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Burglary suspect captured after foot chase at ‘BooLVD’, victims sought

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LANCASTER – A 20-year-old accused thief was captured Saturday after a foot chase at Lancaster’s BooLVD Halloween and Harvest Festival, authorities said.

Kyler Erickson allegedly pushed several small children to the ground as he tried to escape, according to Deputy Joshua Stamsek of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Detectives are now seeking those potential victims.

The incident happened around 6:26 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, on the 700 block of West Lancaster Boulevard, Stamsek stated in a news release.

“Lancaster Sheriff Station’s Burglary Suppression team was patrolling Lancaster Boulevard during the city of Lancaster’s event, ‘Boolevard.’ While working the event, the deputies observed the suspect walking along the Boulevard,” Stamsek stated. “Deputies attempted to approach the suspect discreetly to apprehend him. As they approached, the suspect saw the deputies and proceeded to flee the area.”

Deputies went in foot pursuit, according to Stamsek.

“As the suspect fled from the deputies, he pushed several children to the ground in an attempt to stop the deputies,” Stamsek stated. “Deputies coordinated units to the perimeter of the event, where the responding deputies were able to apprehend and arrest the suspect without further incident.”

Erickson, a Lancaster resident, was arrested around 6:30 p.m., according to LASD inmate records. Erickson was wanted for a local burglary and he also had two outstanding warrants for grand theft auto, Stamsek said. He is being held without bail.

Potential victims during Saturday’s foot pursuit should contact the Lancaster Burglary Suppression team at 661-948-8466.

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46 comments for "Burglary suspect captured after foot chase at ‘BooLVD’, victims sought"

  1. Some facts to discuss; appointed police officers of city, county, state and federal agencies are mandated by law to enforce and take into custody anyone, by any means necissary who has committed a crime in their presence (resisting arrest in this case when he attempted to elude deputies), an active felony warrant for their arrest, known or charged with committing a felony. For example, as a former federal criminal, I could be charged with a felony or misdemeanor crime under Title 18 of the United States Code, section 4, for failure to do so. Deputies enforce theirs under state and county codes. Any arguments about deputies under those circumstances, who should not attempt to arrest that person should stop NOW.

    Another issue is liability. If the deputies observed the individual (a known burglar) at the location and did nothing to apprehend him, he harmed or assaulted someone while profiling businesses or individuals like most do in their method of operation, deputies could be brought up on civil charges for doing nothing in deterring and preventing crime. It is not likely this guy was “trick or treating” on the blvd. So before criminal lovers and morons respond again to these commentaries law enforcement, just take a few minutes and read Penal Code 830 – 832. The deputies and their leadership I know in Lancaster are very dedicated to performing their job and do it well, which this growing city needs desperately at the current UNIFORM CRIME RATES (FBI stats) increase with our population.

    • In my first paragraph, I am a former federal criminal investigator having served in both GS-1810/1811 over 30 years in three agencies plus military, before retiring from federal service in 2013.

  2. Uncle Tom, thanks for the perspectives! Well said! I’m a member of this community who supports & wants police to do their job. Obviously there is no question that the suspect Kyler Erickson is a criminal. As a parent I choose not to bring my family to these ” free” events because of all the “Kyler’s” who attend. It is unfortunate. I would rather they make it like the AV fair, one entrance & exit on each side with weapons search. I would rather pay a flat fee for my family to attend. Children/ minors should not be able to attend without a adult/ parent. Children under 12 should be who this type of event is for, as far as the free goodies go. I did not attend the boolvd this year. I did take a walk down the boolvd before the festivities began with my 1 yr. Old at about 2 pm to enjoy the decorations etc. I was also accosted by several vagrants. I knew the kind of crowd that would be attending & after reading all the BS I’m glad I made the right choice in not subjecting my family to all the degenerates!

    • Glad I could help. I’ve never attended this event myself, but if what I am hearing is true, I wonder if it will go the way of TNotS in Palmdale (Ruined by scum, too many problems, shutdown till they decide how to handle it to keep it safe and fun for families).

      • That depends, possibly, on whether someone can convince our local thugs in blue to do their jobs. A peacekeeping presence works wonders, but when the people who are supposed to be keeping the peace think that they are out for an evening of an exciting chase and can then wander back to the station with their detainee to be congratulated by their sycophants for making an arrest the process breaks down.

      • @Bob

        Where do you live? The Antelope Valley is bigger than the state of Rhode Island and has 500,000 people in it as much as some states with 2 senators.

        I live in a nice neighborhood in Palmdale with great neighbors and the places I shop and visit on my daily travels here are also nice. No big problems to complain about but you and some other people must go looking for stuff to complain about.

        Why don’t you move to a gated community or to Beverly Hills if you don’t like it here?

        Do you hang out around liquor stores and low-rent neighborhoods or what?

        What people don’t realize is that life mirrors their own attitudes. When I’m in a bad mood all the other drivers are a pain. When I’m in a good mood, they let me in front of them. It’s that simple. Try it.

        • @Tim Scott

          Do you get the feelin’ that this site is populated by a lot juveniles who have dropped out of middle school?

          Then, there’s our stalker ‘Billandtimsbogusanswers’ aka Claire who is an adult with with an underdeveloped brain stem.

          She loses every round but keeps comin’ back for more. What a masochist.

  4. Kids got pushed to the ground…during a chase initiated by the cops.

    If the guy had been carrying a gun there’s no doubt the cops would have been gleefully playing wild west shootout in the midst of the crowd, and once the gunfire started there would have been any number of casualties in the resulting stampede.

    So, where are the usual badge lickers to congratulate these fine officers for their “job well done”?

    • If the guy had a gun, cops would have had a shootout, would have been a stampede.all speculation at best.oops, but it didnt happen.just bogus tim.

    • Really, Tim? You consistently remain antagonistic to any form of lawfully keeping the peace in the AV. You blame the police officers for the actions of the criminals. You’re a real piece of work. Or a piece of something.

      • Why should anyone let you call turning a community event into backdrop for an action flick chase scene “keeping the peace”? Go find something to do Claire. Something within your capacities.

      • Now, now valleygirl. Why would you want to write comments that put you in the same league as our Claire/Billandtimsbogusanswers?

        It doesn’t say much for your intelligence to be like her.

          • Claire keeps coming back as many different usernames but her ‘handwriting’ is unmistakable.

            Like I’ve said, she is ‘low effort thought’ personified.

          • Oh, Timmykins.

            You’re new here. Otherwise, you or anyone with a brain would know that we aren’t the same person.

            Methinks you are Claire under another ‘new’ username that is trying to play ‘backatcha’.

            No pass, Claire. You’re not that smart.

  5. Our community definitely needs more police presence, especially at big city events like the “boolevard”. I attended the first year and felt unsafe and have not returned since! I have 2 small children ages 1 & 7, of course we would love to participate in our community events but we just don’t feel safe in our community anymore. It is sad because the city is trying to offer fun community events that are free and people take advantage & do not appreciate ” community” also this event should only be offered to children ages 12 & under. Maybe the city should start blocking off these events, charge a fee, up security & maybe it will help detour creeps, criminals & thugs!

    • You should have felt perfectly at ease. I’m sure that LEAPS was monitoring from above.

      Meanwhile, you call for a “greater police presence” at an event where no one was being harmed until the police who WERE in attendance decided to play ‘supercops on the chase’ in the midst of a crowd of civilians.

      • I completely agree! Cops initiated the chase of a suspect during a family event. Apparently Kyler Erickson did not commit a crime/ theft during the boolevard , he was recognized & wanted for a crime/ theft unrelated to the event. I’m sure they could have apprehended this petty thief at a more appropriate time! Instead of putting families in jeopardy! Thank goodness no child or person was seriously harmed!

        • Per the article:
          “Deputies attempted to approach the suspect discreetly to apprehend him. As they approached, the suspect saw the deputies and proceeded to flee the area.”

          Deputies do not want a chase. They are fully aware at events such as this (and the AV Fair, Thunder, Poppy festival, etc) that there are a great number of innocent people in the area who could get injured or worse.

          Should they just ignore the suspect/criminal and hope they don’t do anything dangerous? Sounds like this guy was a known burglary suspect, and who better to recognize such people than members of the LASD team who focus on that particular crime. Perhaps they should observe, cooirdinate other deputies to surround, and then wait for an opportunity when the suspect is away from large groups of people, or trapped, or any number of other points in which it makes sense to move in and make a stop on him.

          But they never got the chance. He spotted them, and acting as any known criminal who is scared at being caught, he runs. In the process, he commits further criminal acts in his attempt to escape. Unfortunately for him, and fortunate for almost everybody else, he was caught, and is now looking to spend additional time behind bars. Hopefully those families whose kids were knocked down will come forward and agree to press charges.

          But lets blame the cops who are trying to help clean up the neighborhoods and remove a known criminal. Lets blame cops for any harm caused by a criminal who was running from them. Anything bad that happened is obviously their fault. Nothing bad happens when cops are not around. No crimes are committed right? The logical fallacies in the posts from some of you are downright criminal to intelligent people everywhere.

          • Thanks Uncle Tom! There is no event that Tim Scott aka William and his clones (Cheryl) can’t find a way to blame on the cops. Timmy, a quick legal lesson for you: nowhere in the article does it say the guy was wanted for a petty theft. It says burglary. If it was the burglary of a home, that’s a felony, and a strike under CA’s 3 strikes law. In addition, he had 2 warrants for GTA, also felonies. So let’s examine this: the cops see a guy wanted for at least 3 felonies, one of them a strike. They try to apprehend him low key, but because he’s a thug, he flees, not giving a crap about the good folks on the Blvd. Yet somehow, that’s the fault of the cops? If this fool had escaped, and it was reported the guy committed another crime, Timmy and Cheryl would be the first ones crying the blues that the cops didn’t do more the first time! For crying out loud, let’s blame the crook for his own actions!

          • “Sounds like this guy was a known burglary suspect,”

            Better chase him down right away before he commits a burglary right there in the middle of the crowd on the BLVD, eh Uncle?

            Does it ever bother you that trying to defend the actions of our local deputies invariably requires saying stupid things?

          • I have yet to say anything of the sort. But based on your posts here, would you care to fill us in on how it feels?

          • I think most people of the not-a-badge-licker persuasion would agree that your “better catch him quick before he commits a crime” logic, as applied to a burglar on the BLVD in a crowd, makes no sense at all. Most of them didn’t even need me to point it out, I’m sure. I did that for your benefit, but apparently it was a waste because you still don’t seem to be able to grasp the concept. Better stick to licking badges and hope they take care of you like some sort of pet, I guess.

          • Attacks attacks attacks. That’s all you seem to know. Which is funny because its exactly what you accuse cops of doing all the time.

            I do realize when somebody of even halfway decent intelligence contradicts you with regards to anything regarding law enforcement you inevitably delve into your usual antics. Distract, evade, attack. Kinda like a criminal.

            I’ve already pointed out in this post, and another further down, all that needs to be said. Its obviously beyond your ‘cop blocker’ comprehension. I was merely attempting to provide insight to others, who are not so blinded by their own hatred.

            With you, nothing any LEO does is good enough for you. No situation is handled to your satisfaction. No community outreach program is good enough. Everybody knows here knows it, and we all accept it.

          • Wah wah wah and lick the badge is all you seem to know.

            Now that that’s out of the way, do you actually want to address the point that there was NO justifiable urgency in approaching this guy at this event?

          • WAH, WAH, WAH, such a fitting response from timmy.are you going to take your marbles home and not play anymore, timmy.

          • @Billandtimsbogusanswers

            Claire, you just can’t help yourself. Have you got the hots for Tim Scott and me since that’s mostly what you comment on here like a 3rd grade little girl who teases the boys she’s got crushes on hoping they’ll notice her. She llikes it when they throw rocks at her. Weird, aren’t you?

            You have no friends (or life) and your relatives probably talk behind your back saying how crazy you are. So, you come here to dump you brainfarts on this site.

            And, you lose every single exchange because your low effort thinking is your problem. And, it shows with every single one of your comments just like Claire’s do.

          • She is my number one fan. And to give her some credit at least now she is acknowledging right in her signon that she isn’t interested in anything here but us. I’m not sure why she gives you top billing though. Work on that Claire.

          • @Tim Scott

            Do Claire and her aliases realize that she’s a complete fool here while thinking she’s so clever?

            Of course she’s a conservative. They are like that. Around 30% of republicans surveyed in Mississippi think that President Obama is responsible for the poor response to the Katrina hurricane that happened on bush’s watch 3 years before President Obama took office. Can’t fix stoopid.

            Claire is just like them in her delusional right wing world.

            Of course our Claire will say “That’s old history.” because she can’t face the facts. In her world, facts have an expiration date.

            And, she’s gonna school us on ‘reality’ and ‘truth’ from inside the right wing bubble full of brainfarts.

            She could easily be replaced by a number of other dittoheads without missing a beat. That’s why her different usernames all sound alike even if, on the outside chance, they are actually different people.

            ‘Agreement’ is important to her and that’s why she and they all think alike such as those folks in Mississippi.

            She’s hopeless and after months of seeing her comments/replies here, there’s been no improvement. Actually, she’s deteriorated resorting to just repeating our comments back to us as though she created them. She can’t even think for herself and it shows.

      • I don’t feel at ease with LEAPS monitoring from above. I feel intruded upon and I feel like my hard earned tax dollars are being wasted away. That’s how I feel.

    • The money for Sherriffs is being wasted on LEAPS.The money for Sherriffs is being wasted on LEAPS.LEAPS is worthless.LEAPS is worthless.$90,000.00 a month for nothing.$90,000.00 a month for nothing.Except to make Rexs pals rich.Except to make Rex pals rich.For ten years.For ten years.That is $10,800,000.00.That is $10,800,000.00.Think of how many Sherriffs that would cover.Think of how many Sherriffs that would cover.No to LEAPS.No to LEAPS.No to wasted tax dollars.No to wasted tax dollars.

  7. kids can only respond to the world and it’s stresses by the way their parents taught them……………….just sayin…………………………………..what they should have been taught is “Every person is responsible for their own actions……period!”