Suspect in Van Nuys burglary arrested

A 43-year-old parolee suspected of a Van Nuys residential burglary was taken into custody, police said Friday.

Officers were sent to the 14700 block of Ostego Street on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. in response to a man breaking into a home, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Police said the suspect, Joshua Batt, was arrested at the residence while in possession of stolen items.

Batt was later identified as an interstate parolee wearing a GPS tracker.

"California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Parole, was notified and placed a parole hold on Batt," police said in a statement.

He was booked on suspicion of burglary and is being held without bail, according to jail records.

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