Motorcycle death ruled an accident
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of Kyle Brimer, 17, of Hermosa Beach, while he was riding his motorcycle was an accident. Brimer was riding his motorcycle southbound on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 10 when he was hit by a vehicle turning westbound on Carnelian Street.
Brimer was thrown from the bike and taken to the hospital where he later died. The Redondo Beach Police Department, in its initial statement, said the woman driver was cooperating with the investigation and there was no indication that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the fatal crash.
Guns pointed at Redondo employees, customers
There were two armed robberies of businesses in Redondo Beach in recent weeks in which suspects pointed handguns at customers and employees.
At about midnight on Saturday, Feb. 3, suspects entered an open store on the 2400 block of 190th St. and pointed handguns at employees and customers. One suspect went behind the counter and punched an employee. The suspects stole cash, bottles of alcohol, a Louis Vuitton wallet and a backpack. The employees and customers were in fear for their lives, according to police.
The other armed robbery occurred in an open store on the 2700 block of Artesia Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 25, about 7:30 p.m. A suspect entered a business and demanded property from employees and customers. A firearm was pointed at an employee. Suspects stole an iPhone 15 Pro Max, an iPhone 13 mini, an Otter Box cell phone case, a Gucci purse, a Gucci wallet, a Tommy Hilfiger wallet, cash, and credit and debit cards, among other things.
Redondo also experienced two commercial burglaries of closed businesses during the week of Feb. 2 through Feb. 8.
Additionally during that week, there were five residential burglaries, four vehicle burglaries and five incidents of catalytic converters being stolen from Redondo vehicles.
Manhattan BevMo windows smashed twice in a week
Thieves smashed the front door of the BevMo store on Rosecrans Avenue two times earlier this month, taking multiple bottles of alcohol on their second try.
The first time occurred at about 2:14 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2. Manhattan Beach Police Department officers were called to the scene of the store on the 1700 block of Rosecrans and found the front door of the BevMo was shattered.
Officers contacted the store manager and obtained video that showed a suspect using a boulder and a baseball bat to break the door. But the suspect was unsuccessful in entering the store and fled the area in a black, four-door sedan.
Four days later, Tuesday, Feb. 6, the black sedan showed up at the same BevMo at about 2:49 a.m. MBPD officers responded to a commercial burglary alarm. When they got there, there was a smashed front door, but no suspects on site.
Video footage obtained by MBPD showed a suspect using a sledgehammer to shatter the front door. This time more than one suspect gained entry to the store. Suspects grabbed multiple bottles of alcohol and left the scene in the black sedan.
The MBPD took 22 crime reports during the week of Feb. 1 through Feb. 7, including three for assault. MBPD officers also took two reports for commercial burglary, three for theft , one for vehicle burglary and one for vandalism.
Hermosa arrest 2 drivers for DUIs, 2 for no license
Hermosa Beach Police Department officers arrested two different people for driving under the influence and another two for driving without a license during the week of Jan. 28 through Feb. 2.
A catalytic converter was stolen from a car in the parking lot of a hotel on the 100 block of Pacific Coast Highway.
HBPD officers arrested two people engaged in a fight on the 1100 block of Hermosa Ave.
A vehicle with an expired registration was found to have a loaded gun under the seat. Both the driver and passenger denied owning the gun. The mother of one of the people in the car later told police she owned the gun.
HBPD also recovered a cell phone and a wallet during that week.
