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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Burglars caught posing as food delivery service in Southern California: Police
Three burglary suspects pretending to be part of a food delivery service to determine if a home was vacant have been taken into custody in Alhambra, police said Tuesday. The incident took place in the 3300 block of Balzac Street and was captured on surveillance video. 'A suspicious individual posing as an Uber Eats driver pulled up and asked if the residents ordered DoorDash. We don't think she even knew which app she was pretending to work for,' the Alhambra Police Department posted on Instagram. After determining that no one was home, the suspect signaled to her crew and waited outside as a lookout while they jumped a fence and forced entry. 'Just as they started grabbing stuff, they noticed APD outside and decided to play hide-and-seek,' the post read. The lookout then tried to warn her partners by texting that officers were in the area, 'but she got caught herself,' police said. Officers set up a perimeter and used K-9 unit 'Doggo' to help capture the suspects identified as Kennisha Powell of Lake Elsinore, Dejon Brown of Baldwin Park and Jerry Mullens of Los Angeles. All three were booked on suspicion of residential burglary. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
24-04-2025
- CBS News
Burglars posing as food delivery drivers arrested in Alhambra
Alhambra police shared a video of an alleged burglar posing as a delivery driver to check if a home was empty, before two other suspects made their way inside. The date that the incident happened was not disclosed, but officers were called to the 3300 block of Balzac Street after learning of a "suspicious individual posing as an Uber Eats driver" who had pulled up and was asking residents if they ordered from DoorDash, according to the Alhambra Police Department. "We don't think she even knew which app she was pretending to work for," APD said in an Instagram post. "Turns out, she wasn't delivering food but rather checking if the house was vacant." Investigators say that once the suspect confirmed no one was home, she told two other people that they could get inside as she waited as a lookout. "The suspects jumped the fence and forced entry," APD said. "Just as they started grabbing stuff, they noticed APD outside and decided to play hide-and-seek. The fake delivery driver tried to warn them through text that we were in the area, but she got caught herself. Oops." Alhambra K9 officer Doggo helped locate the two suspects and they were taken into custody. The trio of burglars have since been identified as Lake Elsinore resident Kennisha Powell, Baldwin Park resident Dejon Brown and Los Angeles resident Jerry Mullen. All were booked for residential burglary. No further information was provided. This isn't the first time that Southern California neighborhoods have seen similar crime. In 2024, a Monrovia man was arrested after he broke into multiple Orange County residences after posing as a delivery driver.
