Palisades fire victim reflects on ‘heartbreaking’ theft as crime surges in ravaged community

Source: New York Post

A suburban mom watched in horror as motion-sensor alerts flooded her phone, each notification confirming her family’s Pacific Palisades home was going up in flames. More than a year later, after thieves cut utility wires leading to the vacant frame of her new home on Mother’s Day, Leslie McConnell now keeps watch over the lot where her house once stood, fearing criminals will strip away what little her family has left. The 42-year-old had one word for the ordeal: heartbreaking.