Suspect arrested in break-in at house of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass

A person smashed a window and broke into the house of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass early Sunday morning, police mentioned.

The suspect, who has not been recognized, was arrested with out incident round 6:40 a.m., in response to Capt. Kelly Muniz, the Los Angeles Police Division’s chief spokeswoman. Bass was house on the time of the incident. Nothing was taken, and no accidents have been reported, authorities mentioned.

“This morning at about 6:40 a.m., an intruder broke into Getty Home by means of a window. Mayor Bass and her household weren’t injured and are protected. The Mayor is grateful to LAPD for responding and arresting the suspect,” Zach Seidl, deputy mayor of communications, mentioned in a press release.

Muniz mentioned the suspect was being processed late Sunday afternoon, and it will be “a few hours” earlier than she may launch his title or particulars of his arrest.

Getty Home, within the 600 block of Irving Boulevard in Windsor Sq., is the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles.

That is the second time in three years Bass has been the sufferer of a break-in. Whereas she was working for workplace in 2022, two males stole a pair of handguns from her Baldwin Vista house, bypassing money and electronics and taking solely the weapons. Patricio Munoz and Juan Espinoza pleaded no contest final 12 months to housebreaking and grand theft of a firearm, and each acquired jail sentences.