LOS ANGELES — A man dressed like a firefighter was arrested after being caught burglarizing a home in the Malibu area.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff Robert Luna said he was in the area when he saw the man, who “looked like a firefighter,” sitting down, ABC7 reported.
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“When I was out there in the Malibu area, I saw a gentleman who looked like a firefighter, and I asked him if he was ok because he was sitting down,” Luna said. “I didn’t realize we had him in handcuffs. We were turning him over to the LAPD because he was dressed like a fireman and he was not. He just got caught burglarizing a home.”
The county has implemented a curfew that continues to be in effect nightly from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the mandatory evacuation areas in the Eaton and Palisades fire zones, NBC Los Angeles reported.
In addition to curfew violations, the man was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a firefighter, police said.
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