{"id":13482,"date":"2019-01-03T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=13482"},"modified":"2019-01-03T14:40:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:40:41","slug":"hollywood-burglary-items-recovered-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/01\/03\/hollywood-burglary-items-recovered-after-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood burglary items recovered after arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries targeting the homes of celebrities in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles police say.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of stolen items said to be worth millions of dollars were found when investigators searched properties linked to Benjamin Ackerman, 32.<\/p>\n

Mr Ackerman is alleged to have posed as a buyer to survey the homes before the burglaries, which began in 2017.<\/p>\n

Among the victims are the musicians Usher and Adam Lambert, police said.<\/p>\n

Thirteen victims have so far been identified.<\/p>\n

Announcing the arrest on Wednesday, Los Angeles Police Detective Jared Timmons said “high value” property was recovered by investigators from Mr Ackerman’s home and a separate storage unit.<\/p>\n

Images of the items collected have been posted on a website<\/a>\u00a0to help police investigators identify any further victims in order to return them.<\/p>\n

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Mr Ackerman allegedly pretended to be a real estate agent or potential home buyer to access the properties at open houses and on some occasions falsely claimed to work for an investment firm, police said.<\/p>\n

“When he showed up he was dressed to the nines. He acted the part. He was very slick,” Mr Timmons said.<\/p>\n

Among the more than 2,000 items included stolen art, clothing, handbags, fine wines and jewellery.<\/p>\n

Mr Timmons said the operation, which involved the “touring” of houses that would later be targeted, was “sophisticated” and included tampering with surveillance cameras.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes they were just ripped out and other times the cameras would simply go black until several hours after the burglary occurred,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ackerman, who is from the Los Angeles area and has a criminal record, has “connections in New York”<\/a>, Mr Timmons added.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing as authorities try to establish the extent of the operation and identify any others who may be involved.<\/p>\n

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