TUESDAY * South Coast Highway: An innkeeper...

TUESDAY

* South Coast Highway: An innkeeper called police after a man

wearing no shoes ordered a drink and didn’t pay for it in the 400

block at 9:55 a.m. Police arrested the suspect on suspicion of

defrauding an innkeeper.

* Second Avenue: A resident in the 31000 block called police after

an ex-boyfriend allegedly shattered a glass pane on her door with his

foot. The suspect was gone when police arrived.

* South Coast Highway: A 68-year-old Auburn, Calif., resident hit

four parked cars with his motor home at 12:40 p.m. near Cleo Street.

All four cars suffered minor damage.

MONDAY

* Aliso Beach: Police arrested a 35-year-old resident on suspicion

of sexual battery and indecent exposure after he allegedly slapped

the buttocks of a 23-year-old Pennsylvania resident and exposed

himself. While waiting for friends on the beach, the victim was

approached by the suspect and asked if she wanted to walk on the

rocks with him. She agreed, but didn’t want to go in the water as he

did. She said he grabbed her by the waist and tried to kiss her, but

she pulled away. Then he slapped her, removed his trunks, revealing

what she called “an erect penis,” entered the water and said, “Bye.

Nice to meet you.” Police found her teary-eyed and arrested the

suspect. The Dana Point resident had several prior convictions of a

similar kind, Sgt. George Ramos said.

* South Coast Highway: Police responded to a mother’s call that

her daughter had overdosed on sleeping pills at 4:55 p.m. The

daughter had called her mother from an apartment and described her

condition. The victim had ingested three bottles of prescription

pills that had been filled July 3 with 145 pills in all. Doctors at

South Coast Medical Center said it was a dangerous, but not fatal

amount of pills.

SUNDAY

* Broadway: Officers arrested an Anaheim resident on outstanding

warrants for two DUIs, driving with a suspended license and a weapons

violation after a routine traffic stop.

* South Coast Highway: Several beachgoers complained to a

lifeguard that a naked man was laying out on his balcony in plain

public view at Capri Laguna. Lifeguards called police, who advised

the man in his 40s to either put clothes on or go inside. He said he

had to check out anyway, and he left.

* Thousand Steps Beach: Police responded to a call that three

groups were having bonfires on the beach at 11:12 p.m. and gave one

attendee a marijuana citation and confiscated his 18-inch water pipe.

The 17-year-old resident was taken to the police station until his

father picked him up.

SATURDAY

* South Coast Highway: Police responded to a dispute between a

boyfriend and girlfriend who operate a locksmith shop together. Upon

meeting with the girlfriend, who owns the business, officers

discovered the dispute was over the boyfriend’s workload and the

stress of working as a locksmith without a permit. They cited him for

the violation. “If you’re a convicted felon, you can’t be a

locksmith,” Sgt. George Ramos said.

* El Toro Road: A 68-year-old Laguna Niguel resident reportedly

ran a red light and broadsided a 33-year-old at the intersection of

El Toro Road and the 73 Toll Road. Both complained of pain, but

neither were taken to the hospital.

JULY 4

* Third Street: Officers found marijuana, hashish, cocaine,

psilocybin mushrooms, two pipes and a metal pole reportedly used by a

suspect to hit a buyer after a drug deal apparently went sour in the

300 block. The victim came to the police station bleeding from the

head and saying he’d been hit with a crowbar at around 10 p.m. After

some coaxing, the victim admitted it had to do with a drug deal and

walked officers to the house. The 43-year-old suspect answered the

door and allowed officers to search his home. Police also found

materials used by sellers and $10,000 in cash. The suspect said he

was unemployed. He’s being held in Orange County jail on $20,000 bail

for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of narcotics and

possession of a controlled substance. The victim wasn’t cited.

JULY 3

* Del Mar Avenue: A resident called police saying the driver of a

cement truck had dumped cement onto his private lot and washed out

the back on his property. Police recorded the incident as illegal

dumping. They are trying to find the identity of the driver, who was

driving a Robertson’s Ready Mix truck.

* The Police Log is compiled by Mike Swanson from reports from the

Laguna Beach Police Department and other sources. Arrests indicate

suspicion of violations, not charges filed nor results of court

action unless noted.