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Friday, January 10, 2014

Burglars thwarted in Millard Canyon cabin theft

 by TImothy Rutt

CrimeAn attempted burglary of a cabin in Millard Canyon was thwarted Wednesday afternoon by the campground caretaker and a census worker.

According to Lonnie Fehr, the caretaker of the campground, he saw two men running from one of the cabins in the area carrying the cabin owners’ belongings.  Fehr said they may have been scared by a census taker who by happenstance was going to the same cabin.  

“He [the census taker] yelled, ‘stop, citizen’s arrest,’” Fehr emailed to Altadenablog.  “At that point they dropped the items, threw a pipe at him, ran to the truck, and sped very fast out of there.”

Fehr wrote that he reported the incident to the U.S. Forest Service. 

Fehr said that he wrote down a description of the truck, which was a silver Toyota Tacoma with Oregon license plate 436-GGV.

The suspects were described as a light-complexioned man in his late 50’s, slightly balding, who was with a brown-complexioned teenage boy, approximately 14 years old. 

If you see the following vehicle belonging to the alleged burglars, please contact law enforcement :  the Altadena Sheriff Station at 626-798-1131, or USFS law enforcement dispatth at 661-723-2703.

 

Posted on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 10:17 AM in Crime |

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