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The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) recently released the identities of nearly a dozen suspects involved in attempted burglaries. fence fire Police said the evacuation zone in Santa Monica was unoccupied.
Officials said six of the 10 suspects were in possession of “burglary tools.” Everyone rushed to the disaster area from other places.
SMPD told Fox News the department has arrested 39 people in evacuation zones since the Palisades fire.
those not charged attempted theft Arrested for curfew violation, drug possession, warrant, parole and probation violation, and other charges.
Looters posing as fire officials and utility workers loot abandoned Los Angeles homes
From left, Joshua Kaliel Love, Miguel Angel Dorantes, Gabriel Asaih Stokes and Dominic Pachecomanga are four of 10 suspects accused of burglarizing a home in the Palisades Fire Evacuation Zone in Santa Monica. (Santa Monica Police Department)
None of the 39 people arrested were from santa monicaofficials said.
One of the burglary suspects, 29-year-old Joshua Kaliel Love, was caught running from police with a knife, window-breaking tools, a mask, gloves and poison. He was on probation at the time of his arrest.
the other two burglary suspect, Officials said Dominic Pachecomanga, 18, and Miguel Angel Dorantes, 22, were traveling in a van without identification documents. and carry gloves, burglary tools, dark clothing, a ski mask and a large tote bag.
This view shows burned homes following the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. (Reuters/Daniel Cole)
Pachecomanga and Dorantes allegedly have Watch Duty app that tracks fires and evacuation zones, They opened it on their cell phones, according to police.
Gabriel Isaih Stokes, 27, was driving a car in Santa Monica that was flagged by a license plate reader as " stolen vehicleaccording to the department. He was found in possession of a stolen California ID, other fake IDs, burglary tools, a black beanie, a ski mask and large bags, police said.
Nancy Belanger pours water on her neighbor’s fire-damaged house after the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 9, 2025. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
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Stokes was previously charged with burglary, robbery and theft, officials said.
