Crime & Safety
Coffee House Tip Jar Goes Flying
SHERIFF'S BLOTTER: Also, a group of Christmas ornament-crushing vandals, a probationer is arrested, and a man who can't help himself but wander.
At 7:52 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 24, a confused caller reported a disturbance in the 1000 block of El Camino Real. A man had thrown a tip jar from Zebra House Coffee into a window, and then stormed off to a 7-Eleven.
Also:
At 11:48 p.m. Monday Dec. 23, a caller reported vandalism in the 1500 block of Via Tulipan. A group of teens was caught breaking ornaments. Deputies contacted the parents of the Christmas-vandals.
At 6:24 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 24, a caller asked deputies for assistance in the 600 block of Calle Juarez. A 48-year-old probationer had been detained. Deputies arrived to search the man and arrested him. He is currently in custody with no bail amount posted.
At 4:54 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 24, someone reported a disturbance in the 600 block of Camino de Los Mares. A 29-year-old man was wandering around a local neighborhood and refusing to leave. Deputies arrived and arrested the man, who is currently in custody with no bail amount posted.
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.
