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    Does the LAPD treat celebrity burglaries differently from the average home break-in?

    by By Ben Poston, Richard Winton and Corina Knoll, Los Angeles Times Sep 07, 2017 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES _ Thieves who crept into Alanis Morissette's Brentwood home in February made off with a stash worth $2 million, including the singer's treasured vintage jewelry.

    A week later, someone broke the window of former Lakers guard Nick Young's house in Tarzana and stole a safe stocked with $500,000 in valuables.

    At both crime scenes, Los Angeles Police Department investigators meticulously dusted for fingerprints.

    They did the same after a burglar stole valuable watches and jewelry from Dodger Yasiel Puig and after former Laker Derek Fisher reported a loss of $300,000 at his home in Tarzana.

    Not everyone who has their home burglarized gets the same treatment. Because of a shortage of crime lab analysts, only about 21 percent of burglary calls result in fingerprints being collected, according to LAPD figures.

    The department says the lack of resources means detectives must make difficult decisions to prioritize cases. As a result, the vast majority of

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