CERRITOS Weekly Crime Summary January 19 – 25, 2015

There were 24 Part I felony crimes reported in Cerritos this past reporting period, an increase over the 18 reported the previous week. The following is a breakdown of crimes by category: two robberies; two aggravated assaults; three residential burglaries; four commercial/other structure burglaries; three grand thefts; eight vehicle burglaries; and two auto thefts. Deputies made two felony arrests, 11 misdemeanor arrests, and issued 87 traffic citations. The Sheriff’s dispatch center also received a total of 170 calls for service, somewhat less than the 2015 weekly average of about 196 calls.

Robberies:

 10727 South St (1/22): Suspect entered clothing store, brandished a handgun, and stole cash from two registers.

20200 Bloomfield Ave (1/25): Shoplift suspect at a store fought with loss prevention officers when detained outside.

Aggravated Assaults:

18000 block Harvest Ave (1/20): During a dispute with her brother a 22-year-old female was struck in the head with a handgun.

605 Freeway @ South St (1/25): A woman was arrested after a witness saw her holding her baby partially out of the window of a moving vehicle.

Residential Burglary:

 13400 block Darvalle St (1/20): Suspect shattered a rear sliding door, ransacked the residence, and stole money from a nightstand drawer.

11400 block Hanover Ct (1/23): Suspect entered through possibly unlocked rear window, ransacked residence, and stole three laptop computers, two cameras, a purse, and cash.

16800 block Harvest Ave (1/23-24): Suspect pried open a side garage door during overnight hours, entered a car parked inside, but was unable to enter the residence due to the interior deadbolt being locked.

Commercial/Other Structure Burglary:

 17300 block Edwards Rd (1/16-19): Suspect broke the front window of a business, ransacked an office and stole a checkbook.

17300 block Edwards Rd (1/16-19): Suspect broke the front window of an educational business, ransacked offices, and stole several iPads and laptop computers.

12500 183^rd St (1/16-19): Suspect kicked open a locker room storage door and stole unknown property.

19400 block Pioneer Blvd (1/23): While proprietor of dry cleaners was distracted a suspect stole cash from the register.

Vehicle Burglary:

 12300 block South St (1/19): Suspect shattered a window of a ’10 Lexus parked in a business lot and stole clothing.

16800 block Windward Ave (1/19-20): Suspect shattered window on a GMC pickup parked in driveway and stole tools.

17800 block Vierra Ave (1/20): Suspect shattered window on a ’03 Acura parked in driveway and stole a credit card.

13200 block Briarwood St (1/20): Suspect shattered window of a ’98 Honda Accord but loss unknown.

12700 block Towne Center Dr (1/29): Door pried and 3^rd row seat stolen from a ‘11 GMC Yukon.

12500 block Inglenook Ave (1/21-22): Door pried and 3^rd row seat stolen from a ’12 Chevy Tahoe.

13100 block Alondra Blvd (1/22-23): Door locks punched on three Charter Communications trucks, unknown loss.

11500 block Hyde Park Pl (1/23): Suspect shattered a window on a ’08 Lexus RX350 and stole clothing.

 Grand Theft:

 10700 block South St (1/20): Two suspects were seen entering T.J. Maxx and stealing several handbags.

12600 block Towne Center Dr (1/21): Two suspects entered the Verizon store, grabbed three iPhones, and fled.

161 Los Cerritos Center (1/25): Suspect put cosmetics in a bag and when detained by loss prevention officers she handed back the bag and left the store.

 Grand Theft Auto:

 10800 block Alondra Blvd (1/20-21): Chevy box truck stolen from commercial parking lot and recovered 1/21 in Los Angeles.

11300 block South St (1/22): A ’94 Acura was stolen from a restaurant parking lot.