On Thursday, Encino Community Leaders asked Mayor Karenbus to increase the security of a series of deadly home invasions and other invasions in the San Fernando Valley Hillside area.
“American Idol” music director Robin Kay and her rock musician husband Tom Delca were killed at Encino’s house earlier this month by intruders. The Hayvenhurst Avenue home of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” by Teddy Mellencamp, star of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” was also targeted by three intruders who jumped onto the fence and entered the property last week.
Two other robberies have occurred in recent weeks, including an incident on Ostrom Avenue in which a homeowner shot a 14-year-old intruder, residents said.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the rise in violence by increasing patrols and adding measures such as horse-riding officers.
But some neighbors are still too scared to leave the house, said Rob Gulson, president of Encino’s property owner. “People are afraid,” he told reporters. “People are angry.”
Glushon and other leaders hope that Bass and LAPD will create a real-time crime surveillance centre in their local police station, as well as those in Beverly Hills. They also want a weekly public meeting with Encino’s new police substation, drones to track suspicious vehicles and crimes, license plate readers at major intersections, and LAPD’s Chief Jim McDonnell.
Bass spokesman Clara Karger said some of the requests Encino community leaders are already adding. In addition to the increased patrol, the city has deployed license plate readers and is working with the LA County Sheriff’s Department Robbery/Brobbery Task Force to target organized crime rings, she said.
“Last year, we took urgent action to successfully deal with crime in the valley and our response efforts helped us. We will continue to do everything we can to keep Angelenos safe,” Calger said. “Crime has declined last year, and the total murders are on track with a low of 60 years.”
Zoom meetings with Bass, councillors Nitty Alaman, Sen. Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) and Glushon and other neighborhood leaders are planned for Thursday night.
Atty, Los Angeles County. Nathan Hochman met with Encino residents last week at the crowded city hall over recent violence. He told the crowd last week that as a lifelong Angeleno, the murder of the twins was personal to him.
“The government owes you one thing, and it’s safe,” Hochman said. “Robin and Tom didn’t experience safety that night. Safety failed.”
Kay and Delca, both 70, had died at home for four days when neighbors found their bodies during welfare checks, worried that police hadn’t seen or heard for several days.
It was the third time in recent months that LAPD officers went to a location in the San Fernando Valley after receiving the 911 call and later returned to murder.
Menashe Hydra’s body was found on April 26th in a valley village apartment on the fifth floor after the attackers infiltrated an adjacent unit and leapt into Hydra’s troops from the balcony to attack him, investigators said.
The neighbor called 911 and reported the screams and the struggle from the apartment. The officer answered those calls, knocked on the door, and left without finding anything. The 27-year-old man was later charged with killing Hydra.
The same day Hydra’s body was found, police found the body of Alexandre Maudbaze, who had been beaten and died inside a Woodland Hills home. In that case, law enforcement sources said a woman inside the house was called LAPD around 12:30am, reporting that three people had broken into her home and beating her important others before suddenly cutting out.
Shortly before 1am, officers arrived at the house but no one answered the door, a source told the Times. Authorities discovered the suspicious killer of ModeBadze hours after the incident.
Glushon said Thursday that LAPD should look into its policy to get into the home. “There’s obviously a problem,” he said.
Locals also said on Thursday they were worried about the famous “party house” next door where Kay and Delca lived, explaining that they would see multiple cars without license plates in the area.
Vlad Gold, 49-year-old Encino resident, said Encino robbery was common, but he is now considering keeping a guard dog after the couple’s murder. “It’s just scary,” he said.
Times staff writer Richard Winton contributed to this report.
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