Crime & Safety

Rampart Crime Report: Silver Lake Shoplifter, Echo Park ATM Robbery, More

The latest report covers Jan. 8-Jan. 9, 2013.

The attached crime maps come to us from the LAPD's Rampart Division, which covers parts of Echo Park, Silver Lake and Los Feliz.

We highlight here the most recent reports from Jan. 8 to early Jan. 9, 2013.

(They are also visible on the map with lines drawn from background info to their locations.)

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Key incidents include:

Theft at Foresta Boutique, 2612 Sunset Blvd, 5:45 p.m. 1/8/13

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Two pairs of Caval sunglasses worth over $1,000 and a bottle of perfume were stolen says Kyle Seki, the owner of Foresta Boutique.

The men and women's clothing boutique opened recently on the stretch of Sunset Boulevard between Echo Park and Silver Lake.

Seki says surveillance video shows the man tucking the items into a kind of "jumper" while he helped another customer.

Seki provided the above image of the man captured on the video. Seki encourages anyone with information to contact police.

ATM Robbery, corner of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Avenue, 10 p.m.  1/8/13

A robbery occurred at the outdoor ATM at Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard, in front of the Bank of America.

According to the Rampart report, the robbery involved "blunt force" but no weapon.

BACKGROUND ON THE CRIME MAP

The full map (available above) provides data on all crimes for which a report was filed in Rampart so far this week.

A second image isolates the section of the map that covers Echo Park-Silver Lake.


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