{"id":506021,"date":"2010-04-02T11:40:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T15:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5fcf53ef01347f984cdd970c"},"modified":"2010-04-02T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T15:41:18","slug":"beware-burglar-at-nabisco-biscuit-lofts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/506021","title":{"rendered":"Beware: Burglar at Nabisco Biscuit Lofts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Los Angeles:\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nLos Angeles Police Department detectives released video footage of a<br \/>\nman and woman who bypassed a security door to a downtown loft building<br \/>\nand then walked into three different, occupied lofts yesterday, March<br \/>\n31, 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/Untitled-1%20copy%282%29.jpg\" style=\"width: 144px; height: 122px;\" vspace=\"1\"><\/img>\u201cThis<br \/>\nclose call is a reminder for all residents to follow security<br \/>\nprotocols, like verifying someone\u2019s right to access before granting<br \/>\nthem entry,\u201d said Lt. Paul Vernon, commanding officer of detectives for<br \/>\nthe Central Police Station.\u00a0 \u201cThe most expensive, high-tech system can<br \/>\nbe ineffective simply by someone holding a door open for a stranger.\u00a0<br \/>\nThat puts your whole building at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nSuch was the case yesterday at the Nabisco Lofts<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" height=\"107\" hspace=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/man.jpg\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"142\"><\/img>at<br \/>\n1850 Industrial Street.\u00a0 While workmen fixed pipes outside the<br \/>\nbuilding, a man in his forties and a woman in her thirties approached<br \/>\nthe security door.\u00a0 The couple skirted security measures and took<br \/>\nadvantage of a resident leaving to enter the building.\u00a0 In the next few<br \/>\nminutes, the intruders walked into three separate lofts only to find<br \/>\nsomeone present each time.\u00a0 With so many persons alert to their<br \/>\npresence, they left without taking any property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis<br \/>\ncouple\u2019s actions are consistent with daytime burglars,\u201d Lt. Vernon<br \/>\nsaid.\u00a0 \u201cBurglars often strike at homes and apartments when <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" height=\"107\" hspace=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/woman.jpg\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"142\"><\/img>they expect<br \/>\npeople to be at work.\u00a0 They generally want to avoid any personal<br \/>\ncontact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nPolice warn residents to lock their doors even when home and check the<br \/>\npeep hole before opening the door.\u00a0 \u201cHad these doors been locked, the<br \/>\nburglars might have knocked to see if someone was home before trying to<br \/>\nbypass the lock.\u00a0 If a resident calls through the door, the burglar<br \/>\nwill usually make an excuse and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDetectives want the public to look at the video and call with any<br \/>\ninformation if someone recognizes the man, woman or their brown Chevy<br \/>\nAvalanche, which was seen being driven away.\u00a0 The man was described as<br \/>\nbald, nearly 6 feet tall, over 250 pounds and wearing glasses.\u00a0 The<br \/>\nwoman was 5 feet 6 inches tall, 180 pounds, with braided hair and<br \/>\nwearing high-top shoes.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnyone with information on this crime is urged to call Detective Mike<br \/>\nMazzacano, Central Burglary Unit, at 213-972-1231.\u00a0 Anonymous tips can<br \/>\nbe called into Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477), or by texting<br \/>\n274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone.\u00a0 All text<br \/>\nmessages should begin with the letters \u201cLAPD.\u201d\u00a0 Online tips may be<br \/>\nplaced at www.LAPDOnline.org, click on \u201cwebtips\u201d and follow the prompts.<\/p>\n<p>\nVideo of the burglars and their car can be view at Central Police Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles:\u00a0 Los Angeles Police Department detectives released video footage of a man and woman who bypassed a security door to a downtown loft building and then walked into three different, occupied lofts yesterday, March 31, 2010. \u201cThis close call is a reminder for all residents to follow security protocols, like verifying someone\u2019s right to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506021","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\/4161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}