Police make arrest in connection with burglaries and sex assaults in South Pasadena

Police have made an arrest in connection with a string of burglaries and sexual assaults in South Pasadena that led to a lockdown of schools Wednesday morning.

South Pasadena police tweeted that they “had made one arrest in connection with the earlier incidents.” Those incidents included five residential burglaries and three sexual assaults that began at about 7:40 a.m., police said in a press statement.

Police previously reported that a suspect, possibly involved in several of the cases, was seen armed with a knife in one of the burglaries.

“Out of an abundance of caution” police said they had requested lockdowns of South Pasadena Middle and High schools during the investigation because of their proximity to some of the incident locations.

A knife was found at the scene of one of the burglaries, according to police. The school lockdowns were lifted shortly afterward.

Police will hold a press conference regarding the incidents at 4 p.m. in the courtyard of South Pasadena City Hall.

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UPDATES:

3:28 p.m.: This article was updated with details of the arrest.

This article was originally published at 1:45 p.m.