Belly Dancers Tangle in Post-Parade Brawl
Patrons of Laguna Beach’s Marine Room got more than the usual performance last Saturday by bagpipers, an entrant in the Patriots Day Parade who stopped by after the community event to play for tips....
View ArticleMaralan Hearing Postponed Again
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy A preliminary hearing scheduled for Friday, March 8 for Saeid Maralan, the former Laguna Beach rug merchant charged with 14 criminal counts involving sexual abuses, was...
View ArticleStreet Beat 3/15/13
Monday, Feb. 4 Grand theft. 31800 Coast Hwy. About $2,400 in cash, personal and insurance checks were taken from locked drawers in medical offices. There is no sign of forced entry. Grand theft. PD....
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Dine and Dash Suspect Named
Mary Taggart The Chamber of Commerce this week circulated a police “crime bulletin” describing a woman suspected in numerous “dine and dash” incidents in Laguna Beach where restaurant operators have...
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Dog Attacks Ailing Sea Lion
Former astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabriel Giffords, pulled away his daughter’s dog that had attacked a sea lion pup last Saturday, March 23, on Goff Island Beach below...
View ArticleStreet Beat 4/5/13
Canyon Collision Claims Two Lives Two people died and a third suffered minor injuries in a head-on collision that resulted in the closure of Laguna Canyon Road throughout the morning of Tuesday, April...
View ArticleStreet Beat 4/12/13
Monday, April 1 Vandalism. 400 block of Pinecrest Dr. 4:19 p.m. Several teens are suspected of spraying graffiti on Dartmoor. Fraud report. 200 block of S. Coast Hwy. 7:37 p.m. A bank rejected as...
View ArticleStreet Beat 4/19/13
Forgery Inquiry Leads to Drug Arrests Detectives following up on a lead in a check forgery investigation involving a Laguna Beach business found themselves observing a drug deal in Santa Ana last...
View ArticleStreet Beat 4/26/13
Customer Robbed Outside a Market A man brandished a kitchen knife and stole a computer from a woman eating lunch outside a north Laguna market on Monday, April 22, about 11 a.m., police said. The...
View ArticleStreet Beat 5/3/13
Drive Sober or Risk Getting Pulled Over Officers from the Laguna Beach Police Department will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers, police disclosed. DUI...
View ArticleStreet Beat 5/10/13
Police Pursue False Report Charges Police will ask prosecutors to charge a 19-year-old Dana Point man with filing a false stolen-vehicle report after he allegedly recanted his story about the theft of...
View ArticlePolice Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15...
View ArticleStreet Beat 5/31/13
Public’s Help Needed in Nabbing Burglary Suspects Laguna Beach police released video images from two separate break-ins at local businesses in recent weeks hoping for the public’s help in...
View ArticleStreet Beat 6/7/13
Thief Steals Drugs in Robbery A man armed with a gun robbed a pharmacy customer of prescription drugs in a parking lot about 3:30 p.m. last Tuesday, May 28, police said. The robbery took place in the...
View ArticleIll Prepared Hiker Rescued from Hillside
A sheriff’s helicopter was used to extract a hiker who suffered an anxiety attack and was unable to move from a steep trail in Laguna Beach’s open space about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9, police said....
View ArticleStreet Beat 6/28/13
Father Suspected in Child Endangerment Arrest Laguna Beach police arrested Christian Omar Ramirez, 22, of Lake Forest, for suspicion of child endangerment on Saturday, June 22, about 4 p.m. near...
View ArticleStreet Beat 7/5/13
Cyclist Dies in Canyon Collision A bicyclist was killed and his riding companion injured when a motorist hit the pair pedaling southbound on state Highway 133 near the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park...
View ArticleStreet Beat 7/19/13
DUI Enforcement Planned For the Weekend The Laguna Beach Police Department will deploy saturation patrols to stop drunk and drug-impaired drivers Saturday, July 20 between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. in areas...
View ArticleAuto Thieves Target Porsches
About 40 Laguna Beach residents who own 1990’s era Porsches this week received a special delivery to their home from the police department: a crime alert bulletin suggesting that thieves are targeting...
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Street Beat 8/9/13
Ricardo Berge Driver Ricardo Berge, 18, of Huntington Beach, was treated for his injuries as well as arrested for suspicion of felony drunk driving after rolling his vehicle late Tuesday, Aug. 5,...
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