`SOUTHSIDE BURGLAR' HITS AGAIN IN ENCINO.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer The ``Southside Burglar'' struck again in Encino Hills, breaking into a 39th home, police said Thursday. A woman told investigators that somebody had activated her home alarm after she left for about an hour to run errands Tuesday, said Detective Jary Quinones of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's West Valley Division. The woman is not sure whether anything was taken, Quinones said. Detectives believe it's the same cat burglar who has hit 38 other homes in the affluent section of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. by entering through windows to bypass alarms. Police have dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. him the Southside Burglar because he hits homes south of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. in the Encino Hills between the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. and White Oak Avenue. Homes there sell for an average of around $750,000. Since September, the burglar has stolen about $500,000 in cash and precious jewelry, police said. The burglar is described as a clean-cut Latino or Asian, 24 to 30 years old and weighing about 180 pounds, the detective said. Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to contact West Valley detectives at (818) 756-8553. |
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