TUESDAY * Ruby Street: A resident reported...

TUESDAY

* Ruby Street: A resident reported that his wallet containing $134

had been stolen from the dashboard of his parked car at 7:16 p.m. He

said his windows were rolled down and the car was unlocked.

* South Coast Highway: Police arrested a man reportedly staggering

in the middle of the street at around 4 a.m. under suspicion of being

drunk in public. Police said the suspect had sand all over him and no

shoes on. When asked how much he’d had to drink, the suspect said,

“Too much.”

MONDAY

* Ledroit Street: Police responded to a 911 hang-up call at around

4:30 a.m. and found a 32-year-old who’d apparently tried to commit

suicide. Medics took the person to South Coast Medical Center to

treat wrist wounds.

SUNDAY

* Canyon Acres Drive: A man in the 100 block reported at 4:08 p.m.

that his neighbor was trying to bait him into hitting her so she

could have him arrested. She reported three days earlier that he had

slashed a tire on each of her two cars. No arrests were made.

* Laguna Canyon Road: A 20-year-old driver said fell asleep at the

wheel and ran into a pole at around 7 a.m. in the 2800 block,

destroying his 2003 Volkswagen Jetta and knocking down several power

lines. Police said Edison spent nearly the entire day repairing the

wires and putting up a new pole, blocking traffic for hours. The

driver was uninjured.

* Mountain Road: An officer patrolling Bluebird Beach cited three

suspects from Palm Desert for underage drinking. The two 18-year-olds

and the 17-year-old said they were staying at the Surf and Sand

Hotel, and had gone down to the beach at around 3 a.m. to have a few

Pacificos.

SATURDAY

* Glenneyre Street: Police removed a swastika that had been

written on a city wall in the 2600 block at around 6 p.m. It was

reportedly made with a grease pencil, so it came off easily.

* South Coast Highway: A man holding a log in one hand and a Bible

in the other forced drivers out of the right lane near the West

Street intersection by reportedly walking into traffic and screaming

at drivers. Officers arrived and asked him to drop the log. He

complied, then began screaming Bible passages at the officer. Police

discovered he had been released from a mental institution. He was

then taken to another mental hospital in Santa Ana after an

evaluation at around 6 p.m.

* Cliff Drive: Police found three credit cards and another man’s

driver’s license on a 46-year-old sleeping on a bench in Heisler Park

at around 9 a.m. All three credit cards matched the name on the

driver’s license. Police discovered all four had been reported

missing by the owner 10 days before in the Downtown area. The suspect

was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property.

* La Mirada Street: Police received three calls at around 3 a.m.

reporting shots fired in the 900-block area. One caller reported

seeing two naked clowns with blue hair in the street. Each of the

three callers said they heard three or four shots consecutively and

another shot a little later. Police found no naked clowns in the

area.

APRIL 25

* Cress Street: A resident in the 700 block called police after

finding a fawn on his deck, near his two dogs, at around 8 a.m. He

said the dogs couldn’t get to the fawn, but it was trapped. Animal

control took the apparently uninjured fawn to an animal shelter.

APRIL 24

* Broadway: A resident said she was rear-ended while trying to

make a left turn onto South Coast Highway and said the driver of a

1989 red Volvo put the car in reverse and sped away. The victim was

able to take down the license plate number, which police are

investigating.

* The Police Log is compiled and written by Mike Swanson 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.