Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claimed her family is “doing much better” in the aftermath of the break-in to her official residence last week that resulted in an arrest of a 29-year-old man.
Bass, her daughter, son-in-law, and newborn grandson were all home at the time of the break-in. While neither member of her family was injured, the suspect received treatment for some minor injuries from breaking a glass door to get in. The mayor appeared on State of the Union on Sunday to offer an update since the incident.
“It was definitely very, very disturbing, especially with the family there, but he was captured on site so we are doing much better,” Bass said.
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The suspect, Ephraim Hunter, has been charged with burglary and vandalism. Hunter has a previous conviction of robbery from 2015 in Massachusetts per the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. He now faces a prison sentence of 13 years and four months if convicted.
From 2020 through early April 2024, there have been over 3,000 burglary instances in the mayoral residence’s neighborhood of Wilshire. In total there have been over 57,000 burglaries across Los Angeles in that same time span.
