Police arrest man for starting scuffle Costa...

Police arrest man for starting scuffle

Costa Mesa Police arrested an Irvine man Thursday evening after an

altercation over some dropped clothes at Macy’s in South Coast Plaza.

Victor Manuel Cornelio, 47, was shopping in the department store

at about 5 p.m. Thursday, Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Marty Carver said.

Cornelio confronted 29-year-old North Hills resident Warren DeLeon,

after he saw DeLeon kick some fallen clothes underneath a rack,

Carver said.

“They fell off the rack and instead of picking them up, he kicks

them under rack,” Carver said. “That offended Cornelio.”

DeLeon refused to pick up the clothes and went into the bathroom,

Carver said. When he came out, Cornelio reportedly confronted him

again, pushed him into a clothes rack and got him into a headlock,

Carver said.

Security officers pulled the men apart and DeLeon said he wanted

Cornelio arrested, Carver said. Cornelio was arrested on suspicion of

assault and battery and released on $500 bail, Carver said.

Big rig blocks freeway traffic

A jackknifed big rig on the San Diego Freeway near Harbor

Boulevard blocked lanes for two hours Friday morning.

The truck jackknifed just before 11:30 a.m. in the northbound

lanes, California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Stoney said. It

blocked the outside lanes, leaving only the carpool and one inside

lane open, Stoney said.

Traffic backed up for at least a mile following the accident, he

said. Two other vehicles were involved with only minor injuries

reported, he said.