A couple in their 40s as well as their large Great Dane were discovered shot in a murder-suicide in their home on Halloween night, the first murder to occur in Laguna Beach in three years, police said Thursday. Investigators did not find a note at the Arch Beach Heights home at 835 La Mirada St., [...]
By Alan Boinus The gun lobby would have us think that last week’s tragedy in Aurora, Colo., was an aberration. Just another crazed criminal that putting controls on guns will not solve. After all, these kinds of lunatics will stop at nothing to do their evil. Unfortunately, gun crimes like Aurora that make national news [...]
A Connecticut inmate returned to California and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday, Sept. 6, for the 1978 stabbing-murder of an architect in Laguna Beach. Three decades after the fact, Walter Lawrence Dalie, 52, was charged Feb. 23, 2011, with murder with special circumstances in the death of Brent Stapleton Tobey. Dalie has been incarcerated [...]
Two men were arrested this week in connection with the disappearance and murder of Laguna Beach surfer and business executive Christopher Ryan Smith, who was last seen more than a year ago. Prosecutors allege that Smith was killed last June by Edward Younghoon Shin, who wanted control of the company they co-founded but balked [...]
Editor, Regarding the mural that was recently destroyed in the canyon… (“Mural Gone Missing Irks Artists,” March 25 edition) I feel like there has been a premeditated murder in town and this winery should be boycotted by our townspeople and the artists. Karen Petty, Laguna Beach
Murder-mystery fundraiser, March 5 The Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre presents its fourth annual murder mystery fundraiser, “Killing Me, Softly,” on Saturday, March 5, at the Laguna Playhouse. This evening of music and murder includes the option of dinner beforehand at 5 p.m. at either Nirvana Grille or Lumberyard Restaurant, followed by a reception and silent auction, [...]
Prosecutors filed charges this week in a 1978 cold-case stabbing of a Laguna Beach architect.
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 [...]
