Ninety-one percent of home burglaries in the Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles reported this summer were committed by homeless people, according to the city’s Police Department (LAPD).
Of the 11 burglaries reported in the past four months, 10 of them were by homeless people, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission on Aug. 23.
Moore noted that during four of the 10 incidents, the perpetrators broke into the homes to use the showers and other utilities. Arrests occurred during the invasion or immediately after.
