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Police Blotter: Phony License, Pelleted Windows

A counterfeit driver's license is mailed to a Manhattan Beach resident, and windows are shot out at four businesses.

Counterfeit card

On Aug. 11, Manhattan Beach police retrieved a counterfeit California driver's license that was mailed to a resident by the Hermosa Beach Police Department. The license had been turned in to the neighboring department as lost property and staff mailed it to the home address printed on the card, police said.

The resident who lives at that address has a different name, picture and license number from what was on the ID. The birth date on the phony license read April 6, 1987, while the actual birth date of the resident whose name was printed on the license is April 6, 1993, police said.

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Broken windows

Police reported damage to the windows of six Manhattan Beach businesses, totaling at least $2,200 in estimated damages.

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On the morning of Aug. 17, police responded to a report of vandalism at Auto Werkstatt on the 300 block of Sepulveda Boulevard. Officers reportedly found two-millimeter-wide holes in six of the building's windows.

While investigating that scene, police also responded to similar incidents in the same block at Debonair Cleaners and at Skechers, one block south. At Debonair Cleaners, two windows had two-millimeter-wide holes. Video surveillance at the cleaners showed that around midnight at least 15 cars drove by, but police determined that none appeared suspicious.

At Skechers, a second story window had a quarter-sized hole in the center. Across the street, Manhattan Car Wash did not have video surveillance, and Dietz Bros. Music was closed at the time police wrote the report, police said.

On Aug. 18 at 10 a.m., police reported damage to a front window at Castle Bar on the 2400 block of Sepulveda. An employee told police that while she was cleaning the bar she heard a "popping" noise. A "spider-web effect" could be seen on the window's glass and was still crackling upon the officer's arrival, police said.

Police reported damage to windows at two other businesses at 1605 N. Sepulveda and 111 N. Sepulveda, Ste 210. All the reported window holes appeared to have been made by BBs or similar-sized pellets, though there were no signs of pellets near the broken windows, police reported.

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