Eric Halem, a former LAPD officer, was charged with insurance fraud prior to his recent arrest.

A former Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a series of burglaries in San Fernando Valley neighborhoods that he used to patrol, according to department sources and jail records.

Eric Halem, 37, was arrested Thursday afternoon by members of the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division and is being held without bail, according to online jail records. He is set to be arraigned on Monday. It’s unclear whether he has retained a defense attorney.

Details about the alleged crimes are murky, but several department sources — who requested anonymity to discuss the open case — said he was suspected of links to home invasions that occurred in the West Valley Division, whe

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