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 Viejo man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic stop. 2:26 a.m. North Coast Highway and Fairview Street. A 32-year-old Santa Ana man was arrested for DUI and driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher and held for $2,500 bail.
Saturday, March 16
Disturbance. 12:14 a.m. 300 block of South Coast Highway. After reportedly trying to fight multiple people, Zachary Wheeler, 27, of Tennessee, was arrested for robbery ($100,000 bail) and assault and battery ($500 bail).
Suspicious person. 8:26 a.m. 200 block of Broadway Street. A 35-year-old transient man from Irvine was reportedly seen defecating near some trash cans. The man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Disturbance. 11:18 a.m. 300 block of Cliff Drive. A male transient and female transient were reportedly in a verbal altercation near the whale sculpture. The man was arrested for an outstanding harbor court warrant and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Traffic stop. 11:24 p.m. 100 block of Cleo Street. A 30-year-old Colorado man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Friday, March 15
Disturbance. 11:28 a.m. 800 block of Glenneyre Street. William Aroldogodoy Escobar, 36, of Santa Ana, was arrested for DUI and held for $10,000 due to a prior offense.
Pedestrian stop. 7:21 p.m. 200 block of Broadway Street. Darren Lawrence Gallagher, 50, was arrested for two outstanding warrants—one for possession of drug paraphernalia ($10,000 bail), and one for lewd conduct ($2,500 bail).
Traffic stop. 10:04 p.m. 30800 block of Coast Highway. John Paul Hunt, 29, of Trabuco Canyon, was arrested for DUI and held for $10,000 bail due to one prior offense.
