The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) not too long ago launched the identities of almost a dozen tried housebreaking suspects inside Palisades Fire evacuation zones in Santa Monica, none of whom dwell within the city, police mentioned.
Six of the ten suspects had been in possession of “housebreaking instruments,” in keeping with officers. All traveled to the catastrophe space from out of city.
The division has arrested 39 individuals in evacuation zones because the begin of the Palisades Fire, SMPD advised Fox News.
Those not charged with attempted burglary had been picked up for curfew violations, drug possession, warrants, parole and probation violations and different prices.
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From left, Joshua Kaliel Love, Miguel Angel Dorantes, Gabriel Asaih Stokes and Dominic Pachecomanga had been 4 of 10 suspects charged with housebreaking inside the Palisades Fire evacuation zones in Santa Monica. (Santa Monica Police Department)
None of the 39 arrested are from Santa Monica, officers mentioned.
One of the housebreaking suspects, Joshua Kaliel Love, 29, ran from officers and was caught with a dagger, window-breaking software, masks, gloves and narcotics, in keeping with police. He was on probation on the time of his arrest.
Two different burglary suspects, Dominic Pachecomanga, 18, and Miguel Angel Dorantes, 22, had been touring in a van with out ID and had gloves, housebreaking instruments, darkish clothes, ski masks and huge tote luggage, officers mentioned.
This view reveals burned properties after the Palisades Fire within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025. (REUTERS/Daniel Cole)
Pachecomanga and Dorantes allegedly had the Watch Duty app, which tracks hearth and evacuation zones, opened on their telephones, in keeping with police.
Gabriel Isaih Stokes, 27, was arrested after a plate reader marked the automotive he was driving in Santa Monica as a stolen vehicle, in keeping with the division. He was discovered with a stolen California ID, different faux IDs, housebreaking instruments, a black beanie and ski masks and huge luggage, police mentioned.
Nancy Belanger pours water on a neighbor’s fire-ravaged property within the aftermath of the Palisades Fire within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
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Stokes was beforehand charged with housebreaking, theft and grand theft, officers mentioned.
