COP BRIEFS

* Brookhurst Street: Someone reported a panhandler in the 16000 block

at 3:29 p.m. Jan. 10.

* Calle Madero Circle: Police responded to a disturbance of the peace

in the 18000 block at 12:22 a.m. Sunday.

* Cormorant Circle: Police responded to a found child in the 9000

block at 12:24 p.m. Jan. 11.

* El Greco Circle: Someone reported suspicious circumstance in the

9000 block at 2:14 p.m. Sunday.

* Kalama River Lane: A burglar alarm was set off in the 10000 block at

1:46 a.m. Jan. 11.

* Kings River Court: A resident reported a stolen vehicle in the 10000

block at 10:26 a.m. Jan. 11.

* Lilac Way: Police responded to a disturbance of peace in the 11000

block at 2:15 p.m. Monday.

* Magnolia Avenue: Police and fire officials responded to a fire in

the 17000 block at 9:01 p.m. Friday.

* Santa Rita Circle: Someone reported a juvenile disturbance in the

17000 block at 9:01 p.m. Saturday.

* Warner Avenue: Police responded to a forgery report in the 9000

block at 11:23 a.m. Jan. 10.

* Warner Avenue: Someone reported a petty theft in the 10000 block at

9:04 p.m. Monday.

HUNTINGTON BEACH

* Beach Boulevard: A man told police someone used his identity to

write a check for $1,000, which bounced at an establishment in the 18000

block at 10:43 a.m. Saturday.

* Capstone Drive: A resident reported to police the hinges were kicked

off the door in the 6000 block at 8:08 a.m. Jan. 10.

* Dresden Lane: An 82-year-old woman was found dead in her sleep at a

home in the 6000 block at 9:39 p.m. Monday apparently of natural causes.

* Elizabeth Lane: Police responded to a family disturbance at a home

in the 20000 block at 3:58 p.m. Sunday.

* Greenboro Lane: A resident told police someone was driving

recklessly, screeching up and down the neighborhood in the 20000 block at

1:03 a.m. Monday * Goldenwest Street: Someone reported a dead skunk found in the No. 1

lane in the 18000 block at 6:46 a.m. Jan. 10.

* Goldenwest Street: Someone reported to police that someone threw a

rock at a windshield, causing it to crack, in the 15000 block at 12:28

a.m. Jan. 9.

* Huntington Street: A 30-year-old man, described as 5-foot-7 with

blond hair, was prowling outside with a knife in the 19000 block at 10:56

p.m. Jan. 9.

* Inverness Lane: Someone told police three men were drunk in public,

throwing beer bottles and threatening to shoot a resident living in the

19000 block at 6:06 p.m. Jan. 11.

* Macdonald Avenue: A neighbor reported to police that someone was

making threatening phone calls in the 7000 block at 5:22 p.m. Jan. 8.

* Memphis Avenue: A resident reported to police that a dirt bike was

stolen from a garage in the 200 block at 9:12 a.m. Jan. 7.

* Newland Street: A resident reported a Ford Ranger pickup truck was

stolen in the 21000 block at 9:20 a.m. Jan. 8.

* Palin Circle: Five juveniles were reportedly trespassing by

swimming in a private pool in the 7000 block at 2:37 p.m. Saturday.

* Priscilla Drive: Police officers responded to a report of shots

fired near a home in the 6000 block at 12:31 a.m. Friday.

* Portland Avenue: A resident reported to police that the backdoor of

a house was open and mud prints were all over the house in the 300 block

at 4:31 p.m. Jan. 8.

* Talbert Avenue: Police responded to a fight involving two male

suspects, one of whom was carrying a stick in the 7000 block at 11:54

a.m. Jan. 9.

* 20th Street: A neighbor reported to police that a vehicle was doing

“doughnuts” in the driveway and kicking clay dirt onto a home in the 600

block at 4:17 p.m. Jan 8.

* Warner Avenue: A woman reported to police she was stopped by a man

who asked her if she would like to watch him masturbate in the 6000 block

at 4:36 p.m. Jan. 10.

* Warner Avenue: A woman told police her ex-husband was making

repeated annoying and life-threatening phone calls to her home in the

7000 block at 8:55 p.m. Sunday.