SPPD Weekly Crime Summary | March 1 – 7, 2022

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The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring in the City of South Pasadena. An alert and well-informed citizen makes you less of a target to a criminal. Remember: call the South Pasadena Police Department to report any suspicious activity.

THEFT

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•2-28-22, 5:00 PM to 3-1-22, 6:50 AM, 700 block of Bonita. ’09 Toyota Prius. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 2-28-22, 6:00 PM to 3-1-22, 10:00 AM, 800 block Bonita. ’09 Honda Element. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 3-5-22, 7:00 AM to 7:15 AM, 1200 block of Fair Oaks. ’04 Honda Element. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 3-5-22, 9:00 AM to 9:09 AM, 1700 block of Garfield. ’09 Toyota Prius. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 3-4-22, 4:45 PM to 3-5-22, 12:45 PM, 1500 block of Oak. ’05 Honda Element. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 3-5-22, 1:30 AM to 5:00 PM, 1400 block of Rollin. ’07 Honda Accord. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 3-5-22, 9:00 PM to 3-7-22, 10:00 AM, 1700 block of Huntington. ’11 Honda Element. Suspect(s) cut and remove loss from victim’s vehicle. LOSS: Catalytic converter.

• 3-5-22, 12:00 AM to 3-7-22, 8:40 AM, 1900 block of Alpha. Suspect(s) take loss from victim’s mailbox. LOSS: Mail.

• 3-6-22, 7:00 PM, 600 block of Fair Oaks (Bristol Farms). Suspect tampers with a liquor cabinet by punching out a cylindrical lock and takes loss. SUSPECT DESCRIPTION: Male, Black, 30s, wearing a black baseball cap, gray hooded jacket, gray jeans. LOSS: Liquor.

• 3-4-22, 2:00 PM, 1700 block of Grevelia. Suspect takes loss from shared mailbox area. LOSS: Parcel packages.

AUTO BURGLARY

3-2-22, 4:30 PM to 3-3-22, 7:30 AM, 200 block of Fair Oaks. ’17 Mazda 3. Suspect(s) shatter the rear passenger window of victim’s vehicle and take loss. LOSS: Backpack, duffle bags, personal hygiene items, miscellaneous paperwork.

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY

• 3-3-22, 2:40 AM to 2:45 AM, 1000 block of Mission (Mike & Anne’s). Suspect gains entry into business by smashing a window pane. Suspect attempts to gain access into interior office, but fails to gain entry. SUSPECT DESCRIPTION: Male, 5’08’’ – 5’10’’, 160 – 180 lbs., wearing a light-colored hooded sweat jacket with “True Religion” logo, light-colored pants, dark-colored tennis shoes, facemask, carrying a large pry tool, flashlight, and unknown metal object. LOSS: None.

• 3-3-22, 2:50 AM to 2:55 AM, 1000 block of Mission (Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt). Suspect gains entry into business by smashing a window pane. Suspect pries open a cash register and takes loss. SUSPECT DESCRIPTION: Male, 5’08’’ – 5’10’’, 160 – 180 lbs., wearing a light-colored hooded sweat jacket with “True Religion” logo, light-colored pants, dark-colored tennis shoes, facemask, carrying a large pry tool, flashlight, and unknown metal object. LOSS: U.S. currency.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

3-3-22, 5:00 PM to 3-4-22, 8:00 AM, 2000 block of Cambridge. Suspect(s) gain entry into property that is being renovated by pushing in a cardboard covering a window. Suspect(s) tamper with a garage door and take loss. LOSS: Tools, bicycles.

ROBBERY

3-4-22, 4:18 PM, 1300 block of Huntington (Starbucks). Suspect brandishes a firearm and demands that victim, who is an employee, to hand over cash from the cash register. Victim complies. SUSPECT DESCRIPTION: Male, Hispanic, 30s, 5’4’’ – 5’6’’, dark skin complexion, wearing a gray puffy jacket, jeans, blue “LA” baseball cap, bandana. LOSS: U.S. currency.

ASSAULT

3-6-22, 6:48 PM to 7:20 PM, 1100 block of Huntington. Officers respond to a call regarding a subject screaming for help and find suspect to had been choking victim. Suspect and victim are in a dating relationship. SUSPECT ARRESTED: Male, Black, 41 years, South Pasadena.

STOLEN VEHICLE

• 3-1-22, 3:56 AM to 4:17 AM, 1100 block of Fair Oaks. ’98 Honda CRV.

• 3-7-22, 4:44 PM to 5:30 PM, 200 block of Orange Grove. ’99 Ford Econoline 250.

RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE

• 3-3-22, 9:46 AM, 1000 block of Diamond. ’98 Honda Civic.

• 3-5-22, 10:44 AM, 400 block of Hawthorne. ’11 Hyundai Sonata.

FRAUD

• 2-5-22, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, 600 block of Fair Oaks (Bristol Farms). Suspect makes a purchase with a fraudulent credit card. SUSPECT DESCRIPTION: Male, Black, 30 – 40 years, 6’01’’, 200 – 220 lbs., wearing a hat, dark-colored clothing.

• 1-27-22, 11:11 PM. Suspect(s) use victim’s information and makes several unauthorized transactions.

TRAFFIC COLLISIONS

Injury Traffic Collision

3-3-22, 3:55 PM, Huntington/Garfield.

Non-injury Traffic Collision

• 3-3-22, 3:52 PM, Fremont/El Centro. Assisted with info exchange.

• 3-3-22, 4:20 PM, Fair Oaks/Monterey.

• 3-4-22, 6:45 PM, 1300 block of Huntington.

• 3-4-22, 7:47 PM, Hope/Mound.

• 3-5-22, 12:02 PM, 700 block of Mission. Assisted with info exchange.

• 3-6-22, 5:18 PM, 1100 block of Fremont.

• 3-6-22, 5:29 PM, 1400 block of Indiana.

• 3-7-22, 11:51 AM, 600 block of Fair Oaks.