Crime & Safety
Thieves Break into Private North Hollywood School
No computers were taken but multiple locations were ransacked, police said.
Posted By Alexander Nguyen
Officers were searching a private North Hollywood school this morning after firefighters answering an alarm found evidence of a break-in, police said.
The alarm went off around 2:45 a.m. at The Country School, 5243 Laurel Canyon Blvd., said Lt. Brian Morrison of the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station.
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Firefighters contacted police after they saw evidence of a break-in but no fire, Morrison said.
"It appeared multiple locations were ransacked," he said. "No computers were taken and when schools get broken into that's the first thing we look at."
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The Country School is a private institution, pre-kindergarten through middle school, according to its website.
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