Crime Blotter: Red Bull Swiped From Ralphs, Twice

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Crescenta Valley Station, provided the following reports. Arrests do not indicate convictions.

Red Bull Bandit Strikes Ralphs Twice

at 2675 Foothill Blvd. reported two recent incidents of shoplifting, both involving a white male suspect, a black Scion, and Red Bull energy drink.

At 6:05 p.m. Sunday, a clerk at Ralphs reported to a store manager that he witnessed two white males leave the store pushing a car loaded with Red Bull and Arrowhead brand water, but had not seen the men pay for the items.

The clerk said he watched the suspects push the cart to the front of the store, run out the doors, then unload the beverages into a black, late model four-door Scion XB. The clerk said the vehicle was then driven westbound on Foothill Blvd.

The suspects reportedly made off with 10 six-packs of 10-ounce Red Bull valued at $199.90 and one case of 12-ounce Arrowhead water valued at $5.99.

Then, on Tuesday at 12:14 p.m., a Ralphs customer told a store manager that he saw a man walk out of the store with a hand basket full of Red Bull cans but had not seen the man pay. The manager exited the store to search for the man. A witness claimed to have seen a shoplifter get into a black Scion XB with no license plates. The car reportedly drove westbound on Foothill Blvd. 

Reported stolen were four Red Bull 12-packs valued at $89.56 and a plastic, hand-carry Ralphs shopping basket valued at $20.

Video surveillance footage revealed a white male suspect between 30 and 39-years-old, approximately 6 ft tall and 175 lbs with a full beard and balding head.

Santa Clarita law enforcement reportedly alerted CV deputies that several similar incidents involving similar suspects and a vehicle of the same description recently occurred in their jurisdiction.

The following reports were taken from crimemapping.com. Arrests do not indicate convictions:

At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday a robbery was reported in the 2700 block of Frances Avenue.

On Sunday petty theft from a vehicle occurred in the 6200 block of Foothill Boulevard at 5:30 p.m.

Glendale Police reported a burglary in the 3500 block of La Crescenta Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Los Angeles County Sheriffs reported an assault at 10:50 p.m. Monday in the 2500 block of Manhattan Avenue.

Glendale Police reported grand theft at 12:22 a.m. Wednesday in the 3600 block of Rose Lawn Avenue.

Glendale Police reported a vehicle burglary in the 3700 bock of Ramsdell Avenue at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday.

At 1:22 a.m. Wednesday a vehicle break-in was reported by Glendale Police in the 3800 block of Mayfield Avenue.

Petty theft was reported at 4:34 a.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of Oakendale Place. 

A burglary occurred in the 1000 block of Eilinita Avenue at 8:04 p.m. Wednesday.

Glendale Police reported a burglary in the 2000 block of Verdugo Boulevard at 10:37 a.m. Thursday.