Crime & Safety
Skateboarder Arrested After Bringing His Own Beer to Bar
Police say a skateboarder held a knife while a bartender asked him to leave a Mission Viejo bar.
A 21-year-old skateboarder was arrested Wednesday night after he brought his own beer to a Mission Viejo bar.
Police were called around 11 p.m. after Lucas Christie was spotted trying to drink his own beer on the patio of , Police Sgt. William McGovern said.
The bartender said Christie was scraping his knife against the wooden railing when he was asked to leave. He did leave, McGovern said.
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When police arrived, they found out where he was by asking people nearby. He was found, a report was written, and he was taken to jail on a misdemeanor charge of brandishing a weapon.
Christie is still being held on $500 bail.
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