'Two O'Clock Rock' Burglar Hits North Hollywood Businesses

LOS ANGELES, CA — Police are asking for help identifying a man suspected of burglarizing more than 60 businesses across the San Fernando Valley in the past year. The thief targets businesses in the early morning hours using rocks to break in, earning him the "Two O'Clock Rock " moniker.

The man is behind burglaries in Van Nuys, North Hollywood, San Fernando and Burbank, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

"The suspect targets businesses during early morning hours, generally between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m," according to the LAPD. "He first canvasses a location, then stages rocks in front of the businesses he is about to burglarize."

According to detectives, he uses a rock to shatter windows or doors, takes money from a cash register and flees before police arrive on the scene. In some of the break-ins, the man removed the cash register from inside the business all together.

The suspect was described as about 5-feet-10 inches tall, weighing between 150 and 180 pounds, with a receding hairline. He frequently wears a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black shoes, and sometimes wears glasses.

The man has also been seen riding a bicycle or driving an early 2000s dark-colored Nissan Maxima or Sentra.

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Anyone with information on the burglaries was asked to contact LAPD Detective J. Eastburn at 818-832-0936 or Detective C. Parchman at 818-832-0941. Calls made during non-business hours or on weekends can be directed to 877-527- 3247.

Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.

City News Service contributed to this report.