Crime & Safety
Man Working On ATM Raises Suspicion
What crime incidents were reported in your neighborhood? Find out here. The following is a selection of calls from Mission Viejo to the Orange County Sheriff's Department from Jan. 6-10.
A caller asked deputies to check on a man with white hair who drives a white Chevrolet near the intersection of Crown Valley Parkway and Doctor Guevara Way after they saw him block off the drive-thru portion of a nearby bank with two orange cones while he tinkered with the ATM.
The suspicious person report was made at 11:54 a.m. Sunday.
Here are some more items from the Orange County Sheriff's Department's online blotter:
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Burglary in progress. 5:58 a.m. Tuesday. 25100 block Charlinda Drive.
Burglary alarm-audible. 4:25 a.m. Tuesday. 22900 block Los Alisos Boulevard.
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Suspicious person/circumstances. 11:55 p.m. Monday. 28000 block Espinoza.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 7:58 p.m. Monday. 26200 block Buscador.
Pedestrian check. 3:39 p.m. Monday. 26600 block Las Tunas Drive. Deputies arrested a 30-year-old man and took him into custody at Central Men's Jail on $15,000 bail.
Traffic stop. 11:45 p.m. Sunday. Los Alisos Boulevard and Oaktree. A 27-year-old man was arrsted during a traffic stop and taken into custody at Central Men's Jail on $100,000 bail.
Suspicious person in vehicle. 9:35 p.m. Sunday. 22800 block Briarcliff. Deputies responding to a suspicious person report arrested a 32-year-old man and placed him into custody at Central Men's Jail on $10,000 bail.
Disturbance. 5:09 p.m. Sunday. Crown Valley Parkway and Jardines. A caller said a man got off his car and started beating on the window of a silver Honda, possibly due to road rage.
Vandalism report. 10:55 a.m. Sunday. 24200 block Augustin Street. A caller said a boy riding in a black Lexus cracked a window on their car by pelting it with a rock.
Pedestrian check. 9:05 p.m. Saturday. 21800 block Viso Lane. A 20-year-old man was arrested during a traffic stop and was taken into custody at Central Men's Jail with no bail set.
Drunk driving. 11:56 a.m. Saturday. Marguerite Parkway and Avery Parkway. A caller said the driver of a white Toyota Camry was smoking drugs and waving his water pipe out of the sunroof and windows of his car.
Traffic stop. 12:52 a.m. Saturday. Jeronimo Road and Obrero Drive. A 31-year-old man was arrested during a traffic stop and was taken into custody at Orange County Jail where he was cited and released.
Traffic stop. 11:25 p.m. Friday. Marguerite Parkway and Via Escolar. A 36-year-old man was arrested during a traffic stop and was taken into custody at Central Men's Jail on $100,000 bail.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 8:53 p.m. Friday. El Retiro and Nubles. A caller said they could see someone trying for open doors near the portable classrooms at Carl Hankey Elementary School.
Suspicious person in vehicle. 3:07 p.m. Friday. 26000 block Camino Adelanto. A resident said a person sitting in a black Honda, that was parked in front of their home for over an hour, was smoking with a sweater over their head.
