Police responded to alarm around time of $30 million LA heist, but thieves were undetected
by Richard Winton and Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times
Apr 19, 2024
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department responded to three separate alarms at GardaWorld’s Sylmar cash storage facility on the day that thieves stole as much $30 million from its vault during the biggest heist in the city’s history.
Despite the officers’ presence at the property in the early hours of Easter Sunday — including around the time it is believed the sophisticated burglary was carried out — the criminals remained undetected, according to three law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation of the incident.
During at least one of the responses by a patrol car, GardaWorld was alerted,
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