Group Decides to Use Couch As Firepit

A caller reported a group of individuals were in the courtyard, using a couch as a firepit and smoking illegal drugs. The incident occurred on Monday, Dec. 10 at 6:49 p.m. in Dana Point.

Here are more items from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department blotter. All incidents were reported within Laguna Niguel unless otherwise noted.

Monday, Dec. 10:

Suspicious Person In Vehicle 4:42 p.m. Niguel Ranch/Oxford Drive. A caller reported two tractor trailers were parked back-to-back on Niguel Ranch Drive. Individuals were unloading unknown packages into them. 

Sunday, Dec. 9:

Investigate Person Down 3:46 p.m. 25000 block of Dana Drive. A caller reported a woman by old the Jolly Roger parking lot was lying in a planter. She may have been drunk. (Dana Point)

Patrol Check 8:26 a.m. Cabot Road/Paseo de Colinas. A man reported he witnessed someone running away from a car. There was glass on the ground. The passenger window was shattered, the gas tank cover was open and the cap was missing, indicating a possible burglary. The car was a Nissan 350Z Coupe.

CSI Laguna Niguel includes up-to-date reports from ocsd.org, the website of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Reported incidents are taken from the official calls for service records kept by the OCSD. All parties represented above are presumed innocent until proven guilty. For questions about this blotter, email the editor atDebbie.Sklar@patch.com.

—Compiled by Nicole Cook