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Monday, June 10 Traffic stop. 2:19 p.m. 600 North Coast Highway. LBPD was alerted to a stolen vehicle inbound on Laguna Canyon Road, and an officer located the vehicle as it passed Canyon Acres. A high-risk traffic stop was initiated in front of the Pavilion’s. The female adult...

By Allison Jarrell | LB Indy Sunday, June 2 Traffic stop. 12:50 a.m. 20600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 39-year-old Santa Ana man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 12:55 a.m. 600 block of South Coast Highway. A 28-year-old Hollywood man...

Sunday, May 26 Traffic stop. 12:04 a.m. 300 block of Glenneyre Street. A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 1:14 a.m. Oak Street and Glenneyre Street. A 41-year-old...

Sunday, May 19 Traffic stop. 2:35 a.m. Reef Point Drive and State Highway 1. A juvenile driver was charged on suspicion of DUI and driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher. Traffic stop. 3:41 a.m. 500 block of Park Avenue. A 41-year-old Covina man was arrested for an outstanding...

Sunday, May 12 Traffic stop. 2:03 a.m. Ocean Avenue and Beach Street. After allegedly running the stop sign at Ocean and Beach and running a red light at Broadway to evade police officers, a 19-year-old Glendora man was arrested for reckless evading of a police officer ($500...

Sunday, May 5 Traffic stop. 1:23 a.m. 100 block of South Coast Highway. A 27-year-old Huntington Beach resident was arrested on suspicion of DUI and driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 1:26 a.m. 900 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A...

Sunday, April 28 Traffic stop. 1:34 a.m. 20600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 40-year-old Rialto man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Saturday, April 27 Welfare check. 3:20 p.m. 100 block of South Coast Highway. A 60-year-old male transient was...

Sunday, April 21 Traffic stop. 12:07 a.m. Crown Valley Parkway and Highway 1. A 28-year-old Laguna Hills man was arrested for felony possession of methamphetamine, sale or transportation of methamphetamine, and driving with a suspended license. Traffic stop. 12:16 a.m. 200 block...

Sunday, April 14 Traffic stop. 1:18 a.m. 200 block of Cliff Drive. After reportedly driving the wrong way down the street, Cody Michael Baumgartner, 28, of Lake Elsinore, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and possession of a controlled substance and held for $15,000 bail due to...

LBPD Challenges Drivers to ‘Silence’ the Distraction April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Laguna Beach Police Department will be joining law enforcement agencies statewide to stop drivers who violate California’s hands-free cell phone law. In April, the...

Sunday, March 31 Traffic stop. 1:59 a.m. 20600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 51-year-old Anaheim man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 6:11 a.m. A 65-year-old Newport Beach man was arrested for an outstanding warrant for criminal threats....

Saturday, March 23 Drunk driving. 12:13 a.m. Summit Drive and Bluebird Canyon. A 27-year-old Laguna Beach man was arrested for suspicion of DUI and held for $2,500 bail. The man was arrested following a two-vehicle collision that left one car up on a berm. There were no injuries...

Sunday, March 17 Traffic stop. 12:12 a.m. Ocean Avenue and Beach Street. A 32-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita man was arrested for DUI and driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 2:01 a.m. 300 block of Broadway Street. A 35-year-old Aliso...

The Laguna Beach Police Department reported this week that two “virtual kidnapping” scams occurred in Laguna on March 7 and 8. Virtual kidnapping is an extortion scheme that tricks victims into paying a ransom to free a loved one they believe is being threatened with violence or...

  Sunday, March 3 Traffic stop. 12:33 a.m. 700 block of South Coast Highway. A 37-year-old Irvine man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail. Traffic stop. 1:50 a.m. Moss Street and South Coast Highway. A 50-year-old Laguna Niguel man was arrested for DUI and held for...