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Deputy reports November crimes in Calabasas: armed robbery, burglaries and vehicle thefts
Summary
A Lost Hills deputy presented the November 2025 crime report to the Calabasas council, detailing one strong-armed robbery, multiple burglaries including a vehicle burglary with $24,000 in stolen camera equipment, three grand thefts and a reported sexual-assault allegation that deputies later found to be untrue.
Deputy Demato of the Lost Hills Sheriff Station presented the Nov. 2025 crime report to the Calabasas City Council on Jan. 14, listing a series of incidents and urging residents to remain vigilant.
"We had one strong armed robbery," Deputy Demato said, describing an incident in a Wells Fargo parking lot in which a suspect grabbed an envelope of personal checks and fled to a waiting vehicle that displayed fake license plates. He told the council the department also investigated a reported sexual assault involving a Calabasas High School student; after initial review, deputies learned the allegation was untrue and the student was referred to medical and psychiatric care.
The report included two aggravated assaults tied to domestic violence, four residential burglaries (Mont Calabasas, Vista Point and two in Clare Ridge neighborhoods), two burglaries of vehicles (one at the Juan Batista De Anza East trailhead in which a window was smashed and credit cards were used for more than $1,000, and one in a parking lot where a camera bag containing about $24,000 in equipment was stolen), three grand-theft incidents (including a theft of roughly 150 feet of copper wire, estimated at about $2,000), and several petty thefts. Deputy Demato urged residents to "be aware of your surroundings" and offered that sheriff staff can perform free home security assessments through March 1.
Council members thanked the deputy and asked for additional safety recommendations; Deputy Demato reiterated routine precautions, the value of private cameras for investigations and the availability of station staff for home-security consultations.
No formal action followed the presentation; the council received the report and moved on to other business.
