Monday, Sept. 17 Pedestrian stop. 1:41 a.m. 300 block of Broadway St. Dwight Francis Duggan, 54, of Escondido was arrested for an outstanding $7,500 warrant. Fraud. 1400 block Morningside Circle. 8:30 a.m. Investigators are analyzing a claim by an employer, who alleged an employee stole a check. Sexual perversion. 11:22 a.m. 300 block of Cliff [...]
Monday, Sept. 10 Fraud. 500 block Cliff Dr. 11:19 a.m. A woman who paid $1,800 towards a home improvement project learned her contractor was illegally using someone else’s license. A detective will follow up. Tuesday, Sept. 11 Traffic stop. 1:24 a.m. Thalia St. A 24-year-old from Huntington Beach was cited for DUI and held [...]
Monday, Aug. 27 Grand theft. 400 Poplar St. 9 a.m. Someone took $2,500 worth of tools in July from a garage. Grand theft. 100 block of Agate St. 11 a.m. A parking meter with dual tops was lifted off the pole and stolen. Petty theft. 12-03292. 200 block of Forest Ave. Timmi Curtis Rantala, 41, [...]
Monday, Aug. 13 Vandalism. 200 block of Calliope St. 9:58 a.m. While a parking officer was out inspecting vehicles on foot, someone splashed a paint-destroying caustic chemical across the vehicle. A new paint job is estimated at $3,000. Vandalism. 900 block of Temple Hills Dr. 10:12 a.m. The driver’s side front tire was punctured with [...]
Monday, Aug. 6 Trespassing. 300 block of Park Ave. 8:41 p.m. A woman reports a man is blocking her office doorway and will not leave. Police learn he is a walkaway from an Anaheim hospice in need of medication. DUI. West St. 9:32 p.m. A 32-year-old Aliso Viejo woman was cited for DUI and held [...]
Monday, July 30 DUI. 12:42 a.m. 1100 block S. Coast Hwy. A 51-year-old Nevada resident who was described as staggering to her vehicle was stopped and arrested doe DUI. Bail was set at $2,500. Tuesday, July 31 DUI 7:11 p.m. Laguna Canyon. The 53-year-old Aliso Viejo driver of an inbound car stopped in the [...]
Bad Check Scheme Foiled by Postal Clerk Carmela Marie Corral, 24, of Long Beach, was arrested for suspicion of burglary and insufficient funds around noon Wednesday inside Laguna Beach’s downtown post office. Police allege she is part of a larger ring of thieves fraudulently using bad checks to obtain stamps and reselling them to [...]
Monday, July 9 Burglary. 2:56 p.m. 400 block of Arroyo Chico. Someone broke a window and entered the home, removing a computer and electronic equipment. Traffic stop. 11:52 p.m. 200 block of Thalia St. A 19-year-old Laguna Beach resident was cited for DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Tuesday, July 10 Traffic stop. 2:25 a.m. [...]
Monday, July 2 Traffic collision. 8:55 a.m. Third Ave. Michael John Guerrero Jr. of Corona was arrested for suspicion of possessing oxycodone for sale after police found in his vehicle containers recently filled for 160 pills. Text messages recovered from his phone suggest he had been dealing narcotics, according to Sgt. Robert Rahaeuser. Bail was [...]
Monday, June 18 Pedestrian stop. 11:57 p.m. A 35-year-old Laguna Hills man was arrested for warrants and possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Wednesday, June 20 H&S activity. 4:49 p.m. 300 block of Pinecrest Dr. After a citizen reported four youths doing drugs in a drain pipe, police issued three citations for tobacco [...]
Monday, June 11 Burglary. 400 block of S. Coast Hwy. 12 p.m. A business owner discovered someone had entered the business, breaking some items. Fraud. 1 p.m. 400 block of Thalia St. A resident learned from a credit card services that someone was attempting add a name to her account. DUI. 2:10 p.m. 1300 block [...]
Monday, June 4 Petty theft. 9:36 a.m. S. Coast Hwy. A kayak valued at $500 was stolen sometime in the last 24 hours. Traffic collision. 12:10 p.m. 2000 block Temple Hills Dr. An unoccupied Porsche rolled 400 feet downhill and hit a parked Ford, which caromed into a BMW. Hit and run. 800 block of [...]
Newport police arrested a Nevada man on Wednesday who used his own cell phone to video himself swiping a stuffed bee from the Don’t Worry Be Happy Foundation store in Laguna Beach. The man and his three companions were detained at gunpoint in the parking lot of Newport Beach’s Baja Fresh, where their vehicle was [...]
A deer that ran onto the beach and into the ocean died after it swam ashore below Laguna Beach’s Montage resort this past Monday, police said. A resident of nearby Victoria Beach called for aid about 10:27 a.m. after observing a deer in the water continuing to swim rather than heading for shore, said Lt. [...]
How can lack of a parking space land you behind bars? In Laguna Beach, it occurs when you pull into a spot marked in red reserved for the police watch commander. That’s what happened to Barbara Louise Kanode, 47, of Newport Beach, who on Wednesday, May 9, took an available spot near City Hall while [...]
Ill Prepared Hiker Rescued from Hillside
A sheriff’s helicopter was used to extract a hiker who suffered an anxiety attack and was unable to move from a steep trail in Laguna Beach’s open space about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9, police said. Lifeguards in an all-terrain vehicle coordinated the extraction from thick brush and a steep slope between Alta Laguna Park [...]
