Dec. 12 * Park Avenue: A...

Dec. 12

* Park Avenue: A resident reported that two black dogs were loose

in the 2000 block at 8:04 a.m. An animal services officer transported

them to the shelter.

* South Coast Highway/Point Place: A resident reported smoke

coming from a house near the intersection at 8:48 a.m. A road crew

was kicking up dust as they paved a street in Three Arch Bay.

* Glenneyre Street: A suspicious odor was reported in the 400

block at 9:43 a.m. Firefighters asked the residents to vacate the

home because of a strong solvent smell.

* Irvine Cove: A resident reported that water was filling up in

the downstairs of the home in the 100 block at 3:50 p.m.

* Ridge Route Drive: A driver reported that a cat had been hit by

a car in the 23000 block at 5:39 p.m. It was taken to Mission Viejo

Animal Hospital.

* High Drive: A residential burglary was reported in the 100

block at 11:01 p.m. Someone took a laptop computer valued at $4,500.

* Cozumel Street: A resident reported that someone was knocking

on the sliding glass door of her home in the 100 block at 11:47 p.m.

She locked herself in the room and police checked the vicinity, but

found nothing.

FRIDAY

* Forest Avenue: Someone tried to remove glass from the front

door in the 200 block at 11:33 a.m. It was not known if the person

entered the business.

* Ocean Avenue: A restaurant manager called police when someone

was throwing things at the window in the 200 block at 1:48 a.m.

SATURDAY

* Poplar Street: A structure fire was reported in the 400 block

at 9:12 a.m. The house was under construction, and the preliminary

cause is rags left on the site. The fire was contained at 10:23 a.m.

No injuries were reported.

* Baja Street: A resident complained of a barking dog that had

been making noise all day long in the 1000 block at 3:29 p.m.

* Bluebird Canyon Drive: A resident reported that a man was

driving by and videotaping the street in the 300 block at 4:08 p.m.

The driver was gone when officers arrived.

* Ocean Avenue: An officer found people drinking in public in the

200 block at 3:43 p.m. A 60-year-old Laguna man was arrested on

suspicion of public intoxication and resisting arrest.

* Gaviota Drive: A vehicle theft was reported in the 700 block at

8:14 p.m. A woman left her purse in an unlocked U-Haul and returned

to find it missing. She lost $100 and credit cards.

* South Coast Highway: A patron called police to complain that

the store would not accept his identification in the 30000 block at

9:52 p.m. The officer escorted the patron off the property and asked

him not to come back.

* South Crescent Bay Beach: An officer on foot patrol came upon

two couples drinking on the beach at 10:13 p.m. He arrested a

19-year-old Bellflower woman on an outstanding warrant out of

Lakewood for larceny.

* Lower Cliff Drive: A tow truck driver called police when the

owner of a car he was trying to remove was getting hostile in the 200

block at 11:11 p.m.

SUNDAY

* South Coast Highway/Cress Street: Police responded to a

possible suicide call near the intersection at 12:21 a.m. They found

the woman on the beach and transported her to South Coast Medical

Center for a 72-hour hold.

* South Coast Highway/Lagunita Lane: An officer spotted a man

chasing a woman down the street near the intersection at 3:15 a.m.

The officer called a taxi for the woman and sent her home to Costa

Mesa.

* Laguna Canyon Road/Canyon Acres Drive: A driver reported that a

black truck ran a red light and struck another car near the

intersection at 7 a.m. Officers arrested the 21-year-old Laguna

driver on suspicion of driving under the influence and for possession

of marijuana.

* Sleepy Hollow Lane: Firefighters and lifeguards responded to a

near-drowning victim in the 600 block at 9:50 a.m. The victim was

transported to Mission Hospital Regional Center via Mercy Air.

* Cliff Drive: A resident reported that her Toyota 4-Runner had

been keyed in the 100 block at 5 p.m.

* Main Beach: Beachgoers called police when they saw a man

drinking beer and trying to get into the water at 5:19 p.m.

Lifeguards contacted the man and asked him not to go in.

* South Coast Highway/7th Avenue: A resident called in a reckless

driver near the intersection at 7:39 p.m. When the driver pulled

over, the caller boxed her in until police arrived. A 39-year-old San

Clemente woman was at first arrested on suspicion of driving under

the influence. After she was searched, she was rearrested for

possession of a controlled substance.

MONDAY

* South Coast Highway: A manager called police when he noticed

someone was watching movies in a room that was supposed to be vacant

in the 600 block at 2:14 a.m. Police arrested a Dana Point resident

on suspicion for lodging without permission from the owner.

* Viejo Street: A resident reported that a neighbor falsely

accused him of letting air out of his tires in the 200 block at 8:53

a.m.

* Baja Street: A resident reported that the neighbor’s dog was

getting electrocuted by its shock collar in the 1000 block at 3:19

p.m. The caller believed that the wind and rain was causing the

collar to short out. An animal services officer responded to the

call.

* Catalina Avenue/Monterey Street: A driver reported a fallen

tree in the roadway near the intersection at 4:40 p.m.

* North Coast Highway/Boat Canyon Drive: A small rock slide

closed the northbound No. 2 lane near the intersection at 4:26 p.m. A

parked vehicle was hit by some of the rocks, which measured 2 feet in

diameter.

* Brooks Street: A woman called police when her fireplace was

smoking up the house in the 500 block at 5:16 p.m. She was unable to

put the fire out and had small children in the house. Firefighters

came to her aid.

* Oak Street: A laundry room was reported flooded in the 500

block at 7:52 a.m.

TUESDAY

* South Coast Highway/Montage Resort Drive: A resident reported

hearing a car crash in the area at 2:07 a.m. Officers pulled over a

driver who claimed that the dent on the right front side of his car

was from another accident. After conducting a field sobriety test,

officers arrested the 27-year-old Laguna Beach resident for driving

under the influence and held his vehicle for a hit-and-run

investigation.

* Duarte Way: A resident reported that the backyard pool was

overflowing with water in the 2000 block at 5:49 a.m. City workers

determined that a city water line broke.

* South Coast Highway: A hit-and-run was reported in the 500

block at 1:02 p.m. A parked vehicle was hit by a maroon colored car

with no license plate. The collision caused damage to the left side

mirror.

* Laguna Canyon Road: A driver was transported to South Coast

Medical Center after getting into a traffic collision in the 20000

block at 3:19 p.m.

* Police Station: An elderly woman came to the station with her

seeing-eye dog after she missed the last bus at 10:21 p.m. An officer

gave her a ride home.

WEDNESDAY

* North Coast Highway: A driver hit a parked car in the 700 block

at 12:20 a.m. The driver tried to run from police but was arrested on

suspicion of driving under the influence.

* 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.