Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Car Theft, Robberies, Man in Park; See Photos from Local Residents
Check out the report from a Studio City resident about a recent crime, and a guy in the park.
This story was published Nov. 10, 2012, and updated Aug. 27, 2013.
Correction: A previous version of this story reported incorrect charges against Kateryna Dobychina. Patch received the wrong information from LocalCrimeNews.com and has corrected the error.
Jerry Trent, a resident of Studio City near Laurelgrove Ave and Landale had some tricking going on at his house around Halloween when his car cover was stolen right from his driveway and eight solar lights along his driveway were taken. "I did file a police report," he said.
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But he was among the many thefts that were reported over the last week. See the map above.
The letters correspond to the photo above. Also see some reader photos of crimes in the area.
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Information is from SpotCrime.com, for more info, go to http://spotcrime.com
Also, Ed Cunningham of Studio City send the photos in the gallery above and Senior Lead Officer Mike Lewis has been notified. If you have any additional details contact Lewis at: 31575@lapd.lacity.org
Cunningham said:
If you see this old tan RV with the California plate L GONZ OH in the neighborhood, please call the police immediately. I've been working with them to get this guy out of our neighborhood. Without going into too many details, this guy (who looks like an old, grisly Tommy Chong, beard and all) sits in his RV naked and watches children play at our park. How do I know this? He parked in front of a neighbor's house, about a year ago, but our neighbor surprised him by walking right into his RV. He found him in there completely naked looking out the window at his daughter playing in their front yard.
Today, at the park, I told this guy to leave and that I was calling the police. He left, but then forty minutes later came back gesturing for me to come over and talk to him. I ignored him. He then proceeded to walk up to my girls and I as I was putting on their shoes to leave. When he got within ten feet, I jumped up and took two steps toward shouting at him to leave. But when I jumped up, I noticed he reached for his back pocket. I quickly stepped back, and yelled to another Dad to call the police, saying "he's armed, he's a pervert call the police." The other Dad did. The pervert responded by saying, "That's right I am armed." And he did not back away or leave. My girls and I got out of there quickly. I called the police when I got home. The cops did come to the park, an hour later, but he had left.
It was a scary incident. My wife thinks I shouldn't have told him to leave in the first place, and that I angered him. She's probably right. But this guy keeps coming back to our park and I'm sick of it. I'm sorry to tell such a story-- I usually tell better ones! But it makes me feel good to get this picture out to you guys, and know that I'm increasing the number of eyes on this pervert. I should have sent this email last year when the aforementioned neighbor told me the story. (He had gotten his license plate, and thank goodness it was a memorable one, because that's how I knew who this guy was.) Alas, here I am telling you all now. Let's make this neighborhood the last place on earth this guy wants to stop in.
Reported On: 11/08/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Felony Theft Wasilunas, Gary M (M/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/08/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Drunk Hubbard, Laura (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/07/12 in Ventura County
For: Vandalism Harvey, Dawn (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/07/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence Khrustalev, Vladamir (M/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/06/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Other Charges Amachree, Lionel (M/B) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/05/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Other Theft Schrader, Heidi (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/05/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Assault Schrader, Heidi (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/05/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Assault Fligg, Trevi (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/03/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence 11417 Woodbridge St
Reported On: 10/28/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence Sperling, Leah (F/C) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/01/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence Dobychina, Kateryna (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 10/31/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence 4446 Saint Clair Ave
Reported On: 10/27/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence, Enhancement Milligan, Mark (M/B) of Studio City
Reported On: 10/30/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Felony Theft Balachio, Michele (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 10/30/12 in Los Angeles County
For: DUI, Driving Under the Influence
Today, at the park, I told this guy to leave and that I was calling the police. He left, but then forty minutes later came back gesturing for me to come over and talk to him. I ignored him. He then proceeded to walk up to my girls and I as I was putting on their shoes to leave. When he got within ten feet, I jumped up and took two steps toward shouting at him to leave. But when I jumped up, I noticed he reached for his back pocket. I quickly stepped back, and yelled to another Dad to call the police, saying "he's armed, he's a pervert call the police." The other Dad did. The pervert responded by saying, "That's right I am armed." And he did not back away or leave. My girls and I got out of there quickly. I called the police when I got home. The cops did come to the park, an hour later, but he had left.
It was a scary incident. My wife thinks I shouldn't have told him to leave in the first place, and that I angered him. She's probably right. But this guy keeps coming back to our park and I'm sick of it. I'm sorry to tell such a story-- I usually tell better ones! But it makes me feel good to get this picture out to you guys, and know that I'm increasing the number of eyes on this pervert. I should have sent this email last year when the aforementioned neighbor told me the story. (He had gotten his license plate, and thank goodness it was a memorable one, because that's how I knew who this guy was.) Alas, here I am telling you all now. Let's make this neighborhood the last place on earth this guy wants to stop in.
Recent reports from CrimeMapping.com:
CrimeDateAddressLink A Theft 11/07/12 06:30 PM 42XX VINELAND AV Details B Theft 11/07/12 12:00 PM 109XX BLUFFSIDE DR Details C Theft 11/06/12 09:00 PM 109XX BLUFFSIDE DR Details D Robbery 10/10/12 03:45 PM LAUREL CANYON BLVD & MAGNOLIA BLVD Details E Theft 11/06/12 05:30 PM 52XX VINELAND AV Details F Burglary 11/07/12 10:30 AM 114XX CUMPSTON ST Details G Theft 11/07/12 06:00 PM 122XX BURBANK BL Details H Burglary 11/08/12 09:00 AM 48XX LEDGE AV Details I Robbery 10/31/12 10:33 PM 10XX UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BLVD Details J Burglary 11/07/12 06:50 PM 133XX VENTURA BL Details Type Description Case # Location Agency Date Map It BURGLARY (entry of structure w/intent to commit theft or a felony) INCLUDES VESSELS 120920576 13300 VENTURA BL Los Angeles Police 11/7/2012 6:50:00 PM Map It THEFT - PETTY (plain theft-petty) ($950 & under) 121521602 4200 VINELAND AV Los Angeles Police 11/7/2012 6:30:00 PM Map It BURGLARY FROM VEHICLE 121521644 10900 BLUFFSIDE DR Los Angeles Police 11/7/2012 12:00:00 PM Map It BURGLARY FROM VEHICLE 121521628 10900 BLUFFSIDE DR Los Angeles Police 11/6/2012 9:00:00 PM Map It GRAND THEFT: From Bldg(Churches, Schools, Restaurants, Offices, Etc) 912-07021-0980 100 BLOCK UNIVERSAL CITY PLZ Los Angeles County Sheriff (unincorp.) 10/17/2012 12:00:00 AM Map It
These are arrests from LocalCrimeNews.com:
Linton, Tatiana (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/08/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Felony Theft Wasilunas, Gary M (M/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/08/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Drunk Hubbard, Laura (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/07/12 in Ventura County
For: Vandalism Harvey, Dawn (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/07/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence Khrustalev, Vladamir (M/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/06/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Other Charges Amachree, Lionel (M/B) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/05/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Other Theft Schrader, Heidi (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/05/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Assault Schrader, Heidi (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/05/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Assault Fligg, Trevi (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/03/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence 11417 Woodbridge St
Reported On: 10/28/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence Sperling, Leah (F/C) of Studio City
Reported On: 11/01/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence Dobychina, Kateryna (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 10/31/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence 4446 Saint Clair Ave
Reported On: 10/27/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Driving Under the Influence, Enhancement Milligan, Mark (M/B) of Studio City
Reported On: 10/30/12 in Los Angeles County
For: Felony Theft Balachio, Michele (F/W) of Studio City
Reported On: 10/30/12 in Los Angeles County
For: DUI, Driving Under the Influence
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