Crime & Safety
3 Arrested in Home Invasion Robbery
Police apprehend three men on La Brea Avenue in Weho early Wednesday after connecting them to a Los Angeles home robbery involving a handgun.
Three suspects were arrested Wednesday in connection with a home invasion robbery, according to a news release from the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station.
Deputies conducted a felony traffic stop of a vehicle at 1115 N. La Brea Ave. in West Hollywood at about 12:20 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle, a black four-door Hyundai Elantra, had been entered into the Stolen Vehicle System by Los Angeles Police Department-Newton Division detectives, according to the report. Its occupants were suspected of involvement in a home invasion robbery in which a handgun was used, the report said.
Augustine Taplah, 37, of Charlotte, NC; Mannue Giplaye, 28, of Aurora, CO; and Jeff McCabe, 43, of Ontario, Canada, were arrested and booked at West Hollywood Station on suspicion of reasonable cause home invasion robbery.
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Charges in the cases were expected to be filed Friday in Los Angeles.
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