Police Calls: 10-Year-Old Threatens Mom with Knife

By Nicole Cook 

A rundown of calls that came into the O.C. Sheriff’s Department September 23-24. Incidents reported from Dana Point are noted as such. Other incidents were reported in Laguna Niguel.

Monday

• Around 7:30 p.m. on Flamingo Court, a mother said her 10-year-old daughter claimed she was going to hurt her with a knife. The mother locked herself in a room with her other daughter for safety. When deputies arrived, the girl no longer had the weapon.
• A crossing guard was transported to Mission Hospital after passing out at 29300 Via Acaso Drive around 2:30 p.m.
  
• Three drunk men admitted to taking a golf cart around 2:10 p.m. at the Laguna Gardens apartment complex. 

Tuesday

• A woman was screaming and pounding on the door of a garage that she was trapped inside around 10:45 p.m. at the 31500 block of East Nine Drive. Deputies were called to pry it open, but she got out on her own.

The Sheriff's Blotter data is taken from the official calls for service records kept by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

The calls represent what was told to the deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No assumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the content of the information provided.