WEDNESDAY * North Coast Highway: A woman...

WEDNESDAY

* North Coast Highway: A woman reported that another woman pushed

her and threatened to beat her head in the 100 block at 2:22 a.m.

TUESDAY

* North Coast Highway: After a traffic stop, police reportedly

found a 17-year-old boy in possession of an open container of alcohol

and another person in possession of marijuana in the 100 block at

1:07 a.m.

* Ocean Avenue: Grand theft was reported when police received a

call that sunglasses were stolen from a store in the 200 block at

6:46 p.m.

MONDAY

* Castle Rock Road: Identity theft was reported when a woman told

police a Massachusetts credit account had ben set up in her name in

the 100 block at 2:42 p.m.

* Cleo Street: A Tustin man was arrested on suspicion of petty

theft and battery in the 200 block at 5:55 p.m. He was reportedly

detained by a cashier and another worker after he was caught

shoplifting. He allegedly hit one of the employees and ran out of the

store before being caught by police.

* Main Beach: A Santa Ana man was arrested on warrants for traffic

violations after police investigated a report that a man was hanging

around the women’s restrooms in the 200 block at 3:50 p.m.

* Main Beach: A man was reportedly yelling at passersby in the 100

block at 11:36 p.m.

* Monterey Drive: Two plumeria plants valued at $1,500 were

reportedly destroyed in the 31300 block at 11:57 a.m.

* South Coast Highway: A 1999 Honda Passport was reported stolen

in the 1400 block at 8:03 a.m.

* South Coast Highway: Juveniles were reportedly pouring gasoline

on a bonfire in the 31100 block at 10:08 p.m.

* South Coast Highway and Legion Street: A man reported a bike

that he borrowed from a friend was stolen overnight at 3:07 p.m.

SUNDAY

* Cliff Drive and Myrtle Street: A Lake Forest man was arrested on

suspicion of possession of a controlled substance at 1:11 a.m.

* Coral Drive: A man reported a patient at a rehab center

threatened to kill him with a butcher knife in the 1400 block at 1:46

p.m.

* Cozumel Court: A burglary attempt was reported when police

received a call that a bedroom window was found broken in the 100

block at 6:02 p.m.

* Laguna Canyon Road: A man reportedly threw a bowl of soup at a

security guard in the 900 block at 9:31 p.m.

* Ocean Avenue: A woman reported a man in his 60s grabbed her arm

and asked her to have fun with him in the 200 block at 8:59 a.m. He

allegedly followed her to a bar before finally leaving her alone.

* Three Arch Bay Beach: Police issued three citations to friends

who were reportedly fighting with one another in the 20 block at 7:26

p.m.

SATURDAY

* Broadway: Major vandalism was reported in the restroom near the

bus depot in the 300 block at 6:27 a.m.

* Reed Street: A woman reported someone broke into her car

overnight and tried to remove her steering lock in the 500 block at

1:03 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: A woman was reportedly sunbathing in the

nude in the 31400 block at 2:58 p.m.

* South Coast Highway and Thalia Street: A man was transferred to

Border Patrol custody after he was arrested on suspicion of unlawful

entry into the United States at 9:06 a.m.

* South Coast Highway and Thalia Street: A man was reportedly

“weirding out” by talking to himself and behaving in a bizarre manner

at 9:09 a.m. Saturday.

* South Coast Highway and Wesley Drive: An injury traffic

collision was reported at 10:29 a.m.

JULY 16

* Laguna Canyon Road: A man reported he found a dead crow in

Fullerton that he brought home so he could use the feathers for an

art project in the 2500 block at 1:19 p.m. He called police because

he was worried the bird could have been infected with the West Nile

virus and he wanted to warn the city of Fullerton.

* Main Beach: Police received a report that a man was passed out

in the women’s bathroom in the 100 block at 8:58 a.m.

* Myrtle Street: A woman reported her dog stolen on Thursday in

the 400 block at 4:57 p.m.

* Virginia Way: A man reported that someone caused permanent

damage to his property by using a garden hose to flood his garage in

the 31900 block at 9:31 a.m.

* The POLICE FILES are compiled and written by Andrew Edwards 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.