Officials with the Santa Monica Police Department arrested 39 people in evacuation zones over the last five days.  

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Santa Monica Police make dozens of arrests in Palisades Fire evacuation zones

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Officials with the Santa Monica Police Department arrested 39 people in evacuation zones over the last five days.   Between Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire erupted, and Jan. 12, SMPD Lt. Erika Aklufi told KTLA that 10 of the arrests were for burglary.   Three suspects were taken into custody in one incident on 18th Street, while four others were arrested in the 200 block of Euclid Street and another two at 10th Street and Carlyle Avenue. Six …

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A Santa Monica police officer is in the hospital Tuesday after a Malibu resident ran over their foot while attempting to enter an area restricted due to the Palisades Fire.

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(KRON) -- Some looters in Los Angeles are using wildfire evacuation maps to find empty homes and burglarize them, police said. Police officers have been on high alert looking for looters ever since the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire triggered thousands of residents to flee from their homes. The Santa Monica Police Department said, between January 7 and Monday, officers stopped hundreds of people who entered Palisades Fire evacuation zones and arr…

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Santa Monica police crack down on looters, arrest 40 in evacuation zones

The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) recently released the identities of nearly a dozen attempted burglary suspects within Palisades Fire evacuation zones in Santa Monica, none of whom live in the town, police said. Six of the 10 suspects were in possession of “burglary tools,” according to officials. All traveled to the disaster area from out of town. The department has arrested 39 people in evacuation zones since the start of the Palisade…

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Santa Monica police release mugshots of suspects accused of trying to loot during California wildfires

The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) recently released the identities of nearly a dozen attempted burglary suspects within Palisades Fire evacuation zones in Santa Monica, none of whom live in the town, police said.
Six of the 10 suspects were in possession of "burglary tools," according to…

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According to the Santa Monica Police Department, none of the suspects live in Santa Monica.

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10 burglary suspects arrested in Palisades evacuation zone | FOX 11 Los Angeles

Approximately one dozen burglary suspects in California who were caught in Palisades Fire evacuation zones have been identified, according to law enforcement.  The post Police: Would-Be Looters Caught with ‘Burglary Tools’ in California Fire Evacuation Zones appeared first on Breitbart. The post Police: Would-Be Looters Caught with 'Burglary Tools' in California Fire Evacuation Zones appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Co…

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Santa Monica Police make dozens of arrests in Palisades Fire evacuation zones

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