Overview

• An alarm at the Mellencamp–Arroyave residence sounded around 10:15 p.m. on July 21 when two suspects tried to force entry.
• The couple’s advanced security system scared off the intruders before they could enter, and no one was hurt or suffered property loss.
• LAPD says the two males wearing black hooded sweatshirts fled north in a black BMW after burglarizing a neighboring home earlier that evening.
• Mellencamp and Arroyave, who paused their divorce proceedings to support her stage 4 melanoma treatment, were home with their children during the incident.
• The attempted break-in has intensified community alarm over a surge in Encino crime following the fatal July 14 home invasion of Robin Kaye and her husband.