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Monday, Sept. 12 Petty theft. 600 block of Bluebird Canyon. 7 a.m. Someone rummaged through an unlocked vehicle during the night. Fraud. PD. 9:41 a.m. A resident reported unauthorized credit card charges of $1,753 made in June at various San Diego area towns. DUI. 1500 block of...

Monday, Sept. 5 Trespassing. 21000 block of Raquel Rd. 9:49 a.m. An unknown subject entered the property, possibly by jumping a fence. Warrant arrest. 500 block of Forest Ave. 1:13 p.m. Michael Douglas Hendrix, 57, of Laguna Beach, wants to turn himself in for a DUI warrant....

Monday, Aug. 29 Fraud. 200 block of Ocean Ave. 10:16. A bank employee discouraged a client from making a $50,000 wire transfer to a man she met on match.com. Police suspect a scam. Fraud. 300 block of Cleo St. 11:55 a.m. A resident reported a $413 unauthorized charge on a credit...

Monday, Aug. 22 Grand theft. 300 block of N. Coast Hwy. 8:12 a.m. An Italian plaster frieze valued at $6,000 disappeared from a business over the weekend. Tuesday, Aug. 23 Remote rescue. West Ridge Road. 8 p.m. A bicyclist discovered a dehydrated hiker in need of assistance....

Laguna Beach officers made two arrests of allegedly impaired drivers at a checkpoint near Irvine Cove late Saturday, Aug. 20, according to police. Of 1,750 vehicles stopped, three other drivers were cited or arrested for operating a vehicle unlicensed and another four issued...

A woman motorist who police suspect of identity fraud escaped after she abandoned her vehicle near the Laguna Beach library Saturday, Aug. 13, in the wake of nearly a dozen minor collisions with other vehicles in downtown, police said. Two passengers in one of the 10 collisions...

Monday, July 26 Rape. 31800 block of Coast Hwy. 11 a.m. A woman who was sexually assaulted while in Florida in June declined to report the incident. Traffic collision. Fourth Ave. 4:31 p.m. injured. A motorist pulling onto Coast Highway suffered neck pain after colliding with a...

Monday, July 18 Traffic stop. David Alvarez, 25, of Banning, was cited for suspicion of DUI and held for $10,000 bail due to a prior offense. Tuesday, July 19 Traffic collision. 6:54 p.m. 1100 block of N. Coast Hwy. A 67-year-old Huntington Beach motorist who experienced a...

Monday, July 11 Fraud. 1100 block of Crabbe Way. 8 a.m. A resident sent $450 for jewelry that never arrived. Tuesday, July 12 Trespassing. 900 block of Glenneyre St. 2 p.m. Joseph Robert Kirkpatrick, 51, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for suspicion of felony resisting arrest,...

A 4 a.m. solo collision, where an allegedly drunken motorist plowed into a power pole, disrupted Laguna Canyon traffic Saturday, July 9, including the debut run of a special Laguna Beach-bound weekend bus service. In the early morning hours, traffic was restricted to vehicles...

Two young women stranded on a rock reef at Thousand Steps Beach as the tide was rising were rescued by sheriff’s deputies and lifeguards early Saturday, July 2, authorities said. Laguna Beach police requested the assistance of a sheriff’s helicopter with a hoist to extract the...

Police arrested a driver for suspicion of DUI and child endangerment after a collision Saturday, June 25, and then arrested his girlfriend on the same charges when she arrived at the police department to pick up his passenger while transporting her children, police said. The...

The trial of Dr. Robert Pettis, accused of vehicular manslaughter in a double fatality stemming from a speed race in Laguna Canyon in 2013, was again put off.

Monday, June 6 Grand theft. 28700 block of Top of the World. 8:54 a.m. Someone entered a home under construction and took tools valued at $3,000. Burglary. 31300 block of Coast Hwy. 11:13 a.m. A $1,000 generator locked and in a secured area was removed from a home. Tuesday, June...

A police checkpoint near Aliso Beach resulted in the arrest of one suspected drunk driver and a second motorist detained on other criminal charges between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. Sunday, May 29, says a statement from police. A total of 1,658 cars passed through the checkpoint. Of...