Sunday, Sept. 2
Traffic stop. 2:43 a.m. 20600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 45-year-old Van Nuys woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Traffic stop. 12:31 a.m. 600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 38-year-old Laguna Beach man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic stop. 1:23 a.m. Ledroit Street and North Coast Highway. A 26-year-old Oregon resident was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic stop. 3:02 a.m. 600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 32-year-old Irvine man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic stop. 1:21 p.m. Diamond Street and South Coast Highway. Gabriel Acosta Trujillo, 39, of Santa Ana, was arrested for an outstanding central court warrant.
Traffic stop. 9:34 p.m. South Coast Highway and Diamond Street. A Lakeside man was arrested for DUI ($15,000 bail) and willful child endangerment ($100,000 bail) for reportedly driving under the influence with a child in the vehicle.
Friday, Aug. 31
Traffic stop. 12:15 a.m. Jasmine Street and Cliff Drive. Michael Travis Fagundes, 43, of Costa Mesa, was arrested for DUI and held for $15,000.
Traffic stop. 12:35 a.m. 200 block of Broadway Street. A 32-year-old Woodland Hills resident was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic collision. 1:01 p.m. 2200 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A vehicle and motorcycle collided in the street, leaving the male rider in the roadway, but conscious and breathing. Traffic slowed in the area for about an hour.
Fraud report. 8:25 p.m. 900 block of Van Dyke Drive. A woman reported getting a voicemail from someone posing as the IRS on Aug. 30, saying they needed to speak to her immediately and to call them back. She called back and spoke with an unknown man with an accent and was told that an investigation into her 2012-2017 taxes revealed she owed $8,140 to avoid an arrest warrant. The victim was transferred to various people and given steps to conduct a money transfer. The victim said she paid $8,140 over the phone and later discovered it was a scam. She gave them her name, bank, routing number and driver’s license number. A report was taken. The woman’s bank advised her that they were not going to stop the transaction. LBPD detectives will be forwarding this case to the FBI.
Thursday, Aug. 30
Traffic collision. 7:31 a.m. Hinkle Plaza and South Coast Highway. A vehicle and motorcycle collided in the street, leaving one patient on the sidewalk. The #2 northbound lane was closed between Hinkle and Nyes.
Automated license plate reader. 5:07 p.m. Jeffrey Barr Nickolas, 33, of Garden Grove, was arrested for vehicle theft and held for $20,000 bail. Jessica Gamboa Chapa, 36, was arrested for an outstanding warrant with additional drug possession charges.
Traffic stop. 11:36 p.m. 300 block of Legion Street. A 49-year-old Laguna Beach woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Traffic stop. 11:24 p.m. Third Avenue and Coast Highway. A 42-year-old San Clemente man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Foot patrol. 11:47 p.m. 20600 block of Laguna Canyon Road. Laguna Beach transient Arthur Harold Moore, 44, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine ($500 bail), resisting arrest ($500 bail), and outstanding warrants for violating a court order ($10,000 bail) and possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia ($2,500 bail).
Tuesday, Aug. 28
Assault. 6:28 p.m. Broadway Street and North Coast Highway. Two young male suspects reportedly “jumped” a man, kicking and punching him on the ground, before running toward Forest Avenue.
