Police searching for bad guy in north Torrance neighborhood*
*UPDATE: They didn't find him.
Police are searching a north Torrance neighborhood this morning for a man who broke into an occupied house.
The suspect is wearing an orange vest, police said.
A resident in the 3800 block of 176th Street called police shortly after 10 a.m. when a burglar opened the door to his bedroom. The resident told police he had heard a knock at his front door, and then had an intruder walk in on him, Torrance police Sgt. Jeremiah Hart said.
The burglar ran. Officers surrounded the neighborhood and spotted the burglar, wearing an orange vest, about 10:40 a.m. He vanished into the neighborhood.
Officers are searching for him with the aid of police dogs and a Sheriff's Department helicopter.
Anyone who sees the man should call 911.
Police are searching a north Torrance neighborhood this morning for a man who broke into an occupied house.
The suspect is wearing an orange vest, police said.
A resident in the 3800 block of 176th Street called police shortly after 10 a.m. when a burglar opened the door to his bedroom. The resident told police he had heard a knock at his front door, and then had an intruder walk in on him, Torrance police Sgt. Jeremiah Hart said.
The burglar ran. Officers surrounded the neighborhood and spotted the burglar, wearing an orange vest, about 10:40 a.m. He vanished into the neighborhood.
Officers are searching for him with the aid of police dogs and a Sheriff's Department helicopter.
Anyone who sees the man should call 911.
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