Crime & Safety

Thieves Disguised As Gardeners Steal $10,000 And Guns From Upland Home

Ring video shows the suspects inside, wandering about from room to room.

(KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles)

October 17, 2024

A group of thieves disguised as home gardeners broke into a house in Upland this week, taking off with thousands of dollars and guns from a family while they were away.

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It happened on Tuesday at around noon, according to the Upland Police Department.

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The suspects loading a large gun safe they had stolen from a home in Upland into a black car/Chau Vang/CBS Los Angeles

Police say that the ordeal began when one suspect, wearing a mask and a sweater, first showed up at the family's home posing as a DoorDash delivery driver. He left shortly after, with the homeowners telling police that they hadn't ordered anything that would cause the man to come to their home.

One of the burglary suspects, disguised as a home gardener, inside one of the bedrooms of an Upland home/Chau Vang/CBS Los Angeles

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