UCLA students are being warned to lock their doors and windows following a string of off-campus housing burglaries, including one incident where a student was still sleeping inside when burglars broke in.
The latest in at least four burglaries occurred around 3:45 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving at a student residence on the 10900 block of Strathmore Drive in Westwood.
The student was asleep upstairs when two burglars, believed to be a man and a woman, entered through an unlocked door.
The thieves took an electric scooter and a speaker, and they may have fled in a gray Hyundai Elantra sedan, the UCLA Police Department stated in a news release.
Police are also investigating three other residential burglaries that took place on the 3200 block of Sepulveda Boulevard in the Palms neighborhood between Nov. 21 and Nov. 24 about three and a half miles from campus.
The victims in all cases were reported to be UCLA students, according to police.
An unknown number of suspects forced entry through windows before taking jewelry, clothing and cash.
No one was home during the incidents and no injuries have been reported.
Police did not provide any further descriptions of the suspects.
Students were urged to stay on alert and report any suspicious activity.
