Road Rage: Man Swings Metal Tube at Driver

A man with a shaved head came out of his car swinging a metal tube at another driver Tuesday on Roma Drive.

The victim told police it was an episode of road rage. The Orange County Sheriff's Department online blotter does not indicate any arrests made.

Here are more blotter items from this week in Mission Viejo:

THURSDAY

8:24 a.m. Citizen assist, 23600 block Via Fabricante: After a tow truck impounded a vehicle Wednesday night, the owner said the vehicle belongs to Homeland Security. A deputy called dispatch to verify the owner's identity.

7:44 a.m. Suspicious person/circumstances, Trabuco Circle/Marguerite Parkway: A man was seen running in front of cars and doing cartwheels in the middle of the street.

6:02 a.m. Disturbance, 27600 block Soltero: A man said his house was being broken into by a former friend who had been drinking.

12:17 a.m. Disturbance, 23000 block Via Pimiento: After his drunk friend charged him, a man told police he was semi-conscious and bleeding from the head.

WEDNESDAY

11:19 p.m. Disturbance, La Paz/Spadra Lane: Kids were spotted throwing eggs at vehicles from their red Nissan.

2:46 p.m. Suspicous person/circumstances, La Barca/Dearborn: Someone drove a red, white and blue dirt bike behind the California Colony housing tract. The caller feared it might ignite a fire in the dry brush.

1:13 p.m. Suspicious person/circumstances, Alicia/Jeronimo: Someone spotted people throwing bottles at cars from behind some bushes.

12:34 p.m. Citizen assist, 24600 block Via Alvorado: A neighbor's gardener threw yard clippings onto a resident's lawn.

10:03 a.m. Suspicious person/circumstances, 27700 block Medical Center Road: A woman kept returning to the hospital using different names in an attempt to receive drugs, a hospital staffer told police.

2:29 a.m. Suspicious person/circumstances, Festivo/Nevado: Two kids were seen trying door handles of parked cars.

1:54 a.m. Petty theft, 23900 block Alicia Parkway: A 23-year-old man stole an 18-pack of beer.

TUESDAY

11:16 p.m. Disturbance, Montgomery/Fieldcrest Drive: Twelve kids were spotted breaking bottles and urinating at the park.

4:22 a.m. Disturbance, 28400 block Lorente: A young person banged and screamed at the front door of a home, then left in a compact car.