Archive for the ‘Koreatown Los Angeles’ Category

Wilshire taped off b/w Western & Manhattan

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Sunday morning at a little before 10:00 am, LAPD received a report about a suspicious package in front of Christ Church on the street known as Manhattan Place, just north of Wilshire, a block west of Western Avenue.


Address: 635 S Manhattan Place, Los Angeles 90010

The LA Police Department sent in the bomb unit to take a look at it, and as a precautionary measure, part of Wilshire Boulevard between Manhattan Place and Western Avenue was closed to traffic.

The area is technically just west of Koreatown proper, according to boundaries set by the City Council in 2010.

Source: the community’s main Twitter account http://twitter.com/Koreatown

Update: The bomb squad conducted at least three controlled detonations, at 12:27, 12:38, and 1:00, and determined that the package was benign. Wilshire Boulevard was opened to traffic at 1:35 PM. Manhattan Place between Wilshire and 6th Street was cleared at 2:10 pm.

Koreatown Robbery: Caught on Video

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Caught on tape: a brazen Koreatown smash-and-grab robbery in which nearly one million dollars worth of Rolex watches were taken.

The robbery happened at 10:50 a.m. on May 18th 2011 at the Saint Cross jewelry store in Koreatown Plaza, a mall at 928 S. Western Avenue on the corner with James M. Wood Boulevard,

Two young men in hoodies burst in and one grabbed as many watches as he could from a display case, while the other trained a gun on two store clerks. Later when a security guard was seen outside, the gunman headed to the door and pointed the weapon at him.

The suspects reportedly took more than two dozen Rolexes totaling about $800,000 in value. Anyone with information on this robbery is asked to call Olympic Division detectives at (213) 382-9460.

Address: 928 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006