Street Beat

Feb 11 - Feb 17

DUI Arrests: PCH & Crown Valley Parkway Thursday - 10:42 p.m. Sean Patrick Madden, 38, Nevada Coast Hwy & 3rd Avenue Friday - 8:03 p.m. Gary Robert Stephan, 42, Ladera Ranch He was also charged with misdemeanor hit and run N. Coast Hwy - 200 Block Sunday - 1:27 a.m. Amir Nasser Khatami, 19, Newport Beach S. Coast Hwy & Brooks Street Sunday - 1:31 a.m. Tracy Morse, 24, Laguna Beach S. Coast Hwy - 2200 Block Sunday - 9:22 p.m. Kristin Anne Nassios, 37, Irvine PCH & Emerald Ridge Sunday - 10:58 p.m. James Hardie Jones, 57, Texas Incident Reports: Monday El Toro Road & 73 Toll Road Warrant arrest 2:58 a.m. When wants and warrants were checked during a traffic stop, Francisco Martinez, Jr., 23, Santa Ana, was taken into custody for an unspecified Central Court warrant with $10K bail. Main Beach Warrant 6:04 a.m. Richard Alan Mayer, 38, Westminster, was arrested on a Long Beach warrant with $10,000 bail for public intoxication. Hawthorne Road - 400 Block Grand theft 7:04 a.m. The catalytic converter was taken from a Toyota at some point overnight. The value is $600. Laguna Beach High School Vandalism 8:25 a.m. A bicycle was damaged. Monument Point Vandalism 9:28 a.m. Considerable graffiti was found on a staircase railing. Jewel Avenue - 31600 Block Grand theft 2:39 p.m. A 1995 Toyota had its catalytic converter removed. Tuesday Three Arch Bay (N. Encino) Petty theft 2:36 p.m. A handicap placard and its DMV authorization form were taken from a car. N. Coast Hwy - 200 Block Warrants 3:16 p.m. Carl W. Webb, 35, homeless, was taken into custody for fiveoutstanding warrants. A Harbor Court warrant was for FTA fighting in public with bail of $15,000. The other four were from San Bernardino - two for public intoxication and two for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Pavilions Parking Lot Burglary, vehicle 4:53 p.m. A silver Toyota Land Cruiser was entered via a smashed window. A briefcase, checks and cash were taken. Treasure Island Beach Parking Lot Burglary, vehicle 5:46 p.m. A purse was taken from a Pontiac. Entry was gained by a smashed window. Total loss: $2700. Ralphs Market Warrant arrest 10:51 p.m. Kimberly Karen Panno, 53, homeless, was arrested on a Harbor Court warrant with a charge of interfering with a business. Wednesday Thurston Middle School Verbal threats 8:59 a.m. It was reported that on Tuesday at school, one student threatened to kill another student. Nyes Place - 400 Block Vandalism, vehicle 9:31 a.m. Rocks were thrown at a parked car. Main Beach Vandalism 9:53 a.m. Swastikas were painted on a drinking fountain. S. Coast Hwy - 1300 Block Drug arrest 6:25 p.m. Police received a 9-1-1 call from staff personnel at Spencer Recovery about a male patient who was out of control and resisting the staff's attempts to calm him. When officersarrived on scene they were informed that the patient was semi-cooperative and that staff personnel had taken a quantity of heroin from him. Newhall resident Chad Cassis, 20, was arrested for felony possession of heroin with bail set at $20,000. Thursday Oak Street - 600 Block Petty theft 2:34 p.m. A homeowner provided police with a named suspect who allegedly took bricks from an outside wall. Wesley Drive - 21600 Block ID theft; Fraud 3:23 p.m. The RP discovered that an unknown person had been able to obtain credit card information and charge $848.77. The RP told police that the credit card had not been out of her possession. Friday Mermaid Street - 400 Block Burglary, vehicle 8:55 a.m. Someone who smashed a window to gain access took personal items valued at $2500 from the RP's vehicle overnight. Ralphs Market Shoplifting; Parole hold 11:52 a.m. Police were called by store employees who reported that a man had stolen liquor. Ryan Ephraim Rogers, 33, Long Beach, was arrested for petty theft. When it was learned that he was on active parole, following protocol, police notified his parole officerand Rogers was ordered held without bail for violating parole and taken to Santa Ana city jail. S. Coast Hwy - 000 Block Burglary, residential 6:23 p.m. A woman returned to her home after spending about a half-hour at the beach and discovered that jewelry valued at as much as $40,000 was missing. The home had been unlocked. Saturday Treasure Island Park Juvenile arrests 12:15 a.m. Two juveniles from Cypress were taken into custody for curfew violation. One was charged with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana while the other was charged with minor in possession of alcohol. Both were taken to the police station and later released to parents. Cypress Drive - 500 Block Theft 9:52 a.m. Police received a cell phone 9-1-1 call about a man who had stolen an antique bench from a garage sale. The RP said the man - in his 50s or 60s - had driven off in a white SUV with the bench partially sticking out of a door. Police were unable to locate the suspect. When they made contact with the RP - who was not holding the garage sale - they learned that the man had been seen at many other local garage sales. Sunday Broadway Bus Depot Warrants 8:21 p.m. "Cowboy", Charles Reginald Conwell, 56, homeless, was arrested for two Harbor Court warrants. Both were for public intoxication. One also had a charge of open container in public and the other also contained a charge of drinking in public. Coast Hwy & Wesley Drive Burglary, vehicle 10:07 p.m. A rented Chevy Impala was broken into by someone who made off with a laptop and cash. Total loss: $2320. Coast Hwy & Eagle Rock Way Warrant arrest 10:15 p.m. Huntington Beach resident Marcelo Castiglia, 33, was arrested for an outstanding Harbor Court Laguna Hills traffic warrant with unspecified charges. N. Coast Hwy - 1200 Block Evading; resisting 11:37 p.m. When an officerattempted to make a traffic stop, the driver tried to fleebut wasn't successful. He had become embedded in soft dirt when turning onto a side street. The officer ordered the driver and a male passenger to exit the vehicle with their hands up only to have the driver take off on foot. The officer held the passenger at gunpoint until backup units arrived. Officers came close to apprehending the driver during a foot pursuit through North Laguna neighborhoods but the he managed to elude them. Police were able to identify the suspect from documents in the car and made contact the following morning with John Patrick McMullan, 39, of Los Alamitos, as he slept in the passenger's motel room. He was arrested for outstanding warrants and probation violation. Other charges are pending. Mar Vista Way - 1400 Block Drugs 1:49 a.m. (Monday Feb 18) Officersresponded to a report of a disturbance inside a home. On scene, Jensen Gray, 22, Laguna Beach, was arrested for felony possession of heroin and held without bail for probation violation. Melissa Bamberg, 23, of Laguna Beach, was taken into custody for possession of drug paraphernalia (syringes and formed aluminum foil).