Silver Lake Public Safety Meeting

Councilmember LaBonge convened a public safety meeting in Silver Lake Wednesday night in response to a series of recent burglaries in the area. More than 100 residents filled the auditorium at Ivanhoe Elementary School to hear news from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Captains William Murphy and Dave Lindsey, commanding officers for the LAPD's Northeast Division, asked the public for help tracking down leads on 15 burglaries between April 11 and May 11 in the area between Glendale Boulevard on the east and Hyperion and Fountain avenues on the west. Other burglaries had been reported in adjacent neighborhoods as well.
The suspects are young men, possibly teenagers. They are stealing items they can carry and easily conceal. Councilmember LaBonge's home was one of those that was burglarized.
Police expect to release a composite sketch of the suspects next week. It will be posted here as soon as it is available.
In a related incident from last year, the captains announced that two young men arrested last February in a series of street robberies in Silver Lake and Echo Park had been convicted as adults and sent to prison.
Anyone with information about the recent burglaries are urged to call the Northeast Division at (213)485-2563. For information on how to protect your home, please click here.