A pair of thieves wanted a pet store in Orange County to know that they were so sorry that they stole a chow puppy, so they sent the store a condolence letter and $600. The couple's puppy heist last Thursday was caught on a surveillance tape. more ›

Gird your loins (and your jewels), people of the Hollywood Hills: six homes on Mulholland Drive have been burglarized in the past three months, according to NBC Los Angeles. Thieves are reportedly breaking in through windows, in some cases, and immediately targeting the most expensive items in the house. more ›

Sometimes you just have to act the part to get the job done. At least that's what seems to have happened at the Haven gastropub in the city of Orange yesterday, when a couple of guys dressed as maintenance men strolled in and helped themselves to the venue's ATM, according to ABC7. Using a dolly, the duo took the full-sized machine right before the customers' eyes. "Who are we to question them or ask them any questions? No one really paid much attention to it," said one witness. more ›

Police are asking the public to help them catch a pair of “bait and switch” thieves who scammed a jewelry store owner in Fullerton in early November. While bargaining for several pieces of gold, the men reportedly swapped bags when the owner wasn’t looking. more ›

This weekend, some neighbors in Beverly Hills called in the cops and broke out the video camera to tell the tale of the thieves who helped themselves to items from their outdoor Christmas displays. Expressing dismay at the theft of things from $1000-elves, the Baby Jesus in his humble manger, and a wreath, the real 90210-ers were horrified that they would now have to chain down their lit-up snowmen and reindeer, and hoped that the public knew about their plight. LAist photographer Tom Andrews took a trip to the home of Peter and Shera Falk, whose pricey decorations were swiped. Is their holiday display less than it could--and should--be? more ›

Times are tough all over, but they are particularly tough for one block in Beverly Hills, where there's been some un-neighborly thieving going on. On today's Huffington Post, Tom Gregory explains how the boundless joy of Christmas has been curtailed by someone helping themselves to people's Christmas decorations put out by Peter (Columbo) and Shera Falk, Charo, and Gregory himself. Wow, it's not such a wonderful life after all for the people who live on Jimmy Stewart's old block! more ›

It's hard to imagine someone surreptitiously making off with something that's 7 feet tall and made of bronze, but it seems that's what has happened in a park located in the Mid-City neighborhood of Carthay Circle. more ›

Thefts of catalytic converters, according to one cop in El Segundo, have reached "epidemic" levels, the LA Times reports. Helpfully, the paper also includes instructions on how to go about stealing your own: more ›