TUESDAY * Aster Street and Cypress Lane:...

TUESDAY

* Aster Street and Cypress Lane: A person reported that a tree

fell on a car at 5:20 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: A patient was reported missing from South

Coast Medical Center in the 31800 block at 5:20 p.m. The patient was

located by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and returned to the

hospital at 3:16 a.m. Wednesday.

MONDAY

* Forest Avenue: A man reportedly swung a metal pole in the air

for 15 minutes in the 300 block at 6:10 p.m.

* Laguna Canyon Road: A man reported someone smashed his truck’s

windows over the weekend in the 800 block at 1:39 p.m. Monday.

* Laguna Canyon Road: An Aliso Viejo man was arrested on suspicion

of driving under the influence and being under the influence of a

controlled substance during a traffic stop in which two others were

arrested in the 600 block at 2:08 p.m. A second Aliso Viejo man was

arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled

substance and a warrant for possession of hashish or cannabis. A

Laguna Beach man was arrested on suspicion of being under the

influence of a controlled substance.

* North Coast Highway: A man reportedly hit a woman in the 400

block at 4:39 p.m.

* Ocean Avenue: A man reported receiving threats via telephone,

e-mail and writing in the 400 block at 3 p.m. Monday.

* Vista de la Luna: Identity theft was reported when police were

told $15,000 worth of fraud had been committed in the 10 block at

4:46 p.m. Monday.

SUNDAY

* 7th Avenue and South Coast Highway: Skateboarders were

reportedly laying down in traffic at 4:23 p.m.

* Catalina Street: A woman reported she had been followed home by

the occupants of a black SUV who she reportedly saw taking pictures

of the local Democratic Party headquarters after she took home a

pro-John Kerry sign in the 1400 block at 6:45 p.m. She told police

she saw what appeared to be pro-George W. Bush stickers on the SUV

and requested extra police patrols near her home.

* Cress Street and South Coast Highway: A teenage boy and two

other people carrying pro-George W. Bush signs reportedly blocked the

entrance to the local Democratic Party Headquarters at 5:30 p.m.

* Florence Avenue: A woman reported a stranger was calling her

name while standing at her front porch in the 31600 block at 10:11

p.m.

* Glenneyre Street and Oak Street: A 1992 Toyota 4-Runner was

reported stolen at 7:10 p.m.

* Main Beach: A man was reportedly yelling profanities while

sitting under a tree in the 100 block at 12:50 p.m.

* South Coast Highway: A restaurant manager requested police help

to escort a man away from a bar after the man reportedly harassed

employees and refused to leave in the 30800 block at 2:06 a.m.

SATURDAY

* Broadway: A man who was reported missing from Garden Grove was

found in the 300 block at 2:47 p.m. Saturday.

* Cleo Street: Shoplifting was reported when police were told a

man left a store after setting off the door security alarm in the 200

block at 11:54 a.m.

* El Toro Road and Laguna Canyon Road: Police received a report

that a man was smoking narcotics, yelling at cars and exposing

himself at 5:54 p.m. Saturday.

* Santa Cruz Street: Police advised a woman on how to obtain a

restraining order after she reported receiving a gift from a man who

she said had been harassing her in the 200 block at 9:31 p.m.

Saturday.

* South Coast Highway: Two or three men reportedly chased another

man in the 1200 block at 2:38 a.m. Saturday.

FRIDAY

* South Coast Highway: Two people reportedly damaged a car while

fighting in the 400 block at 8:01 p.m.

* South Coast Highway and Bluebird Canyon Drive: A man reportedly

chased a woman at 11:25 p.m.

* The POLICE FILES are compiled and written by Andrew Edwards 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.