Feb. 11
300 block St. Katherine Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, the back door window was smashed; nothing was reported stolen. The home was under construction.

The burglary occurred overnight.

Feb. 10
2400 block of Montrose Avenue in Montrose, an unsecured bike was stolen from the location between 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

1500 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, while a woman was at a gas station pumping gas, she left the vehicle’s door open when she walked away from her car to throw something into the garbage bin. The victim looked back and saw a “heavy set female Hispanic,” about 5’ to 5’5” tall, weighing about 200 to 210 lbs., between 20 and 25 years old with black hair and wearing a white shirt, black pants and white shoes. The suspect was inside the victim’s vehicle and stole her purse with personal items and her cellphone. The suspect exited the vehicle and ran toward Foothill Boulevard. The victim ran after her as she entered the front passenger side of a vehicle described as a 2010 silver Honda Accord with black paper plates. The victim grabbed a hold of the passenger side door and witnessed a “male Hispanic” suspect driving. The car drove away.

The theft occurred at 3 p.m.

Angeles Crest Highway in Angeles National Highway, credit cards were stolen from a locked vehicle between 11:25 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Feb. 9
1700 block of Angeles Crest Highway in Tujunga, a man parked his vehicle in the parking lot at the location. He left and, when he returned, noticed spilled coffee all over the passenger window and seat. At the time he didn’t think anyone had broken into his vehicle. He drove to a restaurant in La Cañada and went to his glove compartment to retrieve his wallet; he found it missing. Later the victim found that there had been an attempt to use one of his credit cards at a store but it was declined.

The theft occurred between 10:10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Feb. 8
900 block of Town Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, the rear passenger window was smashed and several items were stolen from a vehicle between 8:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

Feb. 6
1900 block of Lyans Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle overnight.

Feb. 4
Angeles Crest Highway in Angeles National Forest, a woman reported she parked her vehicle at the Angeles Crest Ranger Station parking lot and went on a hike. Prior to leaving her vehicle she placed her wallet in the vehicle’s glove box and locked it. When she finished her hike and was in the area of cellphone reception she began to get numerous messages from her credit card company that there had been attempts to use her cards. She did not give anyone permission to use the cards.

She went to her vehicle and found the door lock had been damaged and the glove box was open. All her credit cards were missing from her wallet. The theft occurred between 8:50 a.m. and noon.

Feb. 3
700 block of Angeles Crest Highway in Tujunga, a woman reported that she had parked her vehicle in the Switzer Falls parking lot and went for a hike. Prior to leaving her vehicle she placed her purse in the vehicle’s glove box. When she returned from her hike she found her vehicle’s door unlocked, the glove box open and her purse gone.

The theft occurred between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

2300 block of Mira Vista Avenue in Montrose, a resident parked his vehicle in the rear of his apartment structure and locked the doors. The next morning he got into his vehicle and began to drive off when he felt a vibration on the driver’s seat. He discovered a cellphone with a cracked screen on top of the seat, along with a white piece of cloth. Neither the cloth nor the cellphone belonged to him. He searched his vehicle and found a fuel card and other items missing. He also found white scratches on the top edge of the car’s driver’s side door.

He turned the cellphone over to the deputies. The theft occurred overnight.

Feb. 2
300 block of Santa Inez Way in La Cañada Flintridge, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle at 4:20 a.m.

Jan. 31
2900 Community Avenue in La Crescenta, a student reported that someone stole his wallet from his backpack while he attended a physical education class. His backpack is too large to place into the lockers in the boys’ locker room so he left it on the floor in front of the locker. When he returned to the locker he found the backpack was unzipped and his wallet was missing.

The theft occurred between 10:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.

Jan. 5
4500 block of Lasheart Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, on Jan. 4 the resident placed a check for a payment in the USPS mailbox on the corner of Foothill and Lasheart boulevards. On Jan. 6 he received an alert from his bank that his account had been overdrawn. The resident checked online and discovered a check had been written for a large amount and cashed on Jan. 5. He viewed the check online and discovered it was the check he had written and mailed on Jan. 4. The payee’s name and amount had been altered but his signature remained the same. The resident believes someone tampered with the USPS mailbox because the mail pickup time was 10 a.m. on Jan. 5, which is the same date the check was fraudulently cashed.

The theft was between midnight and 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 5.