The girls told South Pasadena Police they walked by a car and saw the man inside pleasuring himself.
The increase was noted in February's Neighborhood Watch Newsletter, published by the South Pasadena Police Department.
Two men breaking in to an Orange Grove Avenue apartment were startled by a neighbor who'd been watching them, police said.
As joint task force seeks public's help in capturing former Los Angeles cop and triple murder suspect Christopher Dorner, South Pasadena Police are manning patrols with two officers instead of the typical solo driver.
The South Pasadena Police Department released the following crime statistics map for the month of January.
The 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication.
Officials say criminals are calling people and falsely telling them they must pay their utility bills with a pre-paid cash card or face immediate service termination.
South Pasadena Police had some help from a passerby who witnessed a theft at Mission Street and Meridian Avenue.
South Pasadena Police received numerous 9-1-1 calls about a woman who appeared to want to jump onto the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
The following incidents were reported to South Pasadena Police. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Detectives say suspects obtained lists of subscribers who had submitted “vacation holds.”
A look at recent crime in South Pasadena.
Exiting South Pasadena Police Chief Joe Payne said he was asked to leave, while City Manager Sergio Gonzalez said he did not initiate the departure.
Increased patrols in a neighborhood rife with burglaries led to three arrests, South Pasadena Police said.
The chase took police through South Pasadena and Pasadena.
Police also arrested a teen passenger in the juvenile's vehicle for allegedly corroborating the fake name.
South Pasadena Police arrested an Arcadia man after a botched attempt to use a fraudulent credit card at Ralphs, authorities said.
South Pasadena Police reported the following crimes during the week of Jan. 9-15.
Edward Furlong--who was born in Glendale and attended schools in Altadena and South Pasadena--is in police custody for an alleged domestic battery incident.
South Pasadena Police released the following incident reports from Dec. 19 to Tuesday. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A woman told South Pasadena Police an unidentified man pleasured himself in front of her while she was out walking.
Active members plus one guest will get free admission to the amusement park in Buena Park until Jan. 31, 2013.
Drivers with revoked or suspended licenses or who drive without a license are more likely to cause fatal car accidents.
A car was broken into Sunday and a bike was stolen some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
About $300 worth of valuables were taken from a South Pasadena home Saturday night but no information is available on who may have committed the crime.
All but one arrest was for alleged drunkenness in public.
Law enforcement officials are cracking down on the dangerous practice this New Year.
There were no traffic-related deaths in Los Angeles County during 2011, officials said.
You have one more day to drop off a new gift for the annual toy drive.
Another DUI checkpoint is planned for Friday in South Pasadena.
After investigating the threat all night long, officer Richard Lee said, South Pasadena Police could not find a credible source for the threat.
Weeks after a surveillance camera caught an unidentified woman stealing holiday packages off a resident's front porch, boxes are going missing again.
Do you want to tip your newspaper delivery person? Make sure the envelope is addressed to the actual delivery man or woman, South Pasadena Police warn.
South Pasadena PD will conduct its DUI checkpoint Friday, at an undisclosed location within city limits, between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m.
The unidentified man was caught on the apartment complex's surveillance camera.
The South Pasadena Police found the man asleep in the driver's seat, his car blocking traffic lanes, authorities said.
Beginning Tuesday, members of the public can submit their non-emergency police reports through the South Pasadena Police Department website.
With thieves targeting delivered packages, authorities are urging residents to be on high alert.
A 19-year-old South Pasadena resident, yelling and agitated, got into an argument with a city employee and threw a paper notice at the person, police said. The man was arrested on suspicion of assault after causing a disturbance.
It was during the daytime and they were behind a gate, but that didn't stop this grinch from stealing South Pasadena residents' gifts.