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# Couple arrested for assault, burglary
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/couple-arrested-for-assault-burglary/
- Published: 2005-01-03T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:56:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*The suspects were caught after allegedly trying to run down police officers*

*By Daily Press staff*

OCEAN AVE. — A man and a woman were arrested early New Year’s Day after they allegedly robbed guests of a local hotel, attempted to run over Santa Monica police officers with a car and fled the scene of an accident.

Timothy James Kirkpatrick, 25, of Westlake Village and Megan Jean Fitzpatrick, 22, of West Hills were arrested shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 2\. Kirkpatrick was booked for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, burglary, and an outstanding felony warrant charging robbery and burglary and a parole violation. Fitzpatrick was booked for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, burglary, and an outstanding felony warrant charging grand theft and a probation violation. Both suspects were booked for several narcotic violations, and no bail was set for them.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 3, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010305.pdf?ref=smdp.com)