Tuesday, Jan. 29 Fraud. 600 block of Sleepy Hollow Lane. 10:20 a.m. Someone is putting up fake craigslist ads, trying to rent the property. Petty theft. 200 block of Broadway. 12:43 p.m. Three flower pots valued at $200 were stolen from outside a business. Warrant service. 1300 block of S. Coast Hwy. 8:48 p.m. John [...]
Monday, Jan. 21 Vandalism. 200 block of Forest Ave. 12:42 a.m. Vandalism was reported in the vestibule of a restroom. Drug activity. 1200 block of Coast Hwy. 3:53 p.m. Kids in a vehicle were reported filling balloons with nitrous oxide and inhaling from them. Police are unable to locate them. Grand theft. 200 block of [...]
Officer Joy Falk shepherds a sea lion from rocks in Shaw’s Cove back into the water Sunday afternoon. Photo by Brian Guth
A teenager fled to the safety of a neighbor’s house after encountering a burglar in her own home in the 800 block of S. Coast Highway about 6:27 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, police said. One or more thieves apparently kicked in the locked front door while she was showering, Sgt. Louise Callus said. Police did [...]
Monday, Jan. 14 Suspicious person. 900 block of Laguna Canyon Rd. 2:53 p.m. Paul Thompson Mille, 24, of Ontario, was arrested for suspicion of possessing stolen property and Joseph Thompson, 39, of Rancho Cucamonga, was held on a no-bail drug warrant as a result of an officer recognizing the pair from a description of suspects [...]
Monday, Jan 6 Defrauding innkeeper. 30800 block of Coast Hwy. 7:11 p.m. Erik Jon Edelman, 37, of Florida was arrested for suspicion of defrauding an innkeeper after two of his credit cards were declined and he attempted to leave the property. The log said he was in the company of three other men trying to [...]
Monday, Dec. 31 Vehicle burglary. 300 Ocean Ave. 10:29 a.m. Someone entered a vehicle parked in front of a residence and took a $150 stereo. Grand theft. 3:10 p.m. 300 block Osgood Ct. Two snowboards with bindings and two pairs of boots valued at $1200 were taken from an unlocked vehicle. Traffic collision. 8 p.m. [...]
Monday, Dec. 24 Vehicle burglary. 300 block of Agate St. 8:20 a.m. Several vehicle owners discovered their driver doors open. Grand theft. 2:44 p.m. 400 block of Coast Hwy. A kinetic garden sculpture by artist Mark White and valued at $2, 900 was stolen from an open patio. Burglary. 300 bloc of Lookout Dr. 11:59 [...]
An admitted identity thief, apparently expert at stealing credit card account information over open wi-fi networks, was arrested last week after skipping out on a $2,134 bill at Montage Laguna Beach, police said. Police tracked Harold Eric Larson, 37, to his hometown of Orange and arrested him on Thursday, Dec. 27, on several theft related [...]
Two retired former professional ice hockey players were arrested by Laguna Beach police after midnight on Friday, Dec. 21, after allegedly attacking a man, who confronted them for cutting in front of his vehicle in a drive-through lane at a fast-food restaurant, police said. Jean Francois Jomphe, 39, of Aliso Viejo, a former Anaheim Ducks [...]
A hair stylist at a Laguna Beach salon who was robbed of her purse at gunpoint earlier this month is likely still nursing the bruise she suffered in the attack, but on Christmas Day she received an unexpected gift: the replacement of her stolen cell phone. Patricia Wenskunas, of Irvine-based Crime Survivors, a victim’s aid [...]
Laguna Beach police arrested four drivers for suspicion of driving while intoxicated at a late-night DUI checkpoint near Crescent Bay Drive last Friday, the first local checkpoint in more than a year. More than 600 vehicles were stopped and the licenses of drivers checked in the 1500 block of N. Coast Highway between 9 p.m. [...]
Monday, Dec. 17 Found property. 10:21 a.m. 600 block of Coast Hwy. A backpack with an ample amount of marijuana was found in a hotel lobby. The reporting party believes it’s the property of a guest. DUI. 30800 block Coast Hwy. As a result of a call from a person who observed a vehicle leaving [...]
Monday, Dec. 10 Vandalism. 9:06 a.m. 3200 block of Alta Laguna Blvd. Near the reservoir and a bench, someone stenciled “please respect the silence.” Burglary. 9:22 a.m. 800 block of Glenneyre St. Someone pried open the door of a business and opened cabinet drawers, though nothing was found missing. Petty theft. 400 block of Dartmoor [...]
Tuesday, Dec. .4 Traffic stop. 1:47 a.m. 1200 block of Coast Hwy. A 42-year-old Toledo, Ohio, man was arrested for DUI and held for $2500 bail. Grand theft. 6:53 a.m. 1000 block of Marine Dr. A black golf bag was stolen within the last half hour. Three people were seen in area. Assist other dept. [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
