Antigua Guatemala restaurant in Harbor City has been run by the Pineda family for 20 years. Recently, the family decided to help raise funds for a friend's funeral. Unfortunately, they helped raise funds for two thieves. more ›

During a SWAT team standoff in Arleta Tuesday night, a young woman stole a police squad car and enjoyed a brief joy ride. Police officers and a SWAT team had barricaded an assault suspect in a home around 7pm when the woman hopped into a patrol car, which was being used by an officer guarding the perimeter of the barricade. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the arrest of one of their veteran detectives on suspicion of stealing money from a suspect's house. Detective II Ramon Alvarez, who has 25 years with the force and is assigned to Gang and Narcotics Division, was arrested January 27 for violation of Penal Code 487, Grand Theft. more ›

A Burbank couple could finally be reunited with their red 1966 Volkswagen Beetle that was stolen in 1991. However, their reunion comes with a cost. They will have to pay $800 to get their beloved Bug back. more ›

The bandit responsible for a series of fast food restaurant robberies in Los Angeles is still at large as police investigate the recent heists. Between December 9, 2011 and January 7, 2012, a rash of armed fast food thefts occurred in the areas of Highland Park, Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park involving a lone gunman threatening employees with a handgun. more ›

Detectives in Irvine arrested a Burger King cashier yesterday after watching him pocket the change a mentally disabled adult woman gave him for her lunch. The parents of the woman had noticed that day after day their daughter was coming home without any change leftover from lunch. more ›

Some poor tuba players returned to school after a long winter break, only to find that they were victims of tuba thieves that struck again. Tubas have become a popular target for thieves, as banda music's popularity has grown. more ›

Four Riverside and Norco teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing nine goats from a Riverside high school. The animals were heisted from Norte Vista High School's agriculture students. Police were able to recover seven of the nine goats. more ›

A Tustin man accused of stealing a Hummer limousine was arrested on Saturday night after fleeing from the vehicle during a police pursuit. The best part about his arrest was that the suspect was completely naked. more ›

Tubas throughout the Southland are sounding a sad song following the recent string of tuba thefts at local high schools. Bandits have recently struck South Gate High School, Centennial High School in Compton and Huntington Park High School, escaping with thousands of dollars in tubas. more ›

This tale from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a little Big Brother-esque, and most definitely cautionary, but it does have a happy ending for the owner of some stolen property. A thief was busted when he used a stolen laptop outfitted with a "LoJack for Laptops" kind of software, and it was his very own Facebook profile photo that ultimately was his undoing. more ›

To state the obvious, people love their pets. One Buena Park woman loves her dogs so much that she's offering a $10k reward for their safe return. Between the hours of 10am and noon on Friday, Linda Bush's 8-year-old Yorkshire terrier and three Yorkie pups were stolen from her home on Poinsettia Drive. When Bush entered her home that morning, she was shocked to find that one of her windows had been smashed. more ›

Bandits stormed Fremont Elementary School in Riverside early Saturday morning to steal - not money, children or school lunches - but high-voltage electrical breakers. They escaped with an estimated $50,000 worth of electrical equipment, leaving behind a rather chilly Monday for students and school staffers. more ›

A controversial life-size statue of a former president placed in a Newport Beach park suffered damage after a botched attempt by a thief to remove it from the site, according to Newport Beach Patch. The statue of Ronald Reagan, approved in January, was unveiled last month. more ›

Jason Voorhees showed his face mask today in SoCal. But the "Friday the 13th" mass murderer wasn't participating in Halloween shenanigans, rather a man dressed as him was robbing an Asian food distribution business in Ontario. more ›

Gentlemen, do not date Alana Cosette Hayes. The 27-year-old female arranged the mugging of her boyfriend in hopes of scoring some cash. And better yet, Hayes and her two accomplices are all white supremacist methheads - a classy trio indeed. more ›

Uh oh: A recent theft from a secured building has Los Angeles Police Department officials worried that over 30 weapons will be put to use in the hands of criminals. Those weapons, including "21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 large caliber handguns," reports the L.A. Times, were stolen from a locked box used by the SWAT unit, following their transfer there on Wednesday. more ›

If employees of the Department of Water and Power (DWP) surprise you with a visit, do not open your door. In fact, you might want to call the police. Two men posing as DWP workers ransacked an elderly man's home in the 800 block of North Robinson Street in Silver Lake last week. more ›

It's not uncommon to read and hear stories of sidewalk robberies in the OC. It is, however, uncommon when a robber makes a young child the victim of petty theft. While walking east in the 3600 block of West Fifth Street in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning, a woman and her 4-year-old son were approached from behind by a bandit. more ›

One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Oh, wait, you're safe. He's been captured. An animatronic statue of "Nightmare on Elm Street's" Freddy Krueger was swiped from its post in front of Insurance 4 Less on Third Avenue in downtown Chula Vista on Wednesday, said police on Friday. more ›

The stabbing death of Jesse Garay aboard a Red Line subway train last month was the first killing on the rail system since it opened in 1993. Recently, the victim's mother filed a claim against Metro, accusing the transit system of lacking adequate safety. Now Metro has opted to release detailed crime statistics for the first time. more ›

A male thief in West Covina foiled his own mission on Monday, grabbing the wrong bag in a petty theft attempt. Instead of nabbing a woman's purse, he darted away with her lunch. According to West Covina police Lt. Tommy Garcia, the robber approached the 49-year-old woman with a small-caliber gun. more ›

Matthew Taylor of Vero Beach, Florida is now a sworn enemy of the L.A. art scene. Arrested without incident on Thursday morning, Taylor, a former art dealer, faces a federal indictment that alleges he stole paintings from an art gallery in L.A. and sold the works to a collector under the false pretense that the works were those of esteemed artists. more ›

Check it out: A 44-year-old Carlsbad woman was arrested this week after she was found to be in possession of over 2,000 books and DVDs taken from multiple San Diego County libraries. more ›

27-year-old Christian Borro thought he was driving on borrowed time in a car he'd stolen. He pulled alongside a Los Angeles Police Department squad car on Monday morning and declared to the officers: "I just stole this car." As one might expect, the cops were intrigued, and pulled Borro over to look into his claim. more ›

Two burglars successfully heisted Maxine Boutique in Studio City on Monday morning using state-of-the-art tools. After tossing a rock through the boutique's window, the bandits snatched an estimated $50k in high-end coats, reports LA Daily News. more ›

Phone, cable, and internet provider Verizon has announced they'll give a $10,000 reward for info that gets the perp(s) arrested and prosecuted in a string of recent copper cable thefts in Southern California. "In recent weeks, thieves have cut and stolen thousands of feet of copper cable at nine locations, resulting in thousands of dollars in damages," explains Verizon. more ›

A wildly bizarre shoplifting episode occurred Monday afternoon at Discount Citi in Lancaster. When the store's manager, Jackie Huwey, caught a woman trying to steal a bag of men's jeans, she locked the culprit inside the store. more ›

Investigators arrived at the scene around 4:40am to find that a blue and white 1984 Chevrolet van had crashed into the front doors of the business. The van was reported stolen from Bellflower on Saturday evening, and deputies quickly ruled that the vehicle was used as a battering ram for an attempted firearms and ammunition burglary. more ›

Before Caltrans unveiled four new graffiti-resistant murals along the 101 Freeway on Monday, a drive-by or walk-by thief heisted two of the artworks, reports Daily Breeze. The theft took place between midnight on Saturday and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. more ›