Stolen Victoria’s Secret bras

The Arcadia Police Department responded to 889 calls for service from Sunday, March 27 through Saturday, April 2, of which 104 required formal investigations. Here is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the officers of the Arcadia Police Department during this period. (Listed in crime categories created by Arcadia’s Best).

ARCADIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Calls for Criminal Activity Totals Year-to-Date (thru 3/26) Calls for Service: 12,388 (2010 total: 48,318) <2009 total: 50,371; 2008 Total: 49,699> Formal Investigations: 1,710 (2010 total: 6,895) <2009 total: 7,092; 2008 total: 6,705>

Man walks into police station to say he wants to commit suicide A 19-year-old man came to the station around 1:18 p.m. Thursday, March 31, and advised that he wanted to kill himself and/or hurt others. The man wanted to voluntarily admit himself into a mental facility for psychiatric evaluation, so he was transported by officers to Charter Oaks. . Man laying in pool of blood after committing suicide Units responded to the 500 block of Las Tunas around 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, on the report of a man with a gun lying near a stairwell. Officers found a 49-year-old male Hispanic in a pool of blood and it appeared that he had shot himself in the head. Investigation revealed that he was distraught and killed himself with a stolen gun.

Residential burglaries/theft * Between 9 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2, a residential burglary occurred in the 300 block of Warren. Unknown suspect(s) entered the home by unknown means, pried open a locked bedroom door, and stole a large flatscreen television, credit cards, costume jewelry, and also a jackhammer located in a detached garage.

Business theft, burglary, grand theft, vandalism * Shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, April 27, units responded to Tasty Garden, 1212 South Baldwin, regarding a vandalism report. A large glass window was shattered at the restaurant, and three male Hispanic subjects were seen at the location when the vandalism occurred. The total reported damage was about $1,000. * A commercial burglary at a construction site occurred between 3:45 p.m. on March 28 and 7:15 a.m. on March 29. Unknown suspect(s) stole three steel beams worth about $10,000 from a fenced location at Second and the 210 Freeway. * Around 12:02 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, units were dispatched to CVS, 188 Las Tunas, in regards to a robbery that just occurred. An employee tried to stop a male Hispanic suspect from leaving the store with stolen alcoholic beverages concealed on his person. He struck the female employee in the chest with his fist and then fled on foot. An area search was conducted, and the suspect was located and detained at Daines and Welland. A private person’s arrest was made, and a 30-year-old man was taken into custody for robbery. * Shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, officers responded to Victoria’s Secret in reference to a theft. Three female suspects stole a large amount of bras and underwear from the store. Loss prevention agents followed the suspects and later saw four women enter a brown SUV. Officers conducted a traffic stop at Baldwin and Huntington, and hundreds of stolen items from Victoria’s Secret, Disney Store, Bath and Body Works, and ULTA, which is not located at Westfield Mall, were seen in plain view. Over $7,000 in stolen merchandise was recovered, and the African-American suspects, ages 19, 21, 31, and 33, were taken into custody for commercial burglary and receiving stolen property. * About 9 a.m. Thursday, March 31, a traffic stop was made at Eighth and Norman for an expired registration. A 30-year-old female driver was contacted and during a consent search, officers found a baggie of marijuana, a baggie with morphine pills, papers containing personal information belonging to 25 different individuals, and forms containing medical cannabis authorization. The woman was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, identity theft, expired registration, and no proof of insurance. * Shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, April 1, units were dispatched to JC Penney regarding a man detained for purchasing items with a fake charge card.  The suspect admitted to signing the fraudulent card, even though he knew that he was not an authorized user.  The 35-year-old Hispanic was taken into custody for commercial burglary, forged access card to defraud, and theft by use of access card information. * Around 5:15 p.m. Friday, April 2, loss prevention personnel from Macy’s advised that they had detained a woman for theft. The suspect took merchandise into a fitting room, removed the price tags, concealed the property, and left the store without making payment. A private person’s arrest was made, and a 63-year-old Caucasian was taken into custody for petty theft with prior conviction.

Stolen car/auto burglary * Between 2 p.m. on March 27 and 5:30 a.m. on March 28, an auto burglary occurred in the 300 block of Laurel. Unknown suspect(s) entered an unlocked vehicle and stole desktop computers, printer, and monitor for a reported loss of about $1,550.

Alcohol/drugs * A traffic stop was conducted around 1:20 a.m. , Sunday, April 27at Huntington and Santa Clara on a vehicle that was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes. An intoxicated 32-year-old male Filipino was arrested for DUI. .

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