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.