Nanny held at gunpoint during home invasion in Sherman Oaks

Investigators arrested four suspects accused of holding a nanny at gunpoint during a home invasion in Sherman Oaks Monday night.

The break-in happened around 9:15 p.m. in the 15000 block of Greenleaf Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Detectives said the nanny encountered the suspects after the dogs started barking. One of the suspects held the woman at gunpoint while an accomplice ransacked through the homeowner's belongings. 

After stealing multiple high-end handbags, the two suspects left in a black vehicle before patrol officers arrived at the home. 

However, a police helicopter overhead spotted the suspects driving away from the scene and relayed their location to LAPD Metropolitan Division officers, an elite unit of specialized officers such as SWAT and K9 teams. The team followed the suspects to a 1000 block of West 152nd Street home near Compton/Woodley Airport. 

Officers arrested three men after searching the neighborhood. LAPD booked all three of them — 24-year-old Dion Hill, 22-year-old Isaiah Rankins and 21-year-old Juan Carlos Gonzalez — on a home invasion charge. Each suspect will be held on a $175,000 bail. Authorities noted that the bail included enhancements for previous burglaries and supervised probation for firearm probation. 

Investigators said no one was hurt during the break-in. The department contacted their federal partners at the FBI Major Theft Task Force, who promptly served search warrants at five locations in Compton and South LA. They recovered property stolen from the Sherman Oaks home. 

"The collaboration of the various enforcement and investigative entities from within the Los Angeles Police Department is what brought this case together," Interim Police Chief Dominic Choi said. "We will continue to utilize resources to address residential burglaries in Encino, West Los Angeles and any other Los Angeles neighborhood being targeted by criminals. While arresting these individuals is a step in the right direction, our work is not done."   

Thieves broke into another home along the 15100 block of Greenleaf Street Tuesday morning, about a block away from the home invasion.

"We will continue our urgent work to make Los Angeles safer and combat crime throughout the city,"  Mayor Karen Bass said before the most recent robbery. "Those responsible for crimes must be held accountable and I thank the LAPD for their work."