Ongoing Dispute #2

Further local hijinks from the police blotter.

• A resident of the 9100 block of Bermuda Drive told police Sunday she and her husband caught a man with a mohawk trying to hotwire their car. The caller said she let her dogs out, and her husband ran out to catch the suspect.
  When the suspect "went after" the caller's husband, he hit the suspect with a baseball bat and he fled. After a police dog search, the man was located and arrested. The incident was reported at 3:45 a.m.


• A caller said someone "hacked up" his trees and bushes and left the debris in the street, 6:55 a.m.


• A man said his roommate broke down a door and was "getting crazy," 7:37 p.m.


• Two males on bicycles were riding on the pier and almost hit pedestrians, 8:50 p.m.


• A male suspect, described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, with brown hair, hit someone with a pole and punched him in the face, causing the victim to lose consciousness. The suspect was last seen wearing a brown shirt and running northbound on Main Street, 12:08 a.m.


• A resident said a drunken man was "beating up cars" and yelling that he was on probation. Six other men were standing around him and laughing, 2:57 a.m.


• Two people were naked in a pool area, 8:36 a.m.


• A car ran over a female pedestrian and drove into a building. Medics noted there was a serious injury and the driver may have been drunk, 10:40 a.m.


• A caller said 40 people were fighting during a soccer game, 12:23 p.m.


• A caller found the severed head of an animal, 5:44 p.m.


• Two men were passed out in a car. Beer could be seen in the vehicle, and the car stereo was "going full blast," 1:17 a.m.


• Three juveniles were tipping over trash cans, going though mailboxes, and were seen tipping over a basketball hoop, 8:50 p.m.


• Copper piping valued at $80 was taken from a truck, 4:18 a.m.


• Copper valued at $1,000 was taken from an unlocked storage bin, 5:39 a.m.


• A surveillance camera was reported stolen, but a second camera may have captured the thief on video, 10:27 a.m.


• Two older transients were making lewd comments to women, 11:45 a.m.


• Juveniles were throwing oranges from a balcony at passing cars, 5:24 p.m.


• A caller said 12 children were throwing rocks at a vacant house in the 400 block of Ninth Street, trying to break out the windows. Police noted the house will be boarded up by city workers and was scheduled to be demolished soon. The house is rumored to be haunted and has been used by the fire department for training purposes. The incident was reported at 1:49 p.m. on Thursday.


• A resident went to talk to a teen neighbor about his loud guitar playing and the teen "cussed out" the caller. Officers went to talk to the boy and he apologized for his behavior, 5:57 p.m.


• Several subjects were throwing up in a resident's yard, 11:33 p.m.

Copper thefts up. Juveniles throwing things up. Uninjured pedestrians down.

Source: OC Register