Burglary

A 16-year-old suspect remained hospitalized Wednesday after being shot by an off-duty Long Beach police officer whose home he allegedly attempted to burglarize. The teenager, whose name was not released, was listed in fair condition at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, said Sheriff's Department officials, who are reviewing the incident. They added that the youth would be charged with attempted burglary when he is released from the hospital. Department spokesmen said Long Beach robbery Det. Edward Lomax shouted a warning before shooting the youth in the upper body about 12:20 p.m. Monday.

The article by Sigfredo A. Cabrera (Editorial Pages, May 11), "Law Is Too Soft on Burglary; It Is Not a Property Crime," is not only inaccurate, it also reflects faulty reasoning. Cabrera is correct when he states that burglary is not a crime against the person. For his edification, there were three types of offenses at common law that we currently group under the generic heading of "theft." Larceny was a crime against property. Burglary was a crime against the habitation or home.

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of trying to rape a sleeping woman after slipping through her open bedroom window in San Juan Capistrano, authorities said Monday. David Michael Schankerman, 33, of Torrance was being held on $50,000 bail at the Orange County Men's Central Jail on suspicion of burglary and attempted rape.

Sheriff's deputies arrested three men and continued their search for a fourth suspect in the "smash and grab" burglary of a Ross Dress for Less store in Thousand Oaks early Sunday, police said. Marco Bermudez, Pedro Leon and Jorge Custodea, all 18 and from Los Angeles, were arrested shortly after the burglary, police said. According to authorities, four burglars broke a large window and began removing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the store at 396 N. Moorpark Road about 4:30 a.

The 29-year-old Marquis of Blandford, heir to a $43.6-million fortune, has been charged with burglary of a drugstore, Scotland Yard said today. The marquis, the son of the Duke of Marlborough, was accused of breaking into a drugstore at Pimlico Green in southwest London on Saturday, Scotland Yard said. He was released on bail and ordered to appear at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court on Feb. 26.

Two people were arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary of a single-family home in Fountain Valley, authorities said Thursday. Van Huu Nguyen, 20, and a 17-year-old juvenile, both of Santa Ana, were arrested Wednesday after the owner of the home returned to find a vehicle belonging to one of the two suspects parked in his garage, a police spokeswoman said. The owner of the home in the 9700 block of La Arena Circle called police, who entered the house and surprised the suspects.

Los Angeles police are investigating a possible burglary early Sunday at actress Lindsay Lohan's home in the Hollywood Hills, authorities said. Police were called to Lohan's home in the 2200 block of El Contento Drive about 7 a.m. about the possible burglary, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department. An officer at the LAPD's Hollywood station said Lohan's home was also the target of an attempted burglary in May. -- Ari B. Bloomekatz

Burglary % of Estimated % of Arrests Arrests Population GENDER Male 4,553 82 49 Female 973 18 51 AGE 17 and younger 1,692 30 24 18-24 years 1,917 35 12 25 and older 1,917 35 64 RACE White 2,932 53 74 Latino 1,795 33 19 Black 409 7 1 Other 390 7 6 Source: California Attorney General's Office, Bureau of Criminal Statistics and Special Services

A 48-year-old Burbank parolee has been arrested on suspicion of burglary for procuring the names, addresses and phone numbers of at least half a dozen Los Angeles Zoo docents and then breaking into their homes while they were away, Glendale police said Thursday. Brian Simpson, suspected of committing at least half a dozen burglaries, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly committing crimes from early September until Tuesday, said Glendale Police Det. Danny Carver.