Crime & Safety
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Computer Equipment Missing from Truck
The following is a selection of calls from Lake Forest to the Orange County Sheriff's Department from March 22 to March 25.
Police are investigating the disappearance of more than $200,000 in computer equipment from a truck parked in the lot at the shopping center near the intersection of Lake Forest Drive and Rancho Parkway on Thursday.
The driver of a commercial truck said he had parked and gone to lunch at a restaurant in the area, said Sgt. Angel Andrade of Lake Forest Police Services. He then returned and took his truck to make a delivery in Rancho Santa Margarita.
He then noticed his truck's rear door had been pried open, with a significant amount of computer equipment missing from the truck's cargo bed, Andrade said.
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There are no suspects yet, and the investion is ongoing. The call came in at 3:45 p.m. Thursday.
Here are more items from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department blotter.
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Vandalism in progress. 12:56 p.m. Friday. 25400 block of Jeronimo Road.
Burglary in progress. 8:35 a.m. Friday. 21900 block of Lakeland Avenue.
Disturbance—family dispute. 8:20 p.m. Thursday. 25400 block of Mosswood Way. Police responding to a disturbance call arrested a 45-year-old man and placed him in custody at Central Men’s Jail on $10,000 bail.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 11:00 p.m. Thursday. El Toro Road and Trabuco Road.
Investigate person down. 1:31 p.m. Thursday. El Toro Road and Bridger Road.
Narcotics violation. 11:11 a.m. Thursday. 24600 block of Jeronimo Road.
Brandishing a weapon. 3:25 p.m. Wednesday. 21900 block of Rimhurst Drive.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 12:37 p.m. Wednesday. 24200 block of Rockfield Boulevard. Police responding to a suspicious-person report arrested a 39-year-old man and placed him in custody at Central Men’s Jail with no bail set.
Suspicious person in vehicle. 2:14 a.m. Wednesday. Alter and Burbank.
Robbery in progress. 9:27 p.m. Tuesday. Los Alisos Boulevard and Jeronimo Road.
Disturbance. 7:56 p.m. Tuesday. 24600 block of Raymond Way. Police responding to a disturbance call arrested a 23-year-old woman and placed her in custody at Orange County Jail with no bail set.
Vandalism report. 7:06 p.m. Tuesday. 22200 block of Summit Hill Drive.