A total of four people have been
arrested as they were suspected to primarily be connected to the
burglaries that took place at Christina Milian and Rihanna’s home.
In
the past two years, several celebrities have been victimized by
burglars living in or near the Los Angeles area. Christina Milian and
Diamonds hitmaker were amongst those who were targeted. In September,
Rihanna’s property in Hollywood Hills was broken into by burglars
while in August, Christina’s home in San Fernando Valley was
targeted twice in a time span of four days.
The
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have now made arrests of the
suspected burglars inclusive of two 19-year olds Tyress Lavon
Williams and Jshawne Lamon Daniels along with Damaji Corey Hall, 18.
The three allegedly burglarized the home of Robert Woods, the
American footballer in Woodland Hills on 27th
September. The following day they were pulled over by a police
officer. Two days after their arrest, Damaji Hall’s mother, Ashle
who is 34-years of age was also arrested.
On
the 2nd
of October, 2018 in a press conference held by the LAPD, the
Commanding Officer of the Commercial Crimes Division, Lillian L.
Carranza stated that the burglars would use a tactic known on the
streets as ‘flocking’ to case the houses. They would drive around
the area in luxurious cars wearing designer and expensive clothes to
make sure that they did not stand out. Once a house was selected as
the potential target, the burglars would make use of a larger vehicle
to change into hoodies and more subtle clothing to ensure that they
were not recognized. The vehicle would later be used to load up the
stolen goods and drive away. Within minutes, the burglars would grab
any valuable that they could get their hands on and then leave as
quickly as they came, before the alarm companies could alert the
police.
According to the Commanding Officer, the
suspects were most likely responsible for burglarizing the homes of
Rihanna, Christina Milian, Yasiel Puig the baseball star and Matthieu
‘M.Pokora’ Tota, the French singer. The authorities claim that
they recovered designer jewelry, handbags, watches along with $50,000
in cash when they searched the homes of one of the burglars. A stolen
vehicle was also found during the search. The Police believes that
they also came across a list of potential targets including Viola
Davis, Matt Damon and LeBron James. The recovered properties were
displayed in the conference.
While
the teenagers were charged for burglarizing homes, Ashle Hall was
charged with grand theft, according to sources. Furthermore, Tyress
Williams pleaded not guilty to the four felony counts made against
him for burglary in the first-degree, on Tuesday. It is believed that
the suspects are a part of a much larger burglary ring which could
have been responsible for the plague of robberies that has victimized
several other celebrities. The investigation is still open and
progressing. The Police are hopeful that they will be able to uncover
more information and make more arrests of the people responsible.
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