TUESDAY * Forest Avenue: A resident turned...

TUESDAY

* Forest Avenue: A resident turned in a rifle and bullets that

belonged to her deceased husband to police at 9:17 a.m. Police

destroyed them.

MONDAY

* Ocean Avenue: Police cited a minor walking on the street smoking

for possession of tobacco at 3:06 p.m.

* Avenida Castilla: A resident reported at 12:47 p.m. that a

newborn dove had fallen from its nest and she was afraid a cat might

get it.

SUNDAY

* South La Senda Drive: Police are investigating a resident’s

claim that her husband, from whom she’s legally separated, grabbed

her arm and pulled her across the console of his car as they argued.

She said they had to see each other on occasion because they have

children and she called divorce proceedings thus far “messy.”

* North Coast Highway: A woman wearing a Ritz Carlton sweatshirt

was taken back to her motel room in the 1300 block after she was seen

dancing in the middle of the street at 10:22 a.m. The police log

deemed her 5149, just short of 5150 -- which is cause for admission

to a mental hospital.

SATURDAY

* Anita Street: Police arrested a 63-year-old transient on an

outstanding warrant for public nudity in Newport Beach at around 1:30

p.m.

* South Coast Highway: Officers responded to a traffic hazard call

that a baby stroller was in the middle of the road at 1:05 p.m. in

the 31000 block. Police found no strollers.

* Laguna Canyon Road: A 130-pound deer with two broken legs had to

be shot by an officer at 4:47 a.m. after an apparent hit-and-run in

the 1600 block.

* South Coast Highway: Officers patrolling the Boom Boom Room at

3:20 a.m. received a complaint that someone was down on the beach

being hyper and loud. They found the man, ran his information and

found a no-bail parole violation from the Department of Corrections

and arrested him.

MAY 16

* Jasmine Street: Officers responded to a 10:34 p.m. complaint

that two men were drinking beer and spitting on cars at the corner of

Jasmine and North Coast Highway. The reporting party left no physical

description, and officers found no one in the area.

* South Coast Highway: An employee at Laguna Brisas Hotel reported

at 8:55 p.m. that he suspected a former employee of stealing nearly

$600. Police are investigating.

* South Coast Highway: Police arrested a Long Beach resident on a

$50,000 warrant for spousal abuse after his friend had been pulled

over for a traffic violation in the 500 block at 2:59 p.m. The

officer ran the driver’s information and found his license had been

suspended six times. A check on the passenger called up the warrant.

* Diamond Street: Police had to shut down northbound and

southbound traffic on South Coast Highway when a tour bus tried to

make a left turn onto Diamond Street and got its rear end grounded at

11:52 a.m. Police deemed the driver at fault for trying to climb a

steep grade, and will send a bill to the bus company for the city’s

money spent controlling the incident.

* Thalia Street: A resident turned in a wallet to police that she

found in her mailbox in the 600 block at 10:56 a.m. It had an Israeli

passport inside.

* 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.