Police Blotter: $25,000 Watch Stolen and Motorcycle Bags Snagged

The crime theme in and near Marina del Rey in recent weeks continues to be property theft, as these accounts demonstrate. All the crimes occurred within the patrol area of the Marina del Rey Sheriff's Station.

$25,000 Piaget Watch Stolen

A burglar broke into a home Aug. 12 and stole a $25,000 Piaget watch made of 18-carat gold and surrouned by diamonds, according to a sheriff deputy's report.

The watch was stolen along with a $10,000 gold wedding ring with diamonds after someone pried open the home's front door. Deputies noticed that the master bedroom and its adjacent vanity room had been ransacked. The jewelry was stolen from the vanity room and the burglar appeared to have departed through a bedroom window, the report said.

A print deputy was requested.

No arrest was made.

Cash, Computer and Canvas Bag Stolen

A 24-inch Apple computer worth $3,000, $1,500 in cash, four jewelry boxes and dining ware were stolen from a home Aug. 4 with a neighbor reporting suspicious behavior, according to a sheriff deputy's report.

The burglary took place between 8:45 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. and a neighbor told deputies afterward that a man had knocked on her door about that time and said, "Oh, sorry, I got the wrong house."

The neighbor said the man walked away and into a tan vehicle across the street with another man inside. A few minutes later, the neighbor saw both men leave the vehicle and walk up the driveway of the home that was burglarized.

One man was described as having brown, braided hair with red tinting and was wearing a white T-shirt and grey sweatpants. The second man was stocky and was wearing a blue tank-top, long blue shorts and carrying a gym bag.

Two bedrooms were ransacked and a suitcase was taken after clothes had been removed from it. Deputies believe the suspects entered through a bedroom window and left though a back door that they left unlocked.

A print deputy was requested.

No arrest was made.

Thieves Snatch Leather Jacket and Motorcycle Bags

A $600 leather jacket was stolen from the locked sidebag of a motorcycle and someone later stole sidebags from the same bike valued at $1,375, according to a sheriff deputy's report.

Pins securing the sidebags to the motorcycle were removed when the leather jacket was stolen, but the motorcycle owner replaced them and parked his bike in a different location, the report said.

Someone returned Aug. 8 and stole the grey sidebags, the report said.

No arrest was made.