BUSTED! Cellphones in West Hollywood are slightly safer this weekend thanks to the recently reinstated West Hollywood Sheriff’s Entertainment Policing Team (EPT) who arrested two alleged cellphone thieves. The West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station reports an arrest was made Friday night. A male and female suspected of pickpocketing and cellphone grand thefts were spotted by EPT while they were patrolling WeHo’s nightlife bars. According to a statement, 17 stolen phones were recovered and five of those phones have been returned to their rightful owners.
“Last night the #WeHo Station EPT Team was on foot patrol checking #WeHoNightLife bars,” reads a social media post by the West Hollywood Sherlffs official social media platforms. “When they approached Santa Monica Blvd and Robertson Blvd, they saw a male who resembled a pickpocket suspect from past incidents. The EPT Team contacted the male and a female companion, who were startled. Deputies saw the female throw away a cell phone behind a dumpster. They were detained pending a phone theft investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation, the EPT Team recovered stolen 17 phones. Last night the team was able to return 5 phones to victims. Both adults were arrested for grand theft.”
Other cellphone thieves are out there. If you see something say something. Anonymous tips can be called into Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or by texting 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. If you see something, say something. Anyone with information on the shooting death can also drop a tip at https://www.lacrimestoppers.org.
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The purpose of Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers is to prevent and reduce crime, by forming a partnership among the community, law enforcement and the media to offer anonymity and cash rewards to anyone providing information leading to an arrest.
Crime Stoppers encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy.
Crime Stoppers uses a three part approach to preventing and solving crimes. The first part of the program is to empower the community by providing a safe way to report criminal activity. Secondly, Crime Stoppers partners with all forms of media in the Los Angeles region to inform the community on how to anonymously report crimes. Law Enforcement is the final part of the triangle; they follow-up on tips from
community members.
The Crime Stoppers program is funded by private donations and annual fund raising events. No tax dollars are involved. The reward money paid out by the program is from the fund raising and donations from concerned citizens and businesses.
West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station polices the City of West Hollywood and the unincorporated communities of Franklin Canyon, Universal City (which includes Universal Theme Park, Studios, and Citywalk), and the Federal Enclave in West Los Angeles.
