A man was arrested for assaulting a police officer near Fair Oaks Boulevard and Grevelia Avenue at 2:34 a.m. on Nov. 7. According to reports, the suspect was walking on the street and officers attempted to stop him for a traffic violation. The man fled from officers and allegedly attempted to hit and bite them during the altercation.
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A vehicle theft occurred in the 1400 block of Oak Crest at about 4 a.m. on Nov. 8. An unknown suspect entered a victim’s unlocked vehicle and stole laptops, a backpack, a jacket, miscellaneous tools and the vehicle’s registration documents.
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Police recovered three stolen vehicles between Nov. 7-11 and Nov.13. Each vehicle was located via police safety cameras, which automatically detected license plates of each of the vehicles and notified law enforcement.
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These alleged crimes and incidents were reported to the South Pasadena Police Department between Tuesday, Nov. 7, and Monday, Nov. 13. Information was gathered from a weekly crime summary published by SPPD’s Crime Prevention Unit.
First published in the November 17 print issue of the South Pasadena Review.
