Overview
- Someone at the property called Beverly Hills police shortly after midnight to report an intruder.
- Officers detained 38-year-old Michael John Bond a few blocks from the home and jail records list a $50,000 bond.
- Law enforcement sources told NBC4 that cameras recorded an entry and alarms prompted the suspect to flee.
- Lionel Richie was at home during the incident, no injuries were reported, and nothing appears to have been taken.
- The case remains with Beverly Hills police as reporters note the home’s long-term prominence near the Los Angeles Country Club and past neighborhood crime context from 2008.