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THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

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The Times Orange County publishes a daily list of police incident reports provided by local law enforcement agencies. The Times prints items as soon as departments make them available. Because many departments release incident reports only weekly, not every community will be represented in each day’s Action Log. Authorities from the following cities released incident reports over the weekend:

ANAHEIM

* Pullman Street: Report of a petty theft in the 1000 block at 4:36 a.m. Tuesday.

* West Lincoln Avenue: A residential burglary was reported in the 2700 block at 7:46 a.m. Tuesday.

BREA

* Brea Mall: Two petty thefts were reported Tuesday: one at 2:22 p.m., the second at 5:13 p.m.

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* State College Boulevard: A robbery was reported in the 200 block at 11:41 a.m. Tuesday.

* West Central Avenue: A Whittier man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a Brea man during a fight outside a convenience store in the 200 block. The victim, Jon Breneman, 20, was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange about 2 a.m. and is expected to fully recover. Suspect Anthony James Verdusco was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

COSTA MESA

* Placentia Avenue: A cellular phone worth $245 was stolen from a car in the 2100 block between 6 and 11 p.m. Wednesday.

* Newport Boulevard: Fifteen packs of cigarettes worth $51 were stolen from a store in the 2300 block at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

* San Diego Freeway at Harbor Boulevard: Authorities said a driver in the southbound lane was forced into a drainage ditch at 10:23 a.m. Sunday. No one was injured.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY

* Daisy Avenue: Someone broke into a house in the 16700 block by removing a window screen at 3:10 p.m. May 3, ransacked the house and stole jewelry, a camera and a coin collection.

FULLERTON

* Orangethorpe Avenue at Euclid Street: A man was taken to an emergency room for treatment after a fight in a parking lot at 3:37 a.m. Sunday.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH

* Birchwood Drive: Report of a man trespassing in a backyard in the 10100 block at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday. He told the homeowner he was there to install a swimming pool, but the homeowner said she did not request his services.

LAGUNA BEACH

* South Coast Highway: A man from New Hampshire was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in the 2400 block at 12:02 a.m. Friday.

* South Coast Highway: A wallet sitting on a glass counter inside a business in the 1100 block was reported stolen at 5 p.m. Wednesday. There was $90 in the wallet.

LAGUNA HILLS

* Moulton Parkway at Alicia Parkway: A motorist was cited for reckless driving at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

* Santa Vittoria Drive: Deputies responded to a report of fireworks being set off in the 23000 block at 4:49 p.m. Tuesday.

LA HABRA

* West Whittier Boulevard: A dumpster fire was reported behind some businesses in the 1300 block at 2:45 a.m. Friday. It was quickly extinguished.

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* Las Lomas Drive: Police were looking for two men who robbed a pizza deliveryman in the 800 block at 10 p.m. Saturday.

* Candlewood Avenue at Ridgehaven Street: Police arrested a man at 1 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of being drunk in public.

LAKE FOREST

* Rockfield Boulevard at Larkwood Lane: Report of a suspicious person at 6:49 p.m. Tuesday.

NEWPORT BEACH

* Coral Avenue: Several tools and a cordless phone worth $185 were stolen form a home in the 1900 block sometime Thursday.

* West Ocean Front: One hundred and twenty compact discs worth $2,420 were stolen from a home in the 1600 block between 1 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

* River Avenue: A zip drive and $8,000 were stolen from a home in the 4200 block between 1 and 3:15 p.m. Thursday.

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* Back Bay Drive: A wallet and its contents worth $210 were stolen from a car in the 1100 block at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

* Begonia Avenue: A cellular phone worth $150 was stolen from a car in the 400 block at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

* West Coast Highway: Police were looking for a man who tried to pass a $2,100 counterfeit check at a Wells Fargo Bank at 1 p.m. Friday.

* 29th Street: A man entered through the screen door of a home in the 100 block at about 9:10 p.m. Saturday and stole a Super Bowl baseball cap.

* San Joaquin Hills Road at Crown Drive: Someone stole two pizzas and a pizza warmer from a pizza delivery car sometime Thursday afternoon.

* Park Lane: Someone entered a home through an open window and stole a laptop computer worth $2,000 sometime between 8 p.m. and midnight Friday.

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PLACENTIA

* Cypress Avenue: Report of an abandoned car in the 900 block at 8:17 a.m. Tuesday.

* Crowther Avenue: A burglar alarm went off in the 800 block at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday.

SANTA ANA

* South Bristol Street: A bank in the 3700 block was robbed by two men in ski masks Friday about 2 p.m. They made off with an unknown amount of cash.

* McFadden Avenue at Wright Street: Police arrested two men on suspicion of weapons violations after finding a loaded shotgun and semi-automatic handgun in their car. Police said they were alerted to the pair after seeing the shotgun barrel sticking out of the passenger’s window.

SEAL BEACH

* Lampson Avenue at Seal Beach Boulevard: A 44-year-old Arizona man in a rental car was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at 2:20 a.m. Friday.

WESTMINSTER

* Garden Grove Boulevard: Police investigated a report of shots fired in a mobile home park in the 5700 block at 3:16 p.m. Friday. They found a youth with a BB gun shooting at cans.

* Homer Street: A 38-year-old man was arrested on warrants in the 6800 block at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday.

* Beach Boulevard: A 23-year-old man was arrested on warrants near Edinger Avenue at 11:49 p.m. Wednesday.

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YORBA LINDA

* Highland Avenue: Report of vandalism in the 5200 block at 3:02 p.m. May 3.

Authorities from the following cities did not release incident reports over the weekend: Buena Park, Cypress, Dana Point, Garden Grove, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Orange, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Tustin and Villa Park.

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