Crime & Safety
5 Burglars Broke Into A Hollywood Hills Home Forcing The Owner To Hide
A man hid in his bathroom and called police as five burglars ransacked his Hollywood Hills home.
HOLLYWOOD HILLS, CA — Police were searching for several burglary suspects in the Hollywood Hills Sunday and Monday following an attempted burglary.
A man was alone in his home Sunday evening when four or five hooded men broke in and began rummaging through his belongings. He called 9-1-1 and hid in the bathroom waiting for police to arrive, KTLA reported. The homeowner watched the burglars on his security feed as he feared for his life.
Authorities released few details about the incident.
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The attempted burglary occurred at about t 11:15 p.m. Sunday in the 7200 block of Pacific View Drive, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Detectives were looking for several suspects, however, police did not release a description of the suspects.
Several suspects were being sought, but no descriptions were available, police said.
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“I saw one guy in one of the videos carrying something. I couldn’t tell what it was,” the victim told KTLA.
The incident left him rattled.
“I was scared …Bad enough you see one person. When I saw five,” he told the news station.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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