Stabbing on Beach Leads to Arrest
A 42-year-old homeless man suffered a five-inch stab wound to the chest as a result of a fight on the beach with another transient,...
Street Beat 4/26/13
Customer Robbed Outside a Market
A man brandished a kitchen knife and stole a computer from a woman eating lunch outside a north Laguna market...
Police Seize Stolen Firearms
A routine midnight check of a public park led police to recover two assault rifles stolen days earlier in Fountain Valley and arrest a...
Rescuers Aid Fall Victim
A 25-year-old Laguna Niguel man who had fallen from an ocean bluff was airlifted by helicopter from a south Laguna Beach around 2 p.m.,...
Street Beat
Sunday, Dec. 23
Traffic stop. 1:51 a.m. 200 block of Legion Street. A 42-year-old Orange man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Saturday,...
Street Beat 3/1/13
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Grand theft. 100 block of McKnight Dr. 1:36 p.m. An antique bench valued at $2200 placed at the curb disappeared.
Grand theft. 1400...
Extra DUI Patrols Planned for the Weekend
Officers from the Laguna Beach Police Department will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers.
DUI saturation patrols will deploy...
Streetbeat
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...
Wednesday, April 2
Traffic stop. West St. 12:59 a.m. A 37-year-old San Juan Capistrano man was cited for DUI and held for $2500 bail.
Welfare check. 200 block...
Streetbeat
Monday Sept. 14
Stolen vehicle. Redlands police recovered a Laguna Beach vehicle that had been loaned to family member and subsequently reported stolen.
Tuesday Sept. 15
Suspicious...
Street Beat
As expected, a registered sex offender previously charged with sexually assaulting eight women in a Laguna Beach rug store has been charged with assaulting three more who came forward as a result of news accounts, prosecutors said.
Street Beat 9/27/13
Monday, Sept. 19
Grand theft. 900 block of Wilson St. 11 a.m. A $500 tablet computer and cash were taken.
Traffic collision. Cress St. 1:10 p.m....
Seal Coaxed Back into the Sea
Officer Joy Falk shepherds a sea lion from rocks in Shaw’s Cove back into the water Sunday afternoon.
Photo by Brian Guth
Street Beat 2/15/13
Monday, Feb. 4
Petty theft. 1100 block of S. Coast hwy. 11:55 a.m. A bar patron reported that her purse was stolen last night and...
Police Arrest Suspect in Injury of a Woman
A man who retaliated for being kicked in the groin by pushing his attacker was arrested for felony battery in Laguna Beach on Sunday, April...