A Marina del Rey man carrying a white umbrella was arrested on Thursday, June 19 soon after being seen smashing a rear window of a Volkswagen Beetle.
An officer of the Santa Monica Police Department who was on routine patrol responded to an open carport at 10:45 pm on this day that was located close to the intersection of Fourth Street and Bay Street.
The reporting party had said that he had seen a suspect wearing a dark hoodie and carrying a white umbrella.
This man, the caller had said, had apparently broken the rear window of a Volkswagen Beetle that had was parked in the open carport.
This man had then reportedly run away in a northbound direction on Fourth Street and then west on Pico Boulevard.
A SMPD sergeant who was also responding to the call apprehended the suspect in the 1900 block of Alley Number Two.
This 32-year-old man was arrested and charged with vandalism. Bail was set at $36,500.
Editor’s Note: These reports are part of a regular police coverage series entitled “Alert Police Blotter” (APB), which injects some minor editorial into certain police activities in Santa Monica. Not all of The Mirror’s coverage of incidents involving police are portrayed in this manner. More serious crimes and police-related activities are regularly reported without editorial in the pages of the Santa Monica Mirror and its website, smmirror.com.
