Crime & Safety
Alleged Thief Escapes at First, But Is Caught Hours Later
SHERIFF'S BLOTTER: Also, a hotel guest goes berserk, a robber pulls a classic move and gets away with it, and a suspicious drunk man causes a ruckus.
At 1:03 p.m. Saturday Dec. 14, deputies received a call about a burglary in progress in the 200 block of Avenida Santa Barbara. The caller said he returned home and found a man inside his house. The thief fled before the caller could catch him. At 8:05 p.m. Saturday evening, however, the victim called deputies again to report he had found the thief inside a residential home nearby with all his belongings. Deputies arrived quickly and arrested the 26-year-old man. He has since been released from jail.
Also:
At 8:39 a.m. Saturday Dec. 14, a worried caller reported a disturbance in the 700 block of El Camino Real. A man at a local hotel allegedly went berserk and refused to leave the property. Guests from the hotel tried to calm the man down. Deputies arrived to diffuse the situation.
At 3:11 p.m. Saturday Dec. 14, a concerned caller reported a robbery in the 600 block of Camino de Los Mares. The caller reported seeing a 35-year-old man with a beard chase down a woman, push her down, and steal her purse.
At 10:06 p.m. Saturday, deputies received a call about a drunk man in an unknown block. The caller said a drunk man was walking along the train tracks and throwing rocks at people. The caller called deputies back to report the drunk man approached a teen in a parking lot and exchanged unknown items with him. No arrest was made.
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.
