After Home Invasion Robbery, Police Discover Marijuana Growing Operation At Woodland Hills Home
Call me crazy, but if your marijuana growing business gets robbed I think you just eat the loss and don’t bother calling the police.
“Officer, they beat us up and stole our drugs!”
WOODLAND HILLS – A man was in custody today on suspicion of growing marijuana inside his Woodland Hills residence after he called police to report a home invasion robbery.
Police were also searching for two men in their 20s who broke into the home, beat the residents and took cash from them.
The robbery occurred around 9:15 p.m. Monday in the 22000 block of Mulholland Drive, said Sgt. Jeff Collada of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Topanga Station.
“We believe this all stems from the narcotics activity in the residence,” Sgt. Thomas Mason of the Topanga Station said this morning.
The resident who was robbed “was arrested after they found approximately 50 plants” in the residence, Mason said. “There was lighting, hydroponics, ventilation — the usual set-up.”
The residential neighborhood is west of the junction with Topanga Canyon Boulevard and south of the Ventura (101) Freeway.
Collada urged anyone with information about the case to call LAPD Topanga Station detectives at 818-756-4820.
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LAPD Reports 8:30am Homicide In Canoga Park Ths Morning
A homicide occurred at approximately 8:30AM this morning in the 22000 block of Cantlay Avenue. Homicide investigators are on scene and are pursuing leads in the investigation. The suspect is not believed to be in the area.
I’ll let you know if any more information on this pops up.
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Victims Pistol-Whipped In Late Night Woodland Hills Home Invasion
I believe Woodland Hills might be starting to prove unsafe for rappers and music industry types.
At least two women were injured after reportedly being pistol-whipped during a violent home invasion robbery around 2 a.m. today in an upscale neighborhood in Woodland Hills, police said.
Four women were throwing a party at the house when someone knocked on the door. When the door opened, a man armed with a handgun and two women forced their way into the house, said Monterrosa.
The invaders were described as African American people. The suspects fled the scene with an unknown amount of money and jewelry, Sgt. Pablo Monterrosa of the Topanga Station said.
A video crew at the scene reported one of the female victims managed to escape to a neighbor’s house who then called police to the scene.
The target house was said to have formerly belonged to actor John Stamos, and is now owned by a record company that was affiliated with record producer/actor Sean Puffy Combs and rapper Wale. But police would not confirm that.
This KTLA article has some additional information:
WOODLAND HILLS – Two women were injured in a violent home-invasion robbery carried out by two other women and two men in a tony part of Woodland Hills early Sunday, authorities said.
The victims were part of a four-women group putting on a party at the house when a trio of robbers came knocking and ended up pistol-whipping the pair, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Pablo Monterrosa of the Topanga Division. A total of eight people in the residence were robbed, police said.
The home invasion at 22146 Mulholland Dr. in Woodland Hills, was reported about 2 a.m., Monterrosa said. A video news crew reported the home was owned by a record company affiliated with Sean ” P. Diddy” Combs, but police did not confirm the connection.
One of the two women was hospitalized. The robbers got away with cash and jewelry, police said.
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Pipe Bomb Found Monday At Pierce College?
What’s up with this?
A pipe bomb was found Monday afternoon near a pond on the Pierce College campus in Woodland Hills, authorities said.
A man turned the bomb in to the campus sheriff’s station about 2:30 p.m., saying he had found the device, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The campus was closed for the Presidents Day holiday as bomb squad investigators searched the area for additional explosives. None were found, the department said.
Detectives said the pipe bomb was live but did not appear to be connected to a threat against a specific person.
– Robert J. Lopez
A man found the device by a pond on the campus around 2:25 p.m. Monday and turned it in at the Pierce College sheriff’s Station, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. David Infante said. The man apparently did not know the device he was handling was a live bomb.
An area of the campus of the two-year community college was evacuated, Infante said, adding that no students or faculty members were on campus Monday because it was closed for the Presidents Day holiday.
Four deputies in flak vests took charge of the explosive and blew it up around 5 p.m. behind the sheriff’s station building, a video crew at the scene reported. The blast was audible across campus and on nearby streets.
I don’t know about you, but I always love to pick up bombs and walk into police stations. Sounds fishy.
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Woodland Hills Area Community Policing Meeting Tonight 6:30PM At Topanga Station
Once a month, the Senior LEAD Officers for each of the Basic CAR Areas that Topanga Station covers conduct a meeting with the community. From what I understand, the west and east portions of Woodland Hills now have a single meeting, which is tonight at 6:30pm at Topanga Station (21501 Schoenborn St). If you have anything you’d like addressed, you should attend and bring it to the attention of SLO Brent Rygh or SLO Charles Dinse. Note that in March the meeting moves to the third Wednesday of the month.
SLO Brent Rygh, Basic Car 21A73 (Covering Woodland Hills – West of Topanga Canyon) Office (818) 756-3075 Cell (818) 731-2581 Email 30450@lapd.lacity.org The 21A73 meeting will be combined with the 21A97 meeting and will be held on the 1st Tuesday of every month at the Topanga Station at 6:30 PM. PLEASE NOTE: beginning March, this meeting will be moved to the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM.
SLO Charles “Sean” Dinse, Basic Car 21A97 (Woodland Hills – East of Topanga Canyon) Office (818) 756-3076 Cell (818) 731-2568 Email 34920@lapd.lacity.org The 21A97 meeting will be combined with the 21A73 meeting and will be held on the 1st Tuesday of every month at the Topanga Station at 6:30 PM. PLEASE NOTE: beginning March, this meeting will be moved to the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM.
The 2 hour season premier of Lost starts tonight at 9pm, so I’m not sure that I will be willing to take the chance of dying on my way to or from the event and not be able to catch the show. It’s just too risky.
Update: SLO Rygh writes in an e-mail:
Tonight’s meeting will focus on Disaster Preparedness, “What’s Your Plan?” I will have my “go bag” displayed and discuss basic survival emergency scenarios. I have had many requests for this lately due to flooding, mudslides, Haiti, etc.
That’s definitely a helpful subject, as I’m sure all too many of us aren’t really prepared for an emergency. Thanks for the info, Officer Rygh!
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“ATM Skimmers” In Woodland Hills? Watch Out, Folks!
ATM Skimmer from CitiBank In Woodland Hills
I came across this interesting blog during a google search the other day, and it’s a little bit frightening! Apparently they make devices that slip over the card slot of ATM card readers to grab your card numbers and even use digtal cameras to get you entering your pin code.
Pictured below is what’s known as a skimmer, or a device made to be affixed to the mouth of an ATM and secretly swipe credit and debit card information when bank customers slip their cards into the machines to pull out money. Skimmers have been around for years, of course, but thieves are constantly improving them, and the device pictured below is a perfect example of that evolution.
This particular skimmer was found Dec. 6, 2009, attached to the front of a Citibank ATM in Woodland Hills, Calif. Would you have been able to spot this?
See the full article for more details and more pictures.
Seems like this story was picked up by about 1,000 security blogs and spam sites, but this quote seems to give a little more news oriented background. Just a little.
On December 6, 2009, a customer was using the Citibank ATM located at 22000 Ventura Bl, Woodland Hills, CA 91364. He discovered a skimmer on the machine that he was using. He also observed a second skimmer on the machine next to him. The customer called the police and the skimmers were recovered. It should be noted that the skimmer was designed to fit over the existing card slot and contained the card reader and the camera in one device.
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LAPD Topanga Station Warns Us To Watch Out For Door-To-Door Scumbags
We are again seeing a crime trend in the West San Fernando Valley with male suspects, 18-30 years old, posing as magazine salesman, curb painters or attempting to sell other goods or services.
After being rejected by the homeowner, they will aggressively demand money. Or, if they find out you are not home, they may try to burglarize your home.
We suggest that you do not open your door, but make them aware that someone is home. If they continue to knock or attempt to break in, call 911.
If they leave safely, monitor their activity and alert other neighbors. If they act suspiciously, make note of their physical description, clothing and license plate, if possible. Then contact police, non-emergency dispatch a 1-877-275-5273 (1-877-ASK-LAPD).
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