Members of a burglary ring dressing as construction workers in Los Angeles may have traded hard hats for handcuffs.
The group, dubbed the"Reflector Vest Crew," was arrested in a joint operation of North Hollywood Division detectives and the LA County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Police Department announced on Tuesday.The arrests took place on June 27 and July 3, following an extensive investigation into a string of high-end residential burglaries across affluent LA neighborhoods, Studio City, West Los Angeles and West Hollywood between March and June 2024.
Investigators eventually caught the suspects during an in-progress burglary in Studio City on June 27. In a subsequent development on July 3, authorities executed a search warrant leading to the arrest of Ashley Ellison, 33, girlfriend of defendant Roderick Dennis.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.The search yielded thousands of dollars, two stolen firearms, jewelry appraisals and additional evidence linking the suspects to the crimes.
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