A 29-year-old Los Angeles man smashed a window and broke into the home of Mayor Karen Bass early Sunday morning. Ephraim Matthew Hunter was arrested, said Capt. Kelly Muniz, the Los Angeles Police Department’s chief spokeswoman. Bass was home at the time. Nothing was taken, and no injuries were reported, reports the Los Angeles Times “This morning at about 6:40 a.m., an intruder broke into Getty House through a window. Mayor Bass and her family were not injured and are safe. The Mayor is grateful to LAPD for responding and arresting the suspect,” said Zach Seidl, deputy mayor of communications. Getty House is the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles. Hunter is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
This is the second time in three years Bass has been the victim of a break-in. While she was running for office in 2022, two men stole a pair of handguns from her home, bypassing cash and electronics and taking only the weapons. Patricio Munoz and Juan Espinoza pleaded no contest to burglary and grand theft of a firearm, and both received prison sentences. Bass served as a Democratic member of Congress from 2011 until her election as the city’s 43rd mayor in 2022. The former state Assembly leader is the first woman and second Black person to hold the post, after former Mayor Tom Bradley, who served from 1973 to 1993.