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Crime & Safety

Purse Snatching at Ralphs; Break-In on Las Virgenes Rd.

A woman's purse is stolen from her shopping cart; a home is ransacked.

The following crimes were reported to local law enforcement authorities this week: 

Purse snatching at Ralphs

A female victim had her purse and wallet stolen from her supermarket cart while shopping at in the on Monday, sheriff's deputies said.

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The theft occurred sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m., deputies said.

She reportedly noticed that her belongings were missing when she went to pay for her goods at the checkout stand.

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A short time later, she called to cancel her cards and was told that there were several transactions pending at the Rite Aid store in Woodland Hills, deputies said.

Home burglary

A home in the 5700 block of North Las Virgenes Road was entered Monday through a split screen door and ransacked, deputies said.

The break-in occurred between 8:50 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., according to a report. Nothing was stolen, the report said.

Camera, iPod stolen from car

An iPod and a camera were stolen Monday from a truck parked in the 4400 block of Alta Tupelo Drive, sheriff's deputies said.

The vehicle burglary happened between 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., according to deputies.

The victim discovered the items missing when he returned to his truck and found one of the passenger doors left slightly ajar, deputies said.

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