3 homes in San Fernando Valley broken into overnight; search for suspects underway

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three homes in the San Fernando Valley were broken into overnight, triggering an investigation and a search for the suspects.

Several suspects, only described as men, were involved in all three cases and the Los Angeles Police Department is looking into whether they're connected.

The rash of break-ins started at a home on Topeka Drive in Tarzana around 7:40 p.m. Monday. According to the LAPD, someone was home at the time but police could not give further details about that incident.

The other two homes were in Encino, an area that has been targeted before. Earlier this year, an "American Idol" executive and her husband were killed by an intruder in their Encino home.

Less than an hour after the first break-in, around 8:20 p.m., suspects broke into a home on Ostrom Avenue. Shortly before 11 p.m., another home less than two miles away was hit on Alonzo Avenue.

Police say that was the only home where property was taken, but it's unclear what that was or how much it was worth.

Nobody was home in either of the Encino break-ins.

Last week, burglars broke into the home of music producer Benny Blanco's mother in Studio City.