Torrance resident thanks police, mailman for help

We reported here about a search for a burglar in North Torrance on Tuesday. The victim, Mark Pendleton, sent me an e-mail with a little bit more information and a thanks for the police and his mail carrier.

Larry,

That's our house.  I'm told our mailman called it in.  My thanks and gratitude to him and the USPS for contributing to watching out for our neighborhood. 

The police did an outstanding job finding me at work.  I was on the scene well before they went inside.

Police said the burglar was described as a black male in his 20s.  Ransacked our entire house.  Still going through the mess to tally what's gone.  Went in through a bedroom window not viewable from the street.

Lived there since 1991.  Saw a chase go into our backyard once but never had any crime come inside.  Alarm system goes in next. 

Mark Pendleton