Jan. 10
4700 Daleridge Road in La Cañada Flintridge, a safe, jewelry and personal information were stolen from a home. The owner reported that he had left the residence in the morning leaving the garage door and door of the home unlocked. He returned to find his home had been burglarized between 9:40 a.m. and 3:09 p.m.
Jan. 6
500 West Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a woman reported that her wallet was stolen from her purse while she was shopping at Ralph’s market. Deputies viewed the store’s surveillance video and allegedly witnessed the victim shopping in the produce section with her purse placed in the child’s seat of the shopping cart. She turned her back to the purse and a woman walked over and took the wallet out of the purse. She was with another woman and the two immediately left the store. Both suspect women are described as white, 25 to 30-years-old, 120 to 125 pounds and 5’4” to 5’6” tall. One suspect had black hair, the other had brown. The incident occurred at 4 p.m.
4800 Sunset Avenue in La Crescenta, a man was feeding a homeowner’s pets while the resident was out of town. He reportedly came to the home and noticed a window to a door shattered. Several rooms in the home were ransacked. Because the man reporting the burglary was not the homeowner it had not been determined what, if anything, had been stolen.
The incident occurred overnight.
Jan. 5
400 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a 23-year-old La Crescenta man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance [heroin] for sale, possession of a loaded firearm with controlled substance [heroin] and transportation of a controlled substance for sales. Deputies reported noticing the vehicle being driven by the suspect driving south on Alcorn Drive and stopped a Foothill Boulevard. The suspect signaled to turn eastbound, left, onto Foothill Boulevard however when the patrol unit pulled up behind the suspect’s vehicle, the driver allegedly abruptly decided to make a westbound, right turn from the far left edge of the traffic lane.
The vehicle then pulled to the shoulder of the road without signaling. Deputies conducted a traffic stop. According to the deputies’ report, the suspect appeared to be very nervous and had his right hand in his right front pocket of his pants.
The deputy requested he remove his hand, which he did. Deputies noticed a hypodermic syringe sitting on the forward center console, in plain view. The suspect allegedly told deputies that he had marijuana in his possession. After an investigation deputies allegedly found 11 balloons of what appeared to be heroin and a hypodermic syringe in the suspect’s right front pocket. He then allegedly told the deputies that he had more heroin in the vehicle along with a gun.
A loaded handgun was found inside the center console along with 24 additional bags of what appeared to be black tar heroin, several small plastic bags, two pipes commonly used with methamphetamine and a digital scale. The incident occurred at 5 p.m.