JAN. 2 * Broadway: Police responded...

JAN. 2

* Broadway: Police responded to a call in reference to a man

scaring customers in the 200 block at 4:22 p.m. They arrested a

60-year-old Santa Ana man for public intoxication.

* Summit Drive: An officer was called to a home in the 900 block

at 6:45 p.m. to contact a suspected hit-and-run driver. The witness

who reportedly saw the driver hit a parked car followed the suspect

home and then called police. The officer arrested a 47-year-old

Laguna Beach woman on suspicion of driving under the influence and of

hit-and-run. She was booked and then released on her own

recognizance.

* Forest Avenue/Glenneyre Street: A witness of a hit-and-run

called police from the intersection at 11:09 p.m. The witness saw a

driver back into a parked car in the 100 block of Mountain Road and

followed the suspect Downtown. Police arrested a 46-year-old Irvine

man on suspicion of hit-and-run and driving under the influence. The

suspect was booked and then released on his own recognizance.

FRIDAY

* Legion Street: Officers arrested a 23-year-old Laguna Beach man

on suspicion of driving a vehicle with the owner’s consent in the 500

block at 10:53 a.m.

* Ramona Street: Officers were called to a fight in progress in

the 2000 block at 8:18 p.m. After officers separated the two male

combatants, they arrested a 24-year-old Dana Point man on suspicion

of possessing a controlled substance and resisting an officer. He was

transported to Orange County Jail.

SATURDAY

* Alta Laguna Park: Firefighters and police were called to a

medical aid in reference to a victim with a compound fracture to the

arm at 3:09 p.m.

* Broadway: A citizen flagged down an officer after allegedly

witnessing three men dressed as nuns bouncing on a trampoline in the

200 block at 9:31 p.m.

* Ocean Avenue: Police arrested a 60-year-old Laguna Beach man

for public intoxication.

* North Coast Highway/Forest Avenue: A driver called police after

witnessing a car of teenagers perform a drive-by water ballooning

near the intersection at 10:31 p.m. Two pedestrians were hit but not

injured. The suspects fled the scene.

SUNDAY

* Broadway/Cliff Drive: Officers responded to a traffic collision

at the intersection at 12:46 p.m. A driver backed into a car, causing

minor damage.

* Tree Top Lane: A resident reported that the school gates were

open and a vehicle had driven on the athletic field in the 21000

block at 1:15 p.m. Officers found minor damage.

* Broadway: Store personnel called police after witnessing a man

run out with food items stuffed in his shirt in the 200 block at 1:26

p.m. Officers found and arrested a 24-year-old on suspicion of petty

theft. When they booked the suspect, they learned his true identity

and discovered that he had a felony warrant out of Orange County

Central Court for possession of narcotics. He was transported to

Orange County Jail.

* Lower Cliff Drive: Animal service officers responded to a call

about a pet parrot that flew into a neighbor’s tree in the 200 block

at 1:49 p.m.

* North Coast Highway: A 47-year-old man was arrested on

suspicion of driving under the influence and on multiple warrants for

two previous DUI charges and for willfully inflicting corporal injury

on a spouse. He was transported to Orange County Jail.

* San Joaquin Street: A resident reported arcing wires behind the

home in the 200 block at 10:18 p.m. A large tree branch hit the

wires.

* North Coast Highway/Myrtle Street: A fallen tree was reported

in No. 2 lane near the intersection at 10:20 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: Officers were called after a passerby

discovered women’s shoes and pants outside a motel room in the 1600

block at 11:51 p.m. Officers discovered a nude woman trying to get

back into her room. She had allegedly gotten into a fight with her

boyfriend, and he had kicked her out. After talking with officers,

the boyfriend allowed her back into the room.

MONDAY

* North Coast Highway: Officers responded to a call about a woman

acting funny in a parking garage in the 1000 block at 7:20 p.m. After

talking to her and assessing her condition, officers arrested the

46-year-old Laguna Beach woman on suspicion of possession of

prescription drugs and drug paraphernalia. When they were

transporting her to Orange County Jail, she stopped breathing and had

to be taken to the hospital.

* South Coast Highway: A restaurant manager walked into the work

and discovered that someone had opened the safe and stolen about

$5,000 in cash in the 100 block at 6:04 a.m. The case is under

investigation.

* Glenneyre Street: A resident reported that a large eucalyptus

tree fell in the road in the 1300 block at 7:32 a.m.

* Laguna Canyon Road/Phillips Street: A two-car traffic collision

was reported near the intersection at 8:50 a.m.

* South Coast Highway: Officers were called to investigate an

alleged rape in the 31000 block at 9:08 a.m. After the victim was

mentally evaluated and interviewed, they discovered that the claim

was unfounded.

* Bonn Drive: A fallen tree that crossed the whole road was

reported in the 3100 block at 10:48 a.m.

* Forest Avenue: A large tree branch was reported to have fallen

on a vehicle in the 500 block at 11:07 a.m.

* Table Rock Beach: A resident reported seeing a large dark

object in the water at 11:46 a.m. Newport Harbor Patrol investigated

and reported that it was just a trash can.

* Temple Terrace: A female resident reported that an unknown male

driver approached her Saturday night and repeatedly asked if she

wanted a ride in the 900 block at 2:01 p.m. She reported the incident

after talking about it with her friend.

* Broadway: Officers responded to call about a man harassing

people in the 300 block at 5:25 p.m. Witnesses claimed that the man

was drinking an alcoholic beverage and that, when he finished, he

threw the bottle over the heads of people waiting for the bus. The

47-year-old San Clemente man was arrested on suspicion of public

intoxication.

TUESDAY

* Bluebird Canyon Drive: Firefighters and police received a call

about a tree on fire in the front of a residence in the 1300 block at

5:01 a.m. Almost the entire neighborhood was without power as a

result of a the fire.

* Cajon Street/North Coast Highway: A four-car traffic collision

was reported near the intersection at 8:47 a.m. No injuries were

reported.

* Broadway: A man kicking and hitting a news rack was reported in

the 200 block at 10:06 a.m.

* Nyes Place: A hazardous condition was reported in the 500 block

at 7:12 a.m. Drivers reported that a waste management truck was

losing fluid, which was causing cars to lose traction.

* Nyes Place: A fallen tree was reported in the 500 block at

11:04 a.m.

* South Coast Highway/Upland Road: A traffic collision was

reported near the intersection. One of the cars rolled over, but no

one was hurt.

* North Coast Highway: Police and firefighters received a report

that a forklift ran over a customer’s foot in the 600 block at 10

p.m.

* The Police Log is compiled and written by Mary A. Castillo from

oral and written reports from the Laguna Beach Police Department and

other sources. Not all police activity is included. Arrests indicate

suspicion of violations, not charges filed nor the results of court

action unless noted.