Orange Juice Was the Weapon of Choice

At 2:15 p.m. Friday, a confused informant called the sheriff’s office to report a disturbance near the cross streets of South El Camino Real and Avenida Presido. A pedestrian had thrown a box or orange juice at the caller’s vehicle and began yelling about OJ Simpson.

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At 12:35 a.m. Thursday, a concerned caller reported a disturbance in the 1900 block of El Camino Real. The caller claimed a 40-50 year old blond woman was being verbal with customers, even claiming she was going to slit the informant’s throat.

At 12:15 a.m. Friday, someone reported a disturbance in the 400 block of Calle Familia. The caller explained deputies had been to her house earlier that evening to settle a dispute between her and her husband. The woman stated she was calling deputies a second time because her husband immediately began threatening her once the deputies had left.

At 11:45 a.m. Friday, deputies received a call about a drunken driver near the cross streets of Camino Vera Cruz and Avenida Pico. The informant claimed a man had purchased three beers inside a local grocery store and was stumbling to his car. The man then drove away in a beige colored truck. Deputies tracked down the 40-year-old man and arrested him. The man has since been released from jail.

These are selected reports from the San Clemente Police Dispatch Services log throughout the past few days. The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided.