The fire in Simon Meadow was discovered early and put out before it had a chance to grow.
Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin released the following report.
“Recently while I was patrolling in the Palisades [Thursday, July 25]. I happened to come across a suspicious fire in the YMCA field at Sunset and Temescal. There was no one around and no evidence of anyone starting the small fire. But luckily, I was in the area and radioed for the fire department. LAFD Station 69 (which is awesome) responded and quickly extinguished the fire. The fire could have started due to the high heat temperatures or some person throwing a lit cigarette into the field.”
On July 18, a brush fire was extinguished on Palisades Drive. A woman, describes as a transient, became a person of interest and was put under arrest as possibly the arsonist.
Developer Reza Akef saw the woman’s picture and wrote CTN, “That woman looks exactly like the woman we believe burned down our empty house in Palms.”
Given the fire danger in communities like Pacific Palisades, is it possible to make sure possible arsonists are not cited and then released?
CRIME:
BURGLARY:
July 15, 1:30 a.m. in the 1200 Block of El Hito Circle. Three Malie entered victims unlocked vehicle parked in his driveway. They removed the garage door opening and removed property valued at $1,250. There is no evidence, but CCTV is available.
July 17, at 1 p.m. in the 17900 block of Seabreeze Drive. Two males driving a grey Volkswagen TI (SUV) smashed the rear door of a residence and removed property. A neighbor observed the suspects fleeing. No evidence, no CCTV.
July 19, 2 p.m. in the 600 block of Erskine Drive. A suspect smashed the rear door, entered, ransacked and removed jewelry valued at $120,000. Possible CCTV and prints were requested.
THEFT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE:
July 18, in the 111900 block of Gorham Avenue, a wallet was taken.
BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE:
July 18, 3 p.m., in the 15700 block of Bowdoin Street. The door was pried, and a wallet and sunglasses taken.
Crime that is not captured in the new mapping software included a grand theft auto and two cases of burglary theft from vehicle.
BEWARE of “I need directions SCAM.”
A resident reported that a neighbor had reported a crime, a scam, that had occurred on Allenford. The same scam has happened in Pacific Palisades and in Brentwood and the resident asked “Could we get this out to community?”
The crime victim said, “I just got a necklace stolen while walking my dog on Allenford just north of Pontoon.”
“We were stopped by a car asking for directions to Sacramento. We went over to car and woman popped out giving us some fake jewelry when we gave directions. She reached my neck to put on necklace and REMOVED my necklace with diamond in it.
“I noticed the theft after the car pulled away,” the woman said. “It was scary, but no one was hurt.
“The necklace had great sentimental value,” the woman said, and wanted to warn her Polo Field neighbors about the incident.