Crime & Safety

Mother Threatens to Give Photo to Hitman

A Mission Viejo mom reportedly took a photo to give to a hired killer.

A Del Cerro Elementary family was threatened by another mother at the school Monday, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department blotter.

Police were called at 1:45 p.m. Monday when a mother took a photo of another family at the school. The photographer reportedly threatened to give the photo to "the person who was going to murder the informant."

Here are more recent items from the Mission Viejo sheriff's blotter:

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  • A 20-foot tree blocked lanes on Country Club Drive at Oso Parkway Tuesday morning. 
  • A boy wearing a black hat and white t-shirt was seen tagging construction signs and equipment with a marker near Crown Valley and the I-5 freeway around 11 p.m. Monday night.
  • Two teen girls doing homework outside the Taco Bell late Monday night on La Paz and Chrisanta were being harassed by a man in the drive-thru who insisted he give them a ride home.
  • A man said his home has been pelted by eggs and potatoes every night for a week. Police got the call around 10 p.m. Monday.
  • A man on a front porch at the 24800 block of Lirio told police someone had been chasing him Monday night.


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