BRIEFLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY

Police investigating rape of local woman

A 21-year-old Laguna Beach woman told police she was raped early Aug. 16 while walking home from a bar in the city, Sgt. Darin Lenyi said.

The woman sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Police declined to release more details about the incident while it is under investigation.

Police mum on jailhouse suicide attempt

Laguna Beach Police are not saying much about an incident that occurred Aug. 9 in which an inmate in the city jail tried to kill himself using a blanket.

The suicide attempt was mentioned in the City Manager’s Weekly Update, an internal memo to the City Council.

The man was taken to the hospital and reportedly was not seriously hurt.

Man held after stolen items found in his truck

A 27-year-old Oceanside man was arrested on suspicion of possessing stolen property and drug paraphernalia early Aug. 17, Lenyi said.

Michael Joseph Jahn attracted the attention of a patrolling police officer while standing outside a pickup truck near Cresta Way and Temple Hills Drive at 10:20 p.m. Aug. 16.

The suspect’s demeanor caused the officer to investigate, and a search of the truck uncovered a driver’s license, bank ATM card and GPS system allegedly stolen from a vehicle in San Marcos several days earlier.

Police also found a scale and a grinder that could be used to process marijuana for sale.

Jahn was booked and taken to Orange County Jail.

A passenger in the vehicle was not charged.