Burglary duo arrested
Robert Messersmith A burglary victim received unusually swift justice last week. Officers were taking a Redondo Beach man’s theft report at the very same time detectives serving a search warrant in Torrance had found a large cache of stolen goods – including property just stolen from that man’s residence. Torrance police arrested two male suspects. “Literally, at the same time that call is going through dispatch, the officer serving the search warrant was standing there looking at the stuff stolen from that guy’s residence,” said Redondo Beach Police Department Sgt. Shawn Freeman. The two men are believed to have committed a rash of burglaries in the South Bay and across Southern California. Robert Messersmith, 31, of Torrance, and William Fulton Jr., 30, of Hawthorne were arrested during the July 21 service of a search warrant. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has since filed multiple theft and weapon violation charges against both men. Detectives have recovered a large amount of stolen goods – ranging from construction equipment to home electronics and bicycles – and are now searching for potential victims of burglaries who can now recover their property. Some…
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