Several Cars and 2 homes vandalized or burglarized on street

One of our neighbors in the 170ish area came up to alert me to the fact that we have had several cars broken into the last few nights on the street.  Hers was one where they busted down a window to get in.

Additionally she advised at least one home was broken into with "stuff taken" and one home vandalized in the last 2 days.

Its time for a Neighborhood Watch meeting again.  I'll contact the new officer in charge to set it up and share with you all the date.

Alert your neighbors to the problem we are having.  If you see something, report it to MPD and see me.

Theft from Vehicle 2 nights in a row last week on Poinsettia

In review of the weekly neighborhood watch report and an incident reported directly to me its a bit concerning that we have people prowling our street at night and stuff is getting stolen.

I'll call MPD and ask that they make a routine of patrolling our street after dark again.

Do we need another neighborhood watch meeting?  If so let me know in person or in the comments and I'll arrange.

Theft from parked truck on our street

Overnight someone stole some head lights out of the back of a trucked parked on the East side of the street.  No idea what time of the night it was.  It would have been between 11PM on Saturday night and 8AM Sunday morning.

Anyone see anything?  Anyone else hit?

Anyone think we need a Neighborhood Watch meeting to discuss what we can do about prowlers after we are in bed with the new Neighborhood Watch commander with MPD?

Prowler/Trespasser early morning hours June 17, 2015

Not only did we have a trespasser on the street.  Lee took the time to call MPD who responded and apprehended him.  She then took it a step further and posted the info on the Next Door website so neighbors in the area off our street were aware as well.

The app screen shot you are looking is for Next Door.com  which the city set us up on.  Its an interesting site where all sorts of information takes place with lots of discussions.  Most of it is insipid drivel, but there are good tidbits like this that redeem it.

Highlighted Activity for the Weekdays of April 22-24, 2013

Residential Burglary

April 22 at 10:21 p.m., a residential burglary was reported in the 200 block of Poinsettia.  The victim left for work at about 8:00 a.m.  When she returned home at 10:00 p.m., she found a rear window open.  She went to the police station and reported it.  Officers were dispatched to the location and cleared the home.  No suspects were located.  Unknown suspect(s) entered the home and took jewelry and other miscellaneous property.  Investigation continuing.

Warrant – Suspect Arrested

April 23 at 1:07 p.m., an officer on patrol stopped a subject on a bicycle in the 400 block of West Duarte Road for a vehicle code violation.  A computer check on the subject revealed the he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.  The subject was arrested and taken into custody.

Vehicle Burglary

April 23 at 2:05 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported at a hotel in the 900 block of West Huntington.  The vehicle was broken into between 8:00 p.m. the previous night and 8:00 a.m. that morning.  The third row seat was stolen from the vehicle.  There was no sign of forced entry on the locked vehicle.  The investigation is continuing.

Burglary

April 24 at 4:53 p.m., police were dispatched to the 700 block of Anita regarding a burglary that had just occurred.  The victim walked outside and saw a 30-year-old, male Hispanic subject inside his vehicle.  The vehicle was parked inside his attached garage and was unlocked.  The victim yelled at the suspect, who ran from the house.  The home owner chased the suspect as the police were called, but he lost sight of him.  Police apprehended the suspect at Mayflower and Diamond.  The suspect was positively identified by the victim and was arrested for burglary.  The suspect had an outstanding no-bail warrant for drugs and burglary.

Tip of the Week

Stay Alive! Don’t Text and Drive – The Month of April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

During the Month of April, the Monrovia Police Department and more than 300 local law enforcement agencies throughout California will crack down on drivers text messaging and talking on their hand-held cell phones behind the wheel.

Monrovia officers will enforce a “zero tolerance” policy.  The first two years of this effort have had a tremendous affect in heightening public awareness of the dangers of distracted driving.  The intention of this continued enforcement effort is to turn that awareness into a behavior change to save lives. 

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Note the first entry is our street.  Does anyone have any information on what happened?  If so give it to the PD. Do we need a Neighborhood Watch meeting? If so sound of in the comments and I will organize it with MPD.

Thursday 3AM house window broken

Just an FYI. We had either a vandal, burglar or general prowler on the street late Wednesday night into early Thanksgiving morning.

At 3AM Chris in 208 heard breaking glass.  He got up and looked around with a flash light on.  He didn't see anything in his general inspection of his home.  It wasn't until daylight when they went into one of the bathrooms that they found a window broken out.

Please remember to call MPD immediately whenever you see someone somewhere on the street that doesn't belong here.  Its unclear if this incident has anything to do with the rash of home burglary's in our area the last  couple of weeks but it pays to be vigilant.

I have called MPD and talked with them asking for more late night patrols on our street.  Based on this incident they are willing to have an officer check out our street the next few nights while on patrol.

As MPD has said in their Tips of the Week, if you want to keep it lock your doors and windows.  That goes for cars too, take stuff in that you want to keep and lock it when you park it.

I've asked recently and will ask again, do you feel the need for a Neighborhood Watch meeting?  IF so sound off in the comments and I will arrange.

Frank, 225

Highlighted Activity for the Weekend of April 26-29, 2012

Assault With a Deadly Weapon

April 26 at 11:03 p.m., dispatch received a call from the California Highway Patrol advising that a male subject had been shot in the shoulder and was at a location in the 300 block of West Central.  Officers responded and contacted the victim.  The victim reported that he and a male friend were in the front yard of the location, and he was making his way to the front door when shots rang out.  He was struck in the shoulder and immediately went inside the location.  The friend saw two male subjects run east on Central toward Magnolia and out of sight.  The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.  Investigation continuing.

Driving Under the Influence / Traffic Collision

April 26 at 11:36 p.m., a motorist reported a driver slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle at Duarte and Sixth.  Officers responded and located the vehicle.  The male driver was slumped over the wheel, the engine was running, and the vehicle had struck a fence in the 800 block of West Duarte.  The driver did not have any visible injuries, but he appeared to be quite intoxicated.  He was taken to a hospital to be checked for injury and charges will be reviewed by the District Attorney for filing consideration.

Residential Burglary

April 27 at 3:52 p.m., a residential burglary was reported in the 200 block of Poinsettia.  The suspect(s) entered an unlocked window and stole cash and coins from an unlocked safe.  The victims are elderly and had left the residence for only for a few hours to visit family.  Investigation continuing.

Bear Sighting

April 27 at 2:05 p.m., a bear was sighted in the area of Sunset and Highland.  Officers worked to get the bear to move north toward the foothills.  The bear went up a tree at Highland and Hillcrest.  The officers continued to observe the bear from a distance until it came down out of the tree.  The bear then went back up into the mountains.

Large Party / Under Age Drinking

April 27 at 9:07 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of North Alta Vista regarding a large party.  When officers arrived, they assessed the number of people at the party to be several hundred.  The only resident present was a 16-year-old male subject and there was no adult supervision.  Alcohol and marijuana consumption had been taking place.  Additional officers responded, including the Special Enforcement Team, the Foothill Air Support helicopter, and several officers from Arcadia Police Department.  It took some time to clear the property of all the party goers.  Several minors were cited for possession of alcohol.  An adult sister of the 16-year-old resident responded and both were cited.  

On April 28, the adult sister called police to report that a camera and a laptop computer were stolen from the house during the party.  A young man was seen carrying a laptop from the party.  Investigation continuing. 

Possession of Hypodermic Needles / Possession of Anabolic Steroids - Suspect Arrested

April 28 at 1:59 a.m., an officer saw a vehicle driving out of a parking lot in the 400 block of Foothill with one of its doors open.  The officer notified the driver, but the driver ignored him and drove away at a high rate of speed.  The officer followed the vehicle and made a traffic stop in the 100 block of Acacia.  Although the driver was found not to be under the influence, a full box of syringes and a package of anabolic steroids were found in the vehicle.  The subject was arrested and taken into custody and a search warrant was written for a residence in Arcadia.

At 7:13 p.m., officers, assisted by the Special Enforcement Team, went to a residence in the 1200 block of East Magnis in Arcadia to serve a search warrant.  The search warrant resulted in finding quantities of mushrooms and marijuana.  Additional charges of possession of controlled substance and possession of marijuana for sales were added to the suspect's offenses.

Medical Assist

April 29 at 9:14 p.m., an officer was dispatched to the 300 block of West Colorado regarding a woman who was not breathing.  When the officer arrived, he checked the woman's vital signs and determined she was not breathing and did not have a pulse.  The officer directed the woman's fiancé to begin rescue breathing while he administered chest compressions on the woman.  CPR was continued on the woman for several minutes until paramedics arrived and took her to a local hospital, where she received advanced medical treatment and was successfully brought back to life. 

Stop Graffiti Bounty Program

One of the methods the Monrovia Police Department is using to combat graffiti in the community of Monrovia is the Stop Graffiti Bounty Program.  If a citizen reports an incident of graffiti in the City of Monrovia that leads to the arrest of the suspect, the citizen will receive a $100 bill.  Help keep Monrovia looking great!

Home Burglary on our Street 4/27/2012 Noonish

First off sympathies to the Ward family who were the victims in this crime.

Briefly the facts are they were gone around noon.  Someone jumped the fences into their backyard and entered into the rear of the house.  During the course of the prowl they found money and a safe that was left open.  Undetermined amount of money and items were taken.

This took place in the NW corner of the street where people are coming and going all day long.  No one was around at the time this took place.  (I had left shortly before noon to run errands).

If anyone saw anything unusual around that time at the Wards home please contact MPD.

This is just part of the continuing home burglaries that we have been seeing in the area in the weekly Neighborhood Watch Reports.  IT was just a matter of time before we were hit again.  Should we have a Neighborhood Watch Block meeting again to re-energize the program to prevent further occurrences?  Sound off in the comments if you think so.

MPD in action on the Street - again.

MPD was on the street early Monday morning before 8AM. Why? An alert and astute neighbor noticed that there was a person with a large bag digging through the big blue recyclable bins.

Turns out Trash Picking is a crime in Monrovia. According to Officer Cindrich of the MPD Special Enforcement Team that I spoke with, this person was released with a warning and given referrals to local services for the homeless.

It pays to call. Who knew before this that this was a crime and something MPD needs to be alerted to. It makes sense, they could well be looking to see who's home or not for other reasons too.

Lock it and stay safe. Frank

Early AM Prowlers again. Stuff stolen. 11/14-15

Dear All,

It seems as if your local hoodlums are back going through cars. Last night my car was rifled through and so was a neighbor on the other side of the circle. The people who went through the cars just took some loose change as far as I can tell and the same with the other neighbor.

These people are very bold as my home has many lights on each night but they still went down the driveway. Everybody be sure to lock up your cars and doors. The police also said to keep your garage closed as there has been some things missing from people in other neighborhoods garages.

As we move into the holiday season we may see crime on the rise, so lets all keep an eye out for each other.

Stay locked up and safe!

Renee