Redondo Beach's weekly crime log
11-17-08 (Monday):
Artesia Boulevard at Kingsdale Avenue: At about 9 a.m., Redondo Beach Police Officer Delery observed a suspicious person and contacted him. Officer Delery checked the person for warrants and learned that he had an outstanding felony no bail arrest warrant for robbery. The person was taken into custody without incident.
1700 Block of Rockefeller Avenue: At about 9 a.m., Redondo Beach residents locked and left their home. The resident returned home at about 8 p.m. that evening and realized that their house had been ransacked. The person(s) responsible for this crime appeared to have gained entry by prying open a window. The homeowners identified a significant loss in jewelry. This case is under investigation.
2300 Block of Pullman Lane: At about 1:05 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of Pullman Lane regarding an in-progress vehicle burglary. Officers arrived on scene and observed the suspect still in the vehicle. They took him into custody without incident. The suspect was a 21-year-old transient.
2740 Artesia Boulevard (Best Western Hotel): At about 6:20 a.m., a suspect entered the hotel lobby and tried to rob the clerk. The suspect reached under his shirt and acted as if he had a gun. Seeing this, the employee fled to the back office until the suspect left. The case is under investigation.
Garnet Street at Broadway: At about 8:45 p.m., a patrol officer stopped a vehicle for suspicion of DUI. While conducting their investigation, it was learned that the driver had a warrant for his arrest and was on active parole. The officers conducted a search of the vehicle and located a loaded .45 caliber handgun and a quantity of suspected methamphetamine. The driver was arrested without incident.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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Denise Nix knew as young as grade school, when she spent every summer working on the camp newspaper, that she wanted to be a journalist. Denise has spent most of the last 12 years of her career in the courtroom. She joined the Daily Breeze in 2001, where she tracks and reports on hundreds of cases at every level of the justice system. And she's never, ever, seen a judge use a gavel.
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