CRIME UPDATE: June 30 to July 6
(The new crime mapping software does not include grand theft auto, burglary theft from vehicles or theft. Burglary Theft from Vehicle was one of the top crimes reported in Pacific Palisades. By not counting it, it should help the crime stats.) These are the reported crimes in Pacific Palisades through July 6.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT:
July 3, in the 15424 Sunset Boulevard at 6 p.m. this was an acquaintance dispute. A suspect was upset because he believed the victim scratched his motorcycle. While the victim was standing at the urinal, the suspect punched him in the back of the head causing him to fall and lose consciousness.
BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE:
July 1, in the 17500 block of Pacific Coast Highway, 9:30 a.m. Camera equipment was taken from the truck of a vehicle. Unknown how the suspect obtained entry. There was a loss of $9,800.
July 6, in the 15600 block of Sunset Boulevard, at 8:15 a.m. A suspect pried the door open, entered and removed jewelry and a wallet, a loss estimated at $10,000.
ROBBERY:
July 3, at Entrada and Pacific Coast Highway at 1:30 p.m. The suspect describes as a male, black, 30 years, possibly a transient, approached victim in the tunnel that goes under PCH to the beach. The suspect grabbed the victim’s necklace and punched the victim several times. A witness attempted to intervened and the suspect produced a knife and then fled with victim’s necklace.
CRIMES ON THE RISE IN LA COUNTY
The California Department of Justice published its crime report for 2022-2023. In Los Angeles County violent crimes and property crimes increased. Violent crimes increased from 61,016 to 61,193. Property crimes rose from 244,083 to 256,613. As the Daily News reported “Given this is an election year and controversial Los Angeles county District Attorney George Gascon is up for re-election, this increase is no doubt inconvenient.”
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Join officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, West Los Angeles Division for dinner and conversation from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6 on National Night Out. This free event will be held at Stoner Park, 1835 Stoner Ave. and feature free BBQ grilled by West L.A. Senior Lead Officers, including Pacific Palisades Brian Espin.
This will be a chance to meet Captain III Richard Gabaldon and Captain I Alisha Joran. For more info contact SLO Bermudez (310) 444-0742 or 40273@lapd.online.
National Night Out is a community policing awareness-raising event in the United States, held the first Tuesday of August. It was started in August 1984 by Matt Peskin. A May 2000 U.S. Department of Justice in a 2000 bulletin, explained “A young man in Philadelphia named Matt Peskin recently had launched this new crime prevention program as a way for people to begin taking back their neighborhoods by gathering in the streets one summer night each year, turning on their house and porch lights, and celebrating their power to control events in the community. The idea was catching on in cities across the country.”