Officers will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers with DUI saturation patrols. Police will deploy Friday, Jan. 22 after 9 p.m. in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and or arrests.
In the past three years, officers have investigated 169 DUI collisions, which have claimed three lives and resulted in another 55 injuries, Lt. Jeff Calvert said in a statement. One-third of fatal crashes involved drivers with one or more drugs in their system, he said.
He cited a study of drivers that showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent).
Streetbeat
Monday, Jan. 11
Petty theft. 300 block of Forest Ave. 7:39 a.m. A manual and personal items worth $800 were taken.
Burglary attempt. 800 block of Acapulco. 8:18 a.m. Someone attempted entry into a car.
Burglary. 700 block of Mystic Way. 9 a.m. $5,000 worth of construction gear and plumbing supplies disappeared.
Grand theft. 1400 block of S. Coast Hwy. 2 p.m. The victim, who had paid $150 to sharpen several scissors, claimed four valued at $1,150 were returned damaged, while two others valued at $900 remain unreturned.
Grand theft. 30800 block of Coast Hwy. 4 p.m. About $2,000 in cash was taken from a purse left in an unlocked Maserati.
Tuesday, Jan. 12
Burglary. 600 block of N. Coast Hwy. 6:43 a.m. Someone forced entry through a front door and took merchandise and cash.
Burglary. 500 block of S. Coast Hwy. 11:46 a.m. Someone smashed a window and took an unknown amount of jewelry.
Sexual battery. PD. 4:19 p.m. No details were available.
Burglary. 30800 block of S. Coast Hwy. 5:47 p.m. A suspect who had gained access to a restaurant took approximately $1,000 in cash from a deposit bag.
Traffic collision. 2900 block of Laguna Canyon Rd. 6:58 p.m. Speed is a possible factor in the roll over of a vehicle that snapped a power pole and caused an eight-hour road closure. The driver escaped injury.
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Grand theft. 200 block of Lower Cliff Dr. 9:51 a.m. Someone had taken a purse whose contents was valued at $7,000 from a car while the owner was carrying items into her home.
Pedestrian stop. 300 block of Ocean Ave. 7:58 p.m. 7:58 p.m. Brian Taylor, 41, of Morro Bay, was arrested for outstanding warrants.
Traffic stop. West St. 11:49 p.m. A 55-year-old Dana Point woman was cited for DUI.
Thursday, Jan. 14
Traffic stop. 100 block of S. Coast Hwy. 8:51 a.m. Mark Matthew Barnes, 49, of San Juan Capistrano, was arrested for warrants.
Fraud. 1500 block of Tahiti Ave. 3 p.m. A resident reported a $600 unauthorized charge in Costa Mesa to his wife’s credit card.
Automated license plate reader. S. Coast Hwy. 10:55 p.m. Binh Thai, 28, of San Jose, at the wheel of a car stolen in Santa Ana, was arrested for suspicion of felony vehicle theft and outstanding warrants. Companion Amari Dena Nae Adams, 19, of Las Vegas, was also arrested for suspicion of vehicle theft and being under the influence.
Friday, Jan. 15
Traffic collision. 3:22 p.m. 31100 Coast Hwy. One cyclist suffered a possible concussion from a fall after the handlebars of two bikes entangled.
Traffic stop. 400 block of N. Coast Hwy. 9:47 p.m. A 48-year-old Laguna Beach woman was cited for DUI.
Fraud. 200 block of Forest Ave. 9:50 p.m. Someone attempted unsuccessfully to use the victim’s credit card at a store in the city.
Saturday, Jan. 16
Traffic collision. Park Ave. 12:22 a.m. Ryan Hunter, 30, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for suspicion of hit and run and resisting arrest near his home after fleeing a single-car collision.
Traffic collision. Laguna Canyon Rd. 4:42 a.m. An overturned vehicle damaged two power poles. No other details were available.
Petty theft. 500 block of Glenneyre St. 12:30 p.m. A $300 bracelet was taken from a locked vehicle.
Stolen vehicle. 400 block of Cliff Dr. 3 p.m. A scuba diver who secreted a key on a rear tire returned to find his car missing and his credit card used in Hawthorne.
Traffic collision. 2200 block of Laguna Canyon Rd. 7:13 p.m. Collin Francis McKeown, 31, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for suspicion of hit and run at this home after fleeing a single-car collision.
Petty theft. 31300 block of Monterey St. 8:24 p.m. A flat screen television valued at $500 was taken from a detox center.
Sunday, Jan. 17
Fraud. 31800 block of Circle Dr. 11:15 a.m. Checks totaling $11,000 have been diverted from a business account by someone who changed a mailing address.
