Sierra Madre Police Report Numerous Car Burglaries

In the seven-day period between Sunday, March 27, and Saturday, April 2, the responded to approximately 398 calls for service. Of those, these reports were considered the most notable and added to the crime blotter.

10:03 a.m. - Tampering/Injuring Vehicle or Contents in the 700 block of N. Sunnyside Avenue: Unknown suspect(s) or object smashed a car’s front windshield. There was no loss of property reported in the incident.

7:28 p.m.- Petty Theft from Vehicle in the 100 block of Auburn Avenue: A resident left her car unlocked and the windows down. Between Monday evening, March 28, and Tuesday evening, March 29, the suspect entered the car and stole a Garmen GPS System, Nintendo Video game system, Target gift card, Toys-R-Us gift card and miscellaneous keys. The loss was valued at $415.00. 

10:03 a.m. - Battery in the 200 block of West Montecito Avenue: A victim reported an assault by a tenant’s boyfriend. The victim and suspect had argued about a parking space the victim has been using. The suspect later pounded on the victim’s door. When the victim opened the door, the suspect pushed the door open, hitting the victim. The suspect cursed at the victim and left an unknown direction.

11:29 p.m. - Auto Burglary in the 500 block of Acacia Street: Unknown suspect(s) smashed a car’s passenger window between the evening of March 31, and the morning of April 1, and removed an HP laptop computer, and a bass amplifier.  The suspect(s) fled in an unknown direction.  

12:12 p.m. - Petty Theft in the 200 block of South Mountain Trail Avenue: Unknown suspect(s) entered an unlocked parked car between the evening of March 30 and the morning of March 31.  The suspect stole the victim’s wallet containing two Citibank credit cards, two American Express credit cards and his California driver’s license.  The suspects made two unauthorized purchases with his credit cards.