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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. – An AutoZone in East Los Angeles<\/a> was burglarized twice in less than 24 hours during separate street takeovers, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n The incidents happened early Saturday and Sunday near Atlantic Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard.<\/p>\n The store remained boarded up Sunday as workers cleaned up damage and secured broken windows and doors.<\/p>\n Cellphone video obtained by FOX 11 shows a crowd of people surrounding the store Sunday morning. Some are seen leaving with items believed to have been stolen, including batteries, oil and floor mats.<\/p>\n One worker told FOX 11, “I don\u2019t know why we\u2019re open,” after being asked about the damage and stolen merchandise.<\/p>\n A nearby shopper and resident said the break-ins were unsettling.<\/p>\n “I come here all the time. There should be no reason why people do this. They\u2019re going to get caught,” the person said.<\/p>\n About 100 vehicles involved in first takeover <\/p>\n LASD said deputies responded at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday to reports of a street takeover at Atlantic Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard involving approximately 100 vehicles and numerous people.<\/p>\n According to investigators, people forced their way into the AutoZone in the 1100 block of Olympic Boulevard and ransacked the business.<\/p>\n East Los Angeles sheriff\u2019s deputies, assisted by California Highway Patrol officers, arrived within minutes and began dispersing the crowd.<\/p>\n After the area was cleared, deputies entered the AutoZone and confirmed the business had been ransacked, according to LASD.<\/p>\n Then, at about 3 a.m. Sunday, deputies responded to a second street takeover at the same intersection.<\/p>\n LASD said people again forced their way into the same AutoZone and ransacked the store.<\/p>\n No arrests have been made. The total value of the property stolen during the two incidents has not been determined.<\/p>\n Another AutoZone targeted in Watts <\/p>\n The East Los Angeles incidents came as another AutoZone in Watts was also targeted during a street takeover Sunday morning.<\/p>\n According to video from the scene, the store was looted, while a Waymo vehicle was also set on fire.<\/p>\n Back in East Los Angeles, workers were once again boarding up the damaged store.<\/p>\n One worker, identified as Rodrigo, told FOX 11 he was wearing a bullet-resistant vest while working because he felt unsafe.<\/p>\n “Yeah, especially at night. I need to protect myself too. You never know,” Rodrigo said.<\/p>\n He said workers have been repeatedly cleaning up and securing damaged windows and doors.<\/p>\n “We\u2019re doing it 24\/7,” Rodrigo said.<\/p>\n “They\u2019re breaking into houses, places like this. It\u2019s not safe anymore,” he added.<\/p>\n Deputies increase patrols <\/p>\n LASD said the East Los Angeles Station will deploy additional patrol resources to the area as detectives investigate the two street takeover incidents.<\/p>\n Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and cellphone video as they work to identify those responsible and determine the full extent of the damage and property loss.<\/p>\n Anyone with information is asked to contact the East Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Station at 323-264-4151.<\/p>\n Anonymous tips can be submitted to LA Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3 Tips mobile application or through the LA Crime Stoppers website.<\/p>\n East Los Angeles<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Los Angeles<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. – An AutoZone in East Los Angeles was burglarized twice in less than 24…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1184,2042,17042,2444,48,52,51,47,137,50,49,100,425,1181],"class_list":["post-428605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-east-la","tag-instastories","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news","tag-series","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}