A five hour-long standoff with a handgun-toting motorist who claimed to have booby-trapped his car ended late Wednesday with Laguna Beach police taking the a 41-year-old man into custody outside the gated community of Three Arch Bay. No explosives were found, Sgt. Louise Callus said, though police had evacuated the immediate area early in the [...]
Laguna’s Police Chief Paul Workman urges the imposition of a speed limit on skateboarders, one of many recommendations in a report he submitted last week to a city committee. Workman’s analysis of the committee’s draft proposals to regulate skateboarding in Laguna pointed out several conflicts with existing laws. He concluded that committee recommendations to apply [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
