Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Cerritos Deputies Investigate Attempted Burglary on Alexander Ave.
Authorities were summoned to a home on Alexander Avenue on Tuesday afternoon in response to a burglary attempt.
Updated at 3 p.m.: Deputies no longer searching the area.
Cerritos Sheriff's deputies this afternoon were investigating another residential burglary near South Street and Carmenita Boulevard -- one of at least two burglary scenes in the city.
Deputies responded to a call of a burglary attempt at a home on Alexander Avenue about 1:20 p.m., according to Lt. George Berumen of the Cerritos Sheriff's Station.
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A sheriff's helicopter was spotted circling the area just after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, prompting several inquiries about the incident to Patch.
Berumen said there was no suspect description available as of about 3 p.m. and deputies were no longer searching the area.
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Across town, near Kennedy Elementary School along the Cerritos-Artesia border,
Editor's Note: Patch will be updating both burglary stories throughout the day.
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