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# Police Report: Burglary in the 600 block of Copeland Court
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crime-watch-20060714/
- Published: 2006-07-14T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T00:21:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*Burglar caught in the act*

*By By Daily Press Staff*

On July 7, at 8:36 p.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the 600 block of Copeland Court regarding a burglary. The victim told officers that when she arrived home, she saw a woman in her home. The victim went to her son’s house and called police, giving them a description of the suspect. Later, officers found the suspect, identified as Melissa Bennett, 34, of Los Angeles, in the 2500 block of Beverly Avenue. She was arrested for burglary.

On July 7, at 11:10 a.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the Loews Hotel on Ocean Avenue regarding a juvenile neglect call from the hotel’s security guard. The guard told officers that when he was on patrol, he witnessed a child in an unattended vehicle in the parking garage. As officers were arriving to the scene, the mother returned to the vehicle. Nashoma Darie Gilbert, 26, of Los Angeles, was arrested for child neglect. Also, the father — Aaron Owen Campbell, 42, of Los Angeles — was arrested at the scene for failing to register as a sex offender and had a fugitive arrest warrant from out of state.

July 8, at 11:53 p.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the 3100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, Busby’s Restaurant Bar, regarding an assault with a deadly weapon — a pool cue. Apparently, the victim was assaulted by two men while he was playing pool in the bar. Officers found the victim bleeding from his cheek and chin. He told officers that he was playing pool with the first suspect, identified as Min Sung Kim, 27, of Los Angeles, when Kim’s friend, identified as Fernando Xavier Pincay, 30, of Los Angeles, got into an argument with the victim. Kim then head-butted the victim and then the victim was struck in the face by a pool cue by Pincay. Both suspects were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.

July 9, at 7:55 p.m., Santa Monica Police responded to a third call by an employee at the Ocean Park Motel in the 2400 block of Lincoln Boulevard regarding a disgruntled customer who wanted his $20 room deposit back. Apparently, earlier in the day, the customer, identified as Bruce Berling Weberg,57,had a dispute with the employee.The employee told him he couldn’t refund his money and that he should come back the next day. Weberg left only to return later that evening, when police were called a second time for a public disturbance call made by the employee. Weberg refused to leave at first, but finally did. He returned less than an hour later, when police were called again. Weberg was arrested for trespassing.

On July 8, at 2:27 a.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the 2500 block of the beach for a robbery. The victim, a transient, said he was sleeping in his bed roll when a man identified as Patrick Edmund Montano, 26, of Woodland Hills, allegedly kicked him and demanded money. He allegedly took $60 and fled. At 9:10 a.m., officers found Montano, based on a description from the victim, in the 2200 block of the beach. He was arrested for robbery.

On July 5, at 3:33 p.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the 1800 block of 18th Street regarding an assault and battery. The victim told police that she had had an ongoing dispute with the suspect, who allegedly grabbed her and hit her with her fist when the two had engaged in a verbal argument. Melitta Kenner Madrigal, 27, was arrested for assault and battery.

On July 3, at 8:36 p.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the 1600 block of Appian Way regarding an assault and battery. The victim told police that she got into an argument with her ex-boyfriend and he shoved her, knocking her to the ground. Robert Perez, 45, a transient, was arrested for assault and battery.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 14, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071406.pdf?ref=smdp.com)