POLICE FILES - Feb. 15, 2008
The POLICE FILES are compiled 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.
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TUESDAY
Cliff Drive: Two people were advised not to have sex in the bathrooms in the park at 12:06 p.m. in the 400 block.
Coast Highway: A purse was reported taken and the window was smashed on a vehicle at 5:46 p.m., resulting in a loss of $2,700, in a beach parking lot in the 30800 block.
Monterey Drive: A power outage preceded by a loud boom was reported at 9:43 a.m., and residents were told the power would be out until midnight due to a construction crew cutting power lines at Cypress Drive.
North Coast Highway: A briefcase with checks totaling $1,200 and $200 in cash was reported stolen at 4:53 p.m. from a vehicle after the window was smashed in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 600 block.
North Coast Highway: A homeless man was arrested on suspicion of fighting in public at 3:16 p.m. in the 200 block.
North Encino Road: A handicapped placard was reported stolen from a vehicle at 2:36 p.m. in the first block.
Ocean Avenue: A person flagged down police to complain that a store display was too sexually graphic at 2:58 p.m. in the 200 block.
South Coast Highway: A Costa Mesa woman was issued a citation for trespassing at 10:51 p.m. at a market in the 700 block.
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MONDAY
Cliff Drive: Graffiti was reported at 9:28 a.m. on railing and rocks at Monument Point in the 400 block.
Hawthorne Road: A $600 catalytic converter and exhaust system were reported stolen from a Toyota truck at 7:04 a.m. while it was parked in the 400 block.
Jewel Avenue: A catalytic converter was reported stolen at 2:39 p.m. from a 1995 Toyota parked in front of a residence in the 31000 block.
North Coast Highway: A car was reported fully engulfed in flames at 12:23 p.m. at El Moro Ridge.
Park Avenue: A bicycle lock was reported broken and bicycle wheel damaged at 8:25 a.m. in the 600 block.
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SUNDAY
Balboa Avenue: One man was issued a citation for drug possession after police responded to a report that four men were pushing and shoving each other at 7:25 p.m. in a park in the 29000 block.
Brooks Street: A Laguna Niguel man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public at 2:02 a.m. at South Coast Highway.
Cliff Drive: A Costa Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 3:10 p.m. in the 400 block.
Forest Avenue: A 40-foot long one-foot thick eucalyptus branch fell on two vehicles causing light- to-moderate damage at 11:11 a.m. in the 500 block.
Gainsborough Drive: A house was reported egged at 9:19 a.m. in the 700 block.
North Coast Highway: A man who fell on the side of the road and could not get up was taken to the hospital at 6:19 p.m. at Boat Canyon Drive.
Rock Ledge Road: A sea lion was reported on the sand since morning at 5:34 p.m. and by the next day had left the location in the first block.
South Coast Highway: A jacket worth $29.99 was reported stolen at 8:50 p.m. from a liquor store in the 1300 block.
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SATURDAY
Broadway: A broken window was reported at 10:28 p.m. at a business in the 500 block.
Coast Highway: Two men were suspected of poaching scallops at 4:55 p.m. at Treasure Island Park in the 30000 block.
Moss Street: A San Juan Capistrano man was arrested at 2:22 a.m. on suspicion of DUI and driving without a license at South Coast Highway.
North Coast Highway: A North Dakota man was issued a citation for drug possession at 1:30 p.m. in the 300 block.
Ocean Avenue: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public at 11:57 p.m. in the 200 block.
South Coast Highway: A Laguna Niguel man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 12:42 a.m. in the 400 block.
Thalia Street: A Laguna Niguel resident was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 10:40 p.m. in the 200 block.
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FRIDAY
Linden Street: Items totaling $97 were reported stolen at 2:36 p.m. from an unlocked vehicle in the 400 block.
North Coast Highway: A Long Beach man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a traffic stop at 11:38 p.m. in the 1300 block.
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THURSDAY
Coast Highway: A Dana Point man was cited on suspicion of drug possession at 4:13 p.m. after a traffic accident at Third Avenue.
Glenneyre Street: More than $100,000 was reported stolen from an account over the past year at a bank in the 800 block.
Lagunita Drive: A person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a rollover traffic accident at 4:52 p.m. in the first block.
Montage Resort Drive: Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries at 7:58 p.m. after a three-vehicle collision at Coast Highway.
Montage Resort Drive: A Trabuco Canyon woman was arrested at 7:50 p.m. on suspicion of felony DUI with great bodily injury after a traffic collision at Coast Highway.
Treetop Lane: A clarinet was reported stolen at 3:06 p.m. at a school in the 21000 block.
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WEDNESDAY
Coast Highway: An injured person was taken to the hospital at 10:01 a.m. after a traffic collision at 9th Avenue.
Coast Highway: A Los Angeles woman was issued a citation for drug possession at 10:11 a.m. in the 30000 block.
Coast Highway: An Irvine man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a traffic stop at Irvine Cove Drive.
Laguna Canyon Road: Construction equipment totaling $8,000 was reported stolen at 3:02 p.m. in the 2600 block.
North Coast Highway: A homeless man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication after reportedly bothering customers at 6:04 a.m. in the 100 block.
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