TUESDAY Main Beach: Police arrested a 32-year-old...

TUESDAY

Main Beach: Police arrested a 32-year-old Laguna Woods resident

wearing an Osama bin Laden T-shirt on suspicion of being drunk in

public. Police received a call at 12:01 p.m. of a suspicious suspect

staggering on the beach. The suspect said he’d taken a Paxil and then

drank some beer and a fifth of vodka.

MONDAY

South Coast Highway: Police arrested a man on an outstanding petty

theft warrant after they found him passed out on a bench at the

corner of South Coast Highway and Bluebird Canyon Drive. The suspect

said he’d been drinking vodka all day. He was taken to Orange County

jail.

SUNDAY

South Coast Highway: Police arrested a 53-year-old resident on

suspicion of possessing cocaine after officers found him face-down

and unconscious in front of the Village Market gas station at 7:56

p.m. Firefighters roused the man and found a bindle containing a

small amount of cocaine in his wallet when looking for his ID. He was

taken to Orange County jail on $10,000 bail.

Glenneyre Street: Police arrested a 32-year-old attorney under

suspicion of drunken driving after a car hit her Audi at the corner

of Brooks and Glenneyre streets at around 2 a.m. The attorney

reportedly stopped at the stop sign on Brooks Street, then proceeded,

possibly thinking it was a four-way stop, and was hit. Neither party

was injured.

Ocean Avenue: Police arrested a 30-year-old resident on suspicion

of being drunk in public after seeing him stagger along the road,

have a conservation with himself, then fall face-down on the pavement

at about 1:45 a.m.

Ocean Avenue: Police arrested a 34-year-old Downers Grove, Ill.

resident on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he

allegedly smashed a bottle over a 33-year-old Laguna Niguel

resident’s head at 1:22 a.m. The victim said he had bumped into the

suspect accidentally. The suspect said, “What are you looking at?”

and pushed him. The victim, a personal trainer, said he pushed back

and was then struck by the bottle. He tried to retaliate with a

punch, but mistakenly hit another party. The victim suffered several

cuts on his head that required stitches.

SATURDAY

Morningside Drive: Police received a call from a resident in the

1200 block saying he’d found a machete in the gutter. Police seized

and destroyed the machete.

Davis Way: Police had to break a 16-year-old’s car window and

physically shake him before he awoke and was cited for possession of

less than an ounce of marijuana. Police found the 16-year-old asleep,

clearly breathing, in a parked car with the radio on at 12:24 a.m.

Officers knocked on the window, shone their flashlights in his face

and shook the vehicle while yelling for about four minutes before

breaking the passenger window. He finally responded to being shaken

by officers, who said he smelled like alcohol and found marijuana in

his pocket. The suspect’s mother picked him up. A juvenile detective

is investigating the case, Sgt. Jason Kravetz said.