo Beach Police Department officers. The two mini-motorcycles were part of a mini-motorcycle convoy police estimate to have involved as many as 50 riders. The driver of the SUV fled the scene,…
Read MoreLieu secures $963,000 for HBPD hi tech crime center
by Liz Mullen Hermosa Beach Police Department will receive $963,000 in federal funds for what Police Chief Paul LeBaron describes as a Real Time Crime Center. “I have had people actually ask me, ‘Where is it going to be?’” LeBaron said in an interview on Tuesday. The Real Time Crime Center will not be a…
Read MoreSuspect in Teddy Campos murder released, investigation on going
by Liz Mullen The man the Redondo Beach Police Department arrested and charged with the murder of Teddy Campos was released on March 8, after being taken to court because the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office declined to charge him. “The case was sent back to law enforcement on March 8 for further investigation,” Venusse…
Read MorePolice Beat: MB smash and grabs, hit and run, and van with stolen good
By Liz Mullen Manhattan businesses victims of smash and grabs The Arco Station on Manhattan Beach. Boulevard and the AT&T Store on Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach were both hit by smash-and-grab thieves earlier this month. On March 4, at about 5 a.m. Manhattan Beach Police Department officers were called to the Arco Station on…
Read MorePolice Beat: Redondo shooting victim remembered
by Liz Mullen Teddy Campos, who was found dead in a stairwell in the Redondo Beach Pier parking structure, had many friends and family who loved him, his brother,”He was a somebody to so many people,” Andrew told Easy Reader. “I don’t like the context that he was a nobody. He was never dirty, he…
Read MorePolice Beat: Redondo shooting victim remembered
by Liz Mullen Teddy Campos, who was found dead in a stairwell in the Redondo Beach Pier parking structure, had many friends and family who loved him, his brother sad.” He was a somebody to so many people,” Andrew told Easy Reader. “I don’t like the context that he was a nobody. He was never…
Read MorePolice Beat: Motorcycle accident ruling
Motorcycle death ruled an accident The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of Kyle Brimer, 17, of Hermosa Beach, while he was riding his motorcycle was an accident. Brimer was riding his motorcycle southbound on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 10 when he was hit by a…
Read MoreDriver arrested in 5 car Hermosa collision
by Liz Mullen Arrest made in 5-car collision A Redondo Beach woman was arrested for felony DUI by the Hermosa Beach Police Department, after her car, headed northbound on Aviation Blvd., swerved southbound, causing a five-car collision on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The incident occurred in the 900 block of Aviation and snarled rush hour traffic…
Read MorePolice Beat: Hot tub death investigated
by Liz Mullen The Manhattan Beach Police Department is investigating the death of a 67-year-old resident on the same block where a 24-year-old man was found fatally shot in the head. On Friday, Jan. 19, at about 11 a.m., MBPD officers responded to a call about an adult male found unresponsive in a hot tub…
Read MoreEasy Reader: Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach
RBPD shooting case settled for $1.7 million by Liz Mullen The City of Redondo Beach paid resident Luke Carlson and his parents $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged city police officers wrongfully shot Carlson and used excessive force against his parents. In return for the payment, Luke Carlson, his father Jeffrey Carlson and…
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