Brad Sherman
2025-01-14 02:57:58 UTC
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Permalinkarrests from the start of the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7 through Jan. 13.
The department said all of those arrested were in the citys evacuation
zones, and most of them violated the curfew law enforcement put in place,
which lasts from sunset to sunrise.
Ten suspects were arrested for burglary, and one of them was found to have
the Watch Duty app on his phone. That app shows maps of active fires and
evacuation zones, including the zones in Santa Monica. Six people were in
possession of burglary tools like bolt cutters, pry tools, hand saws, key
fob programmers and key fobs. Two people were arrested for being in
possession of concealed handguns.
None of those arrested were from Santa Monica.
The rest of those were arrested for other violations like drug possession,
driving violations, outstanding warrants, parole and probation violations.
None of those arrested were from Santa Monica, police say.
Officials noted that this was a significant increase in the normal number
of arrests in the neighborhoods in the evacuation zones north of Montana
and Wilmont.
Many of the incidents involved arrests of more than one person.
Our dedicated team of officers did a phenomenal job saturating the
evacuation areas and tamping down criminal activity, the department said
in a media release.
The arrests come as the Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman
announced charges against several suspects tied to arson and looting in
Pacific Palisades since the fire broke out.
Arrests have also been made following the eruption of the Eaton Fire in
the Pasadena and Altadena area as well.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-40-arrests-made-palisades-225443849.html