A trio of masked would-be burglars tried to force their way into actress Monet Mazur's Hollywood Hills home late Saturday night, only to flee empty-handed once her security alarm went off. Someone was inside the house at the time, according to law enforcement sources. LAPD officers responded to the scene after a burglary call and are now investigating.
According to TMZ, at least three suspects wearing ski masks tried to open the front door of Mazur's Hollywood Hills residence before the alarm was triggered, sending them running. TMZ reports that Mazur's camp did not respond to the outlet's request for comment. Separately, the suspects fled the property.
Mazur is an actress, according to TV Guide.
A Pattern Playing Out Across the Hills
The tactics described in this case — multiple masked suspects targeting a high-end home under cover of darkness — mirror other recent break-ins in the same hillside neighborhoods.
In April, a home invasion on Lookout Mountain Avenue in Laurel Canyon left a woman in her 70s assaulted and $20,000 in cash and jewelry stolen, a case serious enough that LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division took it over, according to FOX 11. And last month, four masked men smashed through a rear door on Laurelmont Drive to ransack an unoccupied Hollywood Hills home before fleeing ahead of officers' arrival, as previously reported.
Organized Crews and the Legal Stakes
Some of these break-ins have been linked to organized, transnational operations. Stolen property from a December 2023 burglary at actor Keanu Reeves' Hollywood Hills home turned up in Chile in 2025 following a joint FBI and LAPD investigation into so-called burglary tourism networks operating across Southern California, Hoodline's earlier coverage noted.
Under California Penal Code Sections 459 and 460, entering an inhabited residence with intent to commit theft or a felony is first-degree residential burglary, a felony carrying up to six years in state prison and counted as a strike offense, according to Eisner Gorin LLP. The suspects at Mazur's home fled without getting inside.
City Touts a Drop in Burglaries, But Some Residents Aren't Convinced
The incident comes amid declining burglary numbers in Los Angeles. LAPD data showed 2026 burglary numbers down between 32% and 48% compared with the same period in 2025. An April patrol increase focused on Ventura Boulevard and nearby communities.
At Mazur's home, the alarm apparently sent the suspects running.
The break-in at Mazur's house also follows a September incident in Hollywood Hills West, where a man was beaten during a home invasion and the suspects fled in a Tesla, and an April regional 24-hour burglary streak, both previously covered by Hoodline. The LAPD's investigation into the attempt at Mazur's home remains ongoing.
