LAPD investigating whether string of overnight burglaries at San Fernando Valley homes are connected
VALLEY GLEN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Another multimillion-dollar home was burglarized overnight Wednesday in the San Fernando Valley, and the LAPD was investigating whether the break-in was tied to a recent series of similar crimes in the area.
Officers responded Wednesday night at 9:30 p.m. to a report of a burglary suspect at a home in the 6800 block of Vanscoy Avenue, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The officers found evidence of a break-in and a burglary, the spokesperson said. The suspects fled before police arrived at the scene. No descriptions of the suspects or the stolen property were available.
The previous two break-ins happened about two miles apart in Valley Village, with the second of those happening about 15 minutes after the first, authorities said. Investigators are also examining whether at least one of the incidents could be linked to a similar burglary spree in the San Fernando Valley over the weekend.
Officers responded responded around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday to a two-story residence in the 12700 block of Hatteras Street.
Resident Osnat Miyara discovered damage and missing items after receiving alerts from her alarm company shortly after 9 p.m.
"I said, 'Disregard it,' but then they called two minutes after and they said that they hear that the back door sensor is on, so I said, 'Uh oh,'" she told Eyewitness News.
Miyara said she called her son, and when they arrived at the house, the power was out.
"The house was black. No light at all, which is usually .... we have lights outside," she said. "He walked the stairs and he saw some part of my jewelry is on the stairs."
Broken glass from a shattered sliding glass door remained at the home the next morning. Miyara said a neighbor provided surveillance video showing two people leaving through the front door shortly before she arrived.
"The neighbor gave us some video of two people leaving the house from the front door, maybe a minute before we came. That is scary," she said.
Earlier Tuesday, officers were called to a home in the 11700 block of Hesby Street. Intruders possibly broke in through a back window, which a worker was later seen boarding up with plywood.
