POLICE FILES - May 22, 2009

AREA 1

Crescent Bay: Victoria’s Secret sent a $363 bill to a resident who reported she had never opened an account with the company at 2:42 p.m. May 14.

North Coast Highway: A 24-year-old Costa Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired at the city limits at 11:52 p.m. Saturday.

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AREA 2

Woodland Drive: A Laguna Beach teenage passenger in a vehicle stopped for erratic driving was arrested on suspicion of possession of controlled substances, possession for sales, transportation of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia at 3:56 p.m. May 15.

Canyon View Drive: A surfboard and two backpacks, valued at $450, were reported stolen from a parked truck at 10:25 p.m. Monday.

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AREA 3

Park Avenue: Police are investigating, at the request of Child Protective Services, a mother’s claim that her daughter was inappropriately involved with a man in his 20s, reported in the 600 block at 2:14 p.m. May 15.

South Coast Highway: A small sculpture valued at $400 was reported stolen from Fong Imports in the 400 block at 12:51 p.m. Saturday.

Broadway: A backpack containing rainbow-colored sweaters, a purple notepad, a Sony radio and a lab report from Santa Ana, among other contents, was reported stolen at the bus depot at 3:45 p.m. Sunday.

Park Avenue: The theft of a GPS device from an unlocked vehicle was reported in the 900 block at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday.

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AREA 4

Hawthorne Street: A woman reported that she had locked and set the alarm on her parked vehicle, but an iPod was reported missing and a door ajar when she returned to the vehicle, reported in the 400 block at 10:29 a.m. May 15.

Bluebird Canyon Drive: A former tenant left, allegedly taking the property owner’s piano, the landlady reported in the 1500 block at 10:26 p.m. Monday.

Glenneyre Street: A cell-phone charger and a computer were stolen from a vehicle in the 2100 block, reported at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday.

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AREA 5

Coast Highway: A resident in the 30800 block reported that he had traded his vehicle for a flat-screen television, but found out that it was a rental when the rental company came calling to repossess the set, and was advised to call an attorney at 8:12 a.m. May 13.

10th Avenue: Jewelry valued at $51,000 was reported taken from an unlocked home at 11:03 a.m. May 14.

Coast Highway: A Newport Beach man was arrested on suspicion of battering his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend at the Montage Resort & Spa in the 30800 block at 12:07 a.m. Tuesday.

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.