DEC. 24 * Cliff Drive/North Coast...

DEC. 24

* Cliff Drive/North Coast Highway: Police responded to a call

about a man passed out in the street near the intersection at 5:11

a.m. The man, who suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,

was transported to Mission Hospital.

* Lower Cliff Drive: A resident reported a rollaway vehicle that

was blocking traffic in the 200 block at 6:28 a.m.

* Club Drive: An officer assisted a stranded motorist in the 300

block at 6:06 p.m. The car had broken down in the fast lane.

* Camel Point Drive/South Coast Highway: Police responded to a

traffic collision near the intersection at 8:45 p.m. The driver, a

37-year-old Capistrano Beach resident, hit a parked car and was

bleeding from a small laceration to her chin. She was later arrested

on suspicion for driving under the influence and possession of

marijuana in a vehicle.

DEC. 25

* Paso del Sur: A resident reported that an unknown person rang

her door bell in the 22000 block at 1:32 a.m. She then saw two people

walking through her back yard.

* Ocean Way: Officers arrived at a home in the 1000 block at 5:16

a.m. to keep the peace. Three family members were fighting over

leaving the sliding glass door open for the cat.

* Police Department: A dog was turned in at 12:15 p.m. The dog

had been found in Oceanside but wore Laguna Beach tags. He was

transported to the animal shelter.

DEC. 26

* Park Avenue: A resident reported smoke from the high school in

the 600 block at 8 a.m. The smoke was from construction work.

* South Coast Highway: Police responded to a security alarm in

the 31000 block at 10:10 a.m. It was caused by the dogs.

* Cozumel: A concerned family member asked an officer to enter a

home when a relative failed to show up at Christmas festivities in

the 200 block at 9:26 a.m. The officer discovered that the

47-year-old resident had passed away.

* Park Avenue: Graffiti was reported on the external walls of the

gymnasium in the 600 block at 3:05 p.m.

FRIDAY

* Dunning Drive: A resident reported that someone had stolen a

“Keep Out” sign from the property in the 1000 block at 9:23 a.m.

* Mountain View Drive: A resident reported that someone had

broken into his home in the 2000 block at 10:42 a.m. He told police

that as he was driving down his driveway he noticed a blue vase that

was supposed to have been in the living room, a blue gift bag that

was supposed to have been under the Christmas tree and two bottles of

beer. Police were not able to find the point of entry.

* Forest Avenue: Someone walked into a business and stole a purse

that had been stowed behind the counter in the 200 block at 2:26 p.m.

* Carmelita Street: A resident reported that telephone wires were

hanging from a transformer down the street in the 1800 block at 3:47

p.m.

* Legion Street: A resident claimed that someone had stolen his

clothes from the Laundromat in the 300 block at 4:57 p.m.

* Laguna Canyon Road: A vehicle spun out in the roadway in the

2000 block at 8:15 p.m. No other vehicles were hit.

* Montage Resort Drive/South Coast Highway: Police arrested a

55-year-old Indiana resident on suspicion of driving under the

influence and possession of marijuana near the intersection at 7:29

p.m.

* Monterey Street/North Coast Highway: An officer conducted a

traffic stop near the intersection at 9:56 p.m. A juvenile was cited

for possession of marijuana and was taken home by his mother.

* South Coast Highway/Camel Point Drive: A 27-year-old Tustin

resident was arrested on suspicion for driving under the influence

near the intersection at 11:39 p.m.

SATURDAY

* South Coast Highway: A bar owner called police after a fight

broke out, claiming “people were going nuts” in the 1100 block at

12:55 a.m.

* South Coast Highway: Police responded to a fight between five

men and a tow truck driver in the 700 block at 2:08 a.m. Police

arrested a 28-year-old Santa Cruz resident on an outstanding warrant

for skateboarding on private property.

* Laguna Canyon/El Toro roads: Police responded to a traffic

collision near the intersection at 4:22 a.m. They arrested a

22-year-old Irvine man on suspicion of driving under the influence

after he struck a light pole.

* South Coast Highway: A resident reported an elderly man

undressing in public in the 600 block at 11:31 a.m.

* South Coast Highway/Third Avenue: Police responded to a triple

rear-ender near the intersection at 2:50 p.m. The three drivers

complained of pain and were taken to the hospital. One dog was taken

to the animal shelter.

SUNDAY

* Brooks Street Beach: A resident reported that he had been

pick-pocketed on the staircase at the beach at 12:48 a.m. He had been

walking down the stairs when someone brushed up against him and took

his wallet from his back pocket. The person then ran away. The total

loss was $105.

* South Coast Highway/Mountain Road: A hit-and-run was reported

near the intersection at 3:32 p.m. Someone backed out of a parking

space and hit another parked car. The case is under investigation.

* Bent Street: Police responded to a woman screaming from her

balcony in the 400 block at 5:21 p.m. Officers tried to calm her down

because no one wanted to sign a formal complaint. A neighbor called

police again at 8:27 p.m. willing to file a report.

MONDAY

* La Brea Street: A resident reported that two men were stalking

her in the 200 block at 9:50 a.m. An officer contacted them and

discovered they were Newport Beach Police officers investigating a

case that did not involve the caller.

* Legion Street: A resident reported that a little boy was

walking with a long-haired man in the 300 block at 8:57 p.m. It

turned out to be a father walking his son, who couldn’t sleep.

* The Police Log is compiled and written by Mary A. Castillo from

oral and written reports from the Laguna Beach Police Department and

other sources. Not all police activity is included. Arrests indicate

suspicion of violations, not charges filed nor the results of court

action unless noted.