Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Yacht Theft, Ice Cream Carts Taken and Eviction Dispute
Thieves broke into an 80-foot cabin cruiser, four ice cream carts are missing and an eviction dispute leads to missing and damaged property.
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 Marina del Rey Sheriff's Station.
CABIN CRUISER THEFT
Four flat-screen televisions and a compact disc player were stolen from an 80-foot cabin cruiser, according to a sheriff deputy's report.
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The theft occurred sometime between April 5 and April 8 when someone entered the yacht through an unknown hatch, portal or door. Three televisions were taken from a lower stateroom after being removed from their mounting brackets and another television was stolen from the main salon. A Bang & Olufsen CD player also was snatched.
Surveillance video was reviewed, but there was useful footage immediately found.
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No arrest was made.
ICE CREAM CARTS MISSING
A woman reported that a utility trailer parked in front of her residence was stolen and there were four ice cream push carts inside it, according to a sheriff deputy's report.
The $2,500 trailer was stolen March 31 between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. along with four carts that have "Jimmy's Italian Ice" written on each of them. The ice cream carts were valued at $4,000 each.
No arrest was made.
EVICTION LEADS TO MISSING PROPERTY
A woman told sheriff's deputies that a $1,200 full-length mink jacket, a $450 full-length leather and rabbit jacket, a $4,500 white leather couch and other items were missing or damaged after her landlord removed her belongings following an eviction.
The woman said she and her landlord were in a dispute and she was given a notice of eviction to vacate the premises March 31. On that date, her landlord, his wife and two of their children allegedly removed her property and put it in the garage, the woman told deputies.
When the woman came back to the residence, she did an inventory and noticed some of her property was missing and damaged. She believes the landlord and his family were responsible, the deputy's report said.
No arrest was made.
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