Officer injured while chasing suspect An officer...

Officer injured while chasing suspect

An officer was injured while chasing a skateboarder who was

speeding downhill.

Police said Patricia Bishop, 39, of Laguna Niguel, was riding on a

skateboard around 10:20 a.m. Monday, and was traveling downhill on

Aliso Circle at speeds between 25 and 30 mph toward on-coming

traffic.

According to police, the suspect was barely able to control her

skateboard.

The police officer made a traffic stop, and during the

conversation with the suspect, the suspect said “I don’t need this,”

and ran off, said Sgt. Lenyi of the Laguna Beach Police Department.

According to police, the officer then pursued the suspect on foot,

following her as she ran onto Aliso Beach and started running over

the rocks at the waterline.

The suspect ran to the Camel Point area where another police

officer was waiting for her, said police. “She started to scale the

cliff below homes in the Camel Point area,” said Sgt. Lenyi.

Bishop was then arrested by a third officer, said police.

During the chase, “a police officer involved in the foot pursuit

lost his footing on the cliff and fell,” said Sgt. Lenyi.

Police Officer Bob VanGorder, suffered several scrapes and bruises

and a fractured rib, said Lenyi. According to police, VanGorder was

hospitalized and released.

When the suspect was caught, police said they searched her purse

and found methamphetamine. Bishop was charged with resisting arrest

and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Police seek suspect in drug arrest

Police serving an arrest warrant at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday at a

residence in the 2500 block of Bonita Way, said they found heroin and

200 syringes.

Tyler Barnett, 29, of Laguna Beach, refused to come to the door

when officers attempted to serve him with an arrest warrant, police

said.

Police said the officers forced entry into the residence and the

suspect then fled through second story window. Sgt. Darin Lenyi, of

the Laguna Beach Police Department said there were syringes

containing heroin and 200 empty syringes in plain sight.

A second occupant, Briana Lawrence, 24, of Lake Forest, was

arrested for being in a location with a controlled substance, said

police.

Police officers chased Barnett on foot. Lenyi said police are

still looking for him.

The suspect was described by police as a white man, about 5-feet,

9-inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. If you

have any information or think you may have seen the suspect, please

contact Det. Cindel, (949) 497-0373