{"id":417327,"date":"2010-03-11T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f8da63c970c"},"modified":"2010-03-11T13:43:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T18:43:53","slug":"armed-men-rob-ucla-students-studying-at-apartment-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/417327","title":{"rendered":"Armed men rob UCLA students studying at apartment [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.latimes.com\/mapping-la\/neighborhoods\/neighborhood\/westwood\/?q=500+midvale+avenue&amp;lat=34.06794&amp;lng=-118.45222\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The location of the robbery. To learn more about this area visit the Westwood Mapping L.A. Neighborhoods page.\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9272550970b \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9272550970b-800wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"The location of the robbery. To learn more about this area visit the Westwood Mapping L.A. Neighborhoods page.\"><\/img><\/a> Six UCLA students studying early Thursday morning at an apartment less than half a mile from campus were robbed by several armed men who entered through an unlocked door, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe armed men entered the apartment on the <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.latimes.com\/mapping-la\/neighborhoods\/neighborhood\/westwood\/?q=500+midvale+avenue&amp;lat=34.06794&amp;lng=-118.45222\">500 block of Midvale Avenue<\/a> about 1 a.m., said Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department. He did not know what type of weapons they were carrying.<\/p>\n<p>They made the students lie down on the floor and took their belonging, including an undisclosed amount of cash, Baek said.<\/p>\n<p>\nKTLA reported that the four masked men were carrying a shotgun and tied up the students with shoelaces, stealing cash, laptops, phones and other items. [<strong>Updated at 10:42 a.m.:<\/strong> This post previously stated the men were carrying more than one shotgun.]<\/p>\n<p>\nNone of the students were injured, Baek said.<\/p>\n<p>Many UCLA students live on Midvale Avenue, which includes upscale apartments. In January, a suspect robbed nine students at an apartment on the 400 block while brandishing a handgun and took wallets, laptops and cellphones.<br \/>\nIn September, a student was stabbed at a Lambda Phi Epsilon party on the 600 block of Midvale Avenue after a fight broke out. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; My-Thuan Tran<\/p>\n<p><em>Map: The location of the robbery. To learn more about this area, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.latimes.com\/mapping-la\/neighborhoods\/neighborhood\/westwood\/?q=500+midvale+avenue&amp;lat=34.06794&amp;lng=-118.45222\">Westwood Mapping L.A. Neighborhoods page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>More breaking news in L.A. Now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/suv-plunges-into-la-river.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">SUV plunges into L.A. River<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/home-invasion-robbers-break-into-garden-grove-home.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Home invasion robbers break into Garden Grove<br \/>\nresidence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/county-supervisors-spend-funds-on-chauffeurs-parties-and-websites-check-out-the-database.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">County supervisors spend funds on chauffeurs,<br \/>\nparties and websites. Check out the database.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/usc-provost-c-l-max-nikias-to-succeed-steven-sample-as-president.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">USC Provost C.L. Max Nikias to succeed Steven<br \/>\nSample as president<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six UCLA students studying early Thursday morning at an apartment less than half a mile from campus were robbed by several armed men who entered through an unlocked door, police said. The armed men entered the apartment on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue about 1 a.m., said Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}