Thieves Impersonating Police Officers Arrested

Detectives Believe There May Be More Victims

Los Angeles: On May 30, 2009, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives arrested three suspects accused of impersonating police officers who entered victims’ homes and stole property.  Incidents have occurred in multiple areas of the city, including the San Fernando Valley.

On May 28, 2025 at 5:30 pm, three suspects posing as LAPD undercover narcotics officers knocked on an apartment door in the 400 block of N. Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles.  The victim answered the door and was asked by one of the suspects if “Juan Dominguez” lived there.  Before she could answer, one suspect pushed the door open and stated they were police officers who were conducting a narcotics investigation.  One suspect then handcuffed the victim and made her lie face down.  The suspect then called two other suspects into the apartment.  At that time, a second victim walked out to the living room from the kitchen to see what was happening.  One of the suspects demanded her purse, which she surrendered, and then directed her to lie face down as well. 

Another suspect proceeded to ransack the victims’ apartment while one of the three kept watch over both victims and the other posed as a lookout by the front door.  After looking for things to steal, the suspects left the location with currency and other items.

On May 30, 2025 at 7 p.m., two suspects followed two female victims into their apartment complex in the 8400 block of Cedros Avenue in Panorama City.  The suspects forced their way into the victims’ apartment, and one suspect identified himself as a police officer by showing a false police badge.  A struggle ensued between the suspect posing as a police officer and one of the victims as the suspect handcuffed the victim, and her cell phone fell to the floor.  The suspect took possession of her cell phone.  The second female victim left the apartment as the other suspect chased after her. 

After a short while, the handcuffed victim was able to free herself and left the apartment as well.  Later that evening, a third suspect, 28-year-old Carlos Guzman, was arrested when he arrived at the location and attempted to retrieve a false police badge from a vehicle parked in front of the victims’ apartment.  His arrest lead to the arrest of the other two suspects, 54-year-old Luis Guzman and 25-year-old Michael Bojorquez, both on June 4, 2009.  All arrested suspects were charged with robbery.

Since the victims of these robberies may have assumed the suspects were police officers, detectives believe there could be additional victims from similar incidents carried out by these suspects.

Anyone with information regarding these or other related robberies, as well as those who have been directly victimized under similar circumstances by these suspects, is asked to call Olympic Division robbery detectives at 213-382-9460 or Mission Division robbery detectives at 818-838-9461.  After hours or on weekends, calls may directed to a 24-hour, toll-free number at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 or by texting CRIMES (274637) and beginning the message with the letters LAPD.  Tipsters may also submit information on the LAPD website www.lapdonline.org.  All tips may remain anonymous.

Comments

[Robert C. J. Parry]

How about the crooks at the Lakers' riot? You know, the ones in blue who aided and abbetted breaking and entering by standing by while the shops were burglarized and ransacked even though they are going to collect their overtime checks for diffusing the riot?

[alicein1derland]

Mr. Parry - were you there?? Did you actually witness an officer allowing theft?? If you did then you need to report it. If this is assumption on your part, then I think you are perpetuating the feelings of hatred toward the department, and that's just wrong.

[lovin my overtime check]

You, Mr. Parry, are job security for me. I will forever have a job because of ignorant people like you. Thank you. And yes, the overtime check will be beautiful this next payday Wednesday. 14 hours cash because some thugs wanted to act like morons over a basketball game. Thank you gangmembers and thank you Mr. Parry. I will put it towards my next vacation in Fiji! Kisses!

[crime pays]

Mr. Parry,

Everytime I get to the end of my rope I come across someone just like you. Someone who talks too much and listens too little. I like lovin my ot check will forever have a job because of people just like you. People who sit by and watch the world go by and then ask what's in it for me. People who don't know well i don't think that word would be printed here but here's the second part of ...from shineola. People who see the uniform before they see the person, people who see the establishment before they see anything else. Thank you for allowing me to have all I do have for not having to worry about a job for the past 20 years and for having somewhere to go every day that allows me to make a pretty good living. And no I am not a street cop, but I do make a living off of all you who commit crimes. So thank you Mr. Parry for keeping the stupidity alive and well. I need a new car next year and without you and your kind I would never be able to get it.