The woman says he ransacked the inside of her car; she called LBPD; a large number of officers showed up and spoke with the man who said he was just looking for a warm place to sleep. The officers indicated there was nothing they could do; they let him go and advised her (during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic) to disinfect her car.

(Through a public information officer, LBPD has indicated officers responded, learned the vehicle was left unlocked, cited the man for unrelated charges and released him.)

The woman who experienced this agreed at LBEPORT.com's request to speak with us so our readers could hear more about what did and didn't happen to her that morning.

To hear our April 19 conversation recorded in the noon hour April 19, click here

In initially describing what took place on a social network, the woman used her name, but for now preferred that we not use it in this story.

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LBREPORT.com has noted that what took place occurred despite four City of Long Beach COVID-19 temporary homeless shelters. These were set up and are being operated at taxpayer expense. Simply put, the homeless man had a warm place to sleep. (He chose this woman's car and used the opportunity to rummage through her possessions.) One of the City operated temporary COVID-19 homeless shelters was a little less than two miles away at MLK Park. (There are three others: one in NLB in the 5500 block of Orange Ave, and two in WLB (Silverado Park and on Hayes Ave.)

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