The Manhattan Beach Police Department has provided a summary of weekly crime statistics from November 14 to November 20, a period during which they registered 720 calls for service, including 295 dispatched calls and 425 officer-initiated contacts, according to a document published on their official website.
ong the notable incidents, the police reported eight arrests and 16 traffic collisions, along with 33 crime reports taken, spanning from assault and auto theft to burglary and vandalism, one assault occurred in Patrol Area 1, and two auto thefts, one each in Patrol Area 1 and 3, a single residential burglary in Patrol Area 1 while four thefts and one act of vandalism were noted in Patrol Area 4 and though there were reports of vehicle burglary and robbery crime categories, there were zero occurrences listed during this timeframe, as detailed by the Manhattan Beach Police Department.
In one incident on November 15, officers were called to a situation involving a male waving a knife at the Hangar Inn's parking lot. However, the police faced a dilemma with conflicting stories from witnesses which led to the detainment of three subjects though no one was injured, and a lack of independent witnesses left the truth obscured the case remains under further investigation by MBPD detectives. Another incident involved a vehicle parked in the 500 block of Meadows Avenue that was found with bullet holes on November 17, for which officers canvassed the area and secured surveillance video after confirming the presence of the bullet holes; the vehicle, parked there since November 15, had been unoccupied during the incident resulting in no injuries.
A commercial burglary also took place at a construction site on Rosecrans Avenue on November 18, where suspects broke a padlock to a fenced area and committed theft of tools, also a residential burglary was reported on November 20, with the homeowners of a residence on the 1500 block of 8th Street finding their upstairs bedrooms ransacked, between 4:15 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., and the detectives are currently on the lookout for any surveillance footage that neighbors in the area might provide as the initial report estimates the theft of three $1000 gift cards, as per the Manhattan Beach Police Department. Lastly, an update on a robbery from November 12 revealed the arrest of suspect Kimberly Nation on November 18, with charges filed by the LA County District Attorney’s Office for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon; the MBPD nabbed her with the assistance of an outside agency and completed the arrest without any incident.
As part of their community outreach, the MBPD also released crime prevention tips advising residents to lock their doors securely, not leave their residences unsecured even for brief periods, install and familiarize themselves with a surveillance system, and ask neighbors to collect mail during extended absences thus recommending vacationing homeowners to inform MBPD so officers are aware of vacant residences, these tips also suggest avoiding the public broadcast of vacation plans on social media, securing side gates, and wiring alarm systems to cover second-story access points to prevent becoming a victim of residential burglaries.