Crime & Safety
Fake Solar Energy Salesman Robs Rancho Palos Verdes Home: Police
He was described as in his late 20s to early 30s, with brown or black facial hair, wearing a brown, brimmed hat and black framed glasses.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA - A home in Rancho Palos Verdes was burglarized Wednesday by a man who had been posing as a solicitor for solar energy, authorities said.
Deputies from the sheriff's Lomita Station responded around 9 a.m. to the home in the 6100 block of Arrowroot Lane and discovered a smashed glass door and confirmed a burglary had occurred, said Sgt. Thomas Arellano.
However, the suspect had fled the location.
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Security video captured the suspect in the act of breaking in. He was described as in his late 20s to early 30s, with brown or black facial hair, wearing a brown, brimmed hat, black framed glasses and a navy blue denim type shirt and pants.
The suspect vehicle was an older white Lexus sedan with a sunroof.
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Anyone with information on the burglary was asked to call the sheriff's Lomita Station at (310) 539-1661.
--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock
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