Sunday, Aug. 5
Traffic stop. 2:04 a.m. 2400 block of Laguna Canyon Road. A 47-year-old Santa Ana woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Pedestrian stop. 2:10 a.m. Coast Highway and Montage Resort Drive. Jason Charles Dunkel, 38, of Nevada, was arrested for battery on a peace officer and resisting arrest and held for $500 bail for each charge. Dunkel fought with officers, who then deployed a taser to apprehend him.
Saturday, Aug. 4
Traffic stop. 1:03 a.m. 100 block of South Coast Highway. Kevin Matthew McMahon, 35, of Huntington Beach, was arrested for DUI and held for $10,000 bail due to a prior offense.
Traffic stop. 1:23 a.m. Agate Street and Coast Highway. A 30-year-old Whittier man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Traffic stop. 3:22 a.m. 200 block of Broadway Street. A 26-year-old Irvine man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Disturbance. 5:50 p.m. 1300 block of South Coast Highway. Luis Enrique Yerba, 56, Laguna Beach homeless, was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance and held for $500 bail. Yerba was reportedly getting into verbal and physical fights with patrons.
Friday, Aug. 3
Vehicle stop/follow. 1:23 a.m. 100 block of South Coast Highway. Jerry Lee Daniels, 55, of Perris, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine for sale ($25,000 bail), transporting or selling methamphetamine ($25,000 bail), and driving with a suspended license ($2,500 bail).
Traffic collision. 7:12 a.m. 1100 block of Glenneyre Street. A Prius reportedly hit a woman as she was traversing a crosswalk. The victim reported a leg injury.
Found property. 9:53 a.m. 31600 block of Third Avenue. A person reported finding a “giant” glass bong and a freezer bag full of weed in some hedges.
Automated license plate reader. 11:49 a.m. South Coast Highway and Nyes Place. Christopher Laurence Howard, 41, of Palm Desert, was arrested for felony unlawful taking or driving of a vehicle and held for $20,000 bail.
Drunk driving. 3:50 p.m. North Coast Highway and Emerald Bay. A 34-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Automated license plate reader. 6:46 p.m. Deniz Ahiskali, 24, of Irvine, was arrested for possession of stolen license plates and false evidence of registration and held for $500 bail for each charge.
Burglary. 9:52 p.m. 500 block of South Coast Highway. After breaking the front window of the Wyland Gallery, stealing two paintings, hiding them, and fleeing on foot, Martin David Weel, 43, of Lake Forest, was detained and arrested for two outstanding felony no-bail warrants (one for arson and vandalism) and for commercial burglary ($20,000 bail). The recovered paintings were worth $8,500 and $650.
Thursday, Aug. 2
Pedestrian stop. 1:42 p.m. Anita Street and Coast Highway. Damian Berry Carter, 44, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for an outstanding warrant for violating a court order and vandalism, and held for $10,000 bail.
Pedestrian stop. 3:36 p.m. 200 block of Cleo Street. Kenneth Lee Koestler, 43, of Laguna Beach, was arrested for outstanding warrants for criminal threats and annoying phone calls ($15,000 bail), and possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance ($10,000 bail).
Drunk driving. 5:09 p.m. West Street and Coast Highway. A 20-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Drunk driving. 8:44 p.m. 31100 block of Coast Highway. A 39-year-old Canadian man was arrested for DUI and held for $2,500 bail.
Wednesday Aug. 1
Pedestrian stop. 4:34 a.m. 300 block of Broadway Street. A 24-year-old Huntington Beach man was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance and held for $1,000 bail.
Battery. 6:30 p.m. Anthony Booth Armer, 30, of Laguna Niguel, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and held for $25,000 bail.
