Police Blotter: Boat Burglary and Escalade Theft

The crime theme in and near Marina del Rey in recent weeks continues to be theft, as these accounts demonstrate. All the crimes occurred within the patrol area of the .

Boat Burglar Takes Laptop

A boat owner who went on an overseas business trip came back to his vessel in Marina del Rey to find it ransacked and his laptop computer gone, according to a sheriff deputy's report.

The victim told sheriff's deputies that he had left April 1 on a business trip and kept his boat unlocked for his cleaning service to access. When he returned May 26, the man said he immediately noticed his boat had been ransacked and a $1,000, 15-inch MacBook laptop computer was missing.

No arrest was made.

Cadillac Entertainment System Stolen

A man reported May 26 that someone had broken into his black Cadillac Escalade and stole its $1,200 entertainment system, according to a sheriff deputy's report.

The man said he had parked and locked the vehicle in the driveway of his residence about 1 a.m. and when he came out about 10:55 a.m. he noticed the all-in-one navigation system, radio, DVD and CD player unit missing.

There was no damage to the vehicle and deputies couldn't locate the point of entry.

A print deputy was requested to see whether the thief left any fingerprints behind.

No arrest was made.