EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNS) — Authorities are circulating bulletins with 27 photos of suspects believed to have forced their way into an AutoZone store in East Los Angeles on consecutive days last weekend.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at around 2:20 a.m. on Aug. 8 to an AutoZone in the 1100 block of South Atlantic Boulevard, just north of Olympic Boulevard, following reports of an unlawful entrance.<\/a><\/p>\n An AutoZone store in East Los Angeles was broken into and ransacked during a street takeover.<\/p>\n Deputies determined that an unidentified suspect shattered the glass door of the business before entering with approximately 10 others in a coordinated “mob-like” burglary, resulting in a significant loss of items, as well as damage to the business, sheriff’s officials said.<\/p>\n The break-in occurred during a street takeover.<\/p>\n The department released photos of five males and six females suspected of taking part in that crime.<\/p>\n Some of the same suspects and others were believed to have hit the same business<\/a> at about 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 9, repeating the coordinated, mob-like burglary, authorities said.<\/p>\n An East Los Angeles AutoZone store was ransacked for the second time in 24 hours amid another street takeover, authorities said.<\/p>\n Additional photos were taken from that break-in, totaling 11 wanted males and five females.<\/p>\n The photos were taken from footage recovered from the business.<\/p>\n Anyone with information about the crimes or who can identify any of the suspects was encouraged to contact East Los Angeles station Detective Luu or the on-duty watch commander at 323-264-4151. Those who prefer to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 (TIPS) or lacrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026, City News Service, Inc.<\/p>\n