[Monrovia Police activities from the Police Department's Neighborhood Watch Report for March 26 - 28. - Brad Haugaard]
During the last seven-day period, the Police Department handled 501 service events, resulting in 106 investigations.
Grand Theft Auto
March 26 at 8:49 p.m., a vehicle was reported stolen from the 600 block of Royal Oaks. The victim parked and locked his vehicle on the street in front of his house. The vehicle is a 1991, red, Nissan pick-up. Investigation continuing.
Theft From a Vehicle
March 27 at 5:26 a.m., an officer responded to the 100 block of Garfield regarding a theft from an unlocked vehicle. The loss was a women's coat. Cash and a laptop computer were left behind. Investigation continuing.
Grand Theft Auto
On March 28 at 6:27 a.m., a vehicle was reported stolen from the 200 block of South Madison. The victim parked her blue 2000 Durango in front of her residence with her purse and keys in the front seat. Her purse was later recovered in the laundry room of her apartment complex the following morning and her vehicle was recovered with the keys in the vehicle. Investigation continuing
Theft From a Vehicle
On March 28 at 1:53 p.m., an officer responded to the 100 block of North Garfield regarding a theft from an unlocked vehicle. The victim parked her vehicle in front of the residence with her purse on the front seat. The victim returned to her vehicle the following morning and discovered her purse missing. Investigation continuing.
Theft From a Vehicle
On March 28 at 3:10 p.m., an officer responded to the 100 block of Sunset Place regarding a theft from a vehicle. The victim left his vehicle parked in front of his residence unlocked. He returned to his vehicle the following day and discovered 2 ipods missing. Investigation continuing.
Theft From a Vehicle
On March 28 at 4:42 p.m., an officer responded to the 100 block North Garfield regarding theft from a vehicle. The victim left his unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway. He returned to his vehicle the following morning and discovered his GPS, ipod and Alpine stereo face plate missing. Investigation continuing.
Tip of the Week
Theft Prevention from Vehicles
Always lock your doors and roll up all windows when you leave your car. Car thieves regularly patrol parking lots and try door handles to see if they will open. They will even try door handles on cars parked in driveways late at night when you are sleeping. They are hoping for an unlocked vehicle that they can get into quickly and they will take anything left inside. You should always store valuable items in the trunk, so that a criminal does not see them and become tempted to break into your vehicle.
