Ninety percent of home burglaries in Venice Beach reported this summer were committed by homeless people, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Of the 11 home burglaries reported in the last four months, 10 of them were carried out by homeless people, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Police Commission on Aug. 23.
Moore noted that during four of the ten incidents, the perpetrators entered the homes to use the showers and other utilities. The arrests occurred during the invasion or immediately after, he said.
A woman walks down a sidewalk passing a homeless encampment in Venice Beach, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Ansar El Muhammad—a longtime Venice resident and co-founder of a gang-prevention youth coalition, the HELPER Foundation—told The Epoch Times a complete audit is necessary for the community to find out “how our tax dollars are being utilized to service [the homeless population].”…