Rec Park Area Residents Suffer Multiple Shattered Car Windows; LBPD Arrests Suspect For That And More

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(Feb. 24, 2021) -- Residents of ELB's Rec Park-adjacent neighborhood (CD 3/Price) saw/heard police activity in the midnight hour yesterday (Feb. 23) after roughly a dozen vehicle owners had their vehcile wibndows shattered in the area of 6th St/Roycroft Ave; and one man said he was robbed at gunpoint in the 4700 block of E. 7th St.

LBPD says the same suspect was allegedly involved in all of this; they found him in the area of 7th St/Park Ave., didn't find a firearm and beieve the suspect may have had a BB gun.

Officers arrested Jacob Poole, 26, of Long Beach and booked him on suspcion of valdalism, second degree robbery, assault with a firearm, auto burglary, possession of known stolen property and battery on a police officer.

LASD's inmate locator indicates LBPD previoualy arrested Mr. Poole in April 2020 on at least one felony charge (not specified online) and in June 2020 he was released on probation. .