POLICE FILES - Feb. 29, 2008

The POLICE FILES are compiled and written 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.

TUESDAY

Broadway: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 10:26 p.m. in the 300 block.

Brooks Street: $11,000 in coins were reported stolen at 9:36 a.m. from a residence in the 600 block.

Coast Highway: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after his vehicle allegedly hit two to three parked cars at 7:21 p.m. at Fourth Avenue.

Montage Resort Drive: A Costa Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 11:39 p.m. after a traffic stop at Coast Highway.

North Coast Highway: A woman who was reported at 8:41 p.m. to have been trapped in an elevator since 10 a.m. was released at 9:16 p.m. at a market in the 600 block.

Oak Street: Lifeguards removed lobster traps that were near the surf line at 11:30 a.m. in the ocean.

South Coast Highway: A purse was reported stolen on Jan. 12 at 4:36 p.m. from a hotel in the 600 block.

MONDAY

Broadway: A New York man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 1:50 p.m. after complaints that he was yelling profanities at the bus stop in the 300 block.

Park Avenue: A juvenile was accused of stealing at least $500 at a school in the 2000 block.

San Joaquin Street: A San Clemente man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 1:47 a.m. after a traffic stop in the 200 block.

South Coast Highway: $40 cash and credit cards were reported stolen from a vehicle at 9:09 a.m. in the 1500 block.

South Coast Highway: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication after refusing to leave a business at 4:38 p.m. in the 100 block.

SUNDAY

Cliff Drive: Police released a dog from a vehicle after the temperature inside rose to more than 90 degrees at 2:07 p.m. in the 300 block.

Coast Highway: A Laguna Hills man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and marijuana possession at 12:58 a.m. in the 30800 block.

Coast Highway: A swimmer was reported caught in heavy surf but escaped at 4:26 p.m. in the 31100 block of Aliso Beach.

Coast Highway: Three fishermen were told by lifeguards to get off rocks due to high waves at noon in the 30800 block.

La Senda Drive: A sea lion was reported beached at 1:37 p.m. in the 100 block.

Park Avenue: A key was reported taken from a gym bag and used to unlock a vehicle from which a wallet was stolen, resulting in a $275 loss at 12:32 p.m. at a school in the 600 block.

South Coast Highway: An Aliso Viejo woman was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 12:56 a.m. in the 300 block.

South Coast Highway: Five men and a woman were reportedly throwing shopping carts in the street at 1:32 a.m. in the 700 block.

SATURDAY

Coast Highway: A Dana Point man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a traffic stop at 10:08 p.m. at Crown Valley Parkway.

Coast Highway: Police were called when a 39-year-old Dana Point man walked out of a hospital with an IV still inserted at 11:51 p.m. in the 31800 block.

Dartmoor Street: A vehicle was reported keyed and the window broken the night before at 4:17 p.m. in the 300 block.

Hillcrest Drive: A mailbox was reported stolen at 2:27 p.m. in the 1400 block.

North city limits: Police responded to a report of a despondent man attempting to jump off a cliff at 11:28 p.m.

Sleepy Hollow: A teenage boy was accused of throwing eggs at people on the beach at 11:27 a.m. in the 600 block.

St. Ann’s Drive: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 12:21 a.m. after a traffic stop at Park Avenue.

FRIDAY

Cedar Way: A Laguna Beach woman was arrested on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia at 8:51 a.m. in the 100 block.

Cliff Drive: A Costa Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication after being observed wobbling on the sidewalk at 4:49 p.m. in the 300 block.

Goff Street: A Gucci purse worth $700 was reported stolen from a vehicle at 2:30 p.m. in the 500 block.

Ocean Avenue: Two men were reported fighting with a homeless man at 5:09 p.m. in the 200 block.

South Coast Highway: A homeless man was arrested on suspicion of petty theft at 3:21 p.m. in the 900 block.

South Coast Highway: Two men and two women were reported fighting at 6:14 p.m. in the 600 block.

South Coast Highway: A former employee was accused of stealing $400 from a restaurant at 10:09 p.m. in the 600 block.

THURSDAY

Coast Highway: A power saw was reported stolen from outside of a garage at 11:14 a.m. in the 32000 block.

Forest Avenue: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 1:12 a.m. after a traffic stop in the 500 block.

North Coast Highway: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on a DUI warrant after police responded to a hotel room where another man had alleged that he was slammed into a door by a hotel manager at 6:45 p.m. in the 900 block.

South Coast Highway: A light bulb in an alley was reported to be burning at 11:03 p.m. after someone put paper around it in the 100 block.

WEDNESDAY

El Camino del Mar Drive: Boys at a sleepover were reported to be eating as much nutmeg as they could when one boy passed out at 8:26 a.m.

Forest Avenue: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 12:17 p.m. after a traffic accident at Broadway.

Ocean Avenue: A Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 3:07 p.m. in the 200 block.

Ocean Front: A Newport Beach man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 3:33 p.m. in the 700 block.

Ocean Way: A dead seal was reported at 7:40 a.m. in the 1700 block of Bluebird Beach.

South Coast Highway: A $10,000 painting was reported stolen at 9:07 a.m. from a cart while the artist was sleeping in the 100 block.

Thalia Street: A Dana Point man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a traffic stop at 1:27 a.m. in the 300 block.

Viejo Street: A fire in a bathroom was reported at 11:30 p.m. and knocked down by firefighters 15 minutes later in the 200 block.