Crime & Safety
Good Samaritan Spots Vandals Near Church
Selected calls from Aliso Viejo to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, June 1-5.

A caller from the 24500 block of Moulton Parkway said he saw a group of six men with spray paint cans get out of a car, possibly to tag Grace Hills Church.
The vandalism in progress report was made 10:49 p.m. Monday.
Below are items from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department blotter.
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Suspicious person in vehicle. 7:37 a.m. Tuesday. 0 block Santa Monica Street.
Traffic accident-non injury. 6:52 a.m. Tuesday. Alicia Parkway and Morning Ridge.
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Disturbance. 5:10 p.m. Monday. 0 block Via Athena. A caller said her neighbor threw trash on the top of her convertible and started poking it with a key.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 4:48 a.m. Monday. 200 block Sandcastle. A caller said her neighbor was shooting her with a laser, which penetrates through walls and harms her skin.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 10:49 p.m. Sunday. Aliso Creek Road and Pacific Park Drive. A caller said her male date ditched her at a business complex and proceeded to steal her Scion TC.
Citizen assist. 6:58 p.m. Sunday. 23400 block Pacific Park Drive. A caller said a group of kids were breaking bottles in a nearby parking lot and wanted them to clean it up.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 9:35 p.m. Saturday. 0 block Rincon Way. A caller said a woman and two men in their 20s jumped the fence into their backyard before taking off in a white sedan.
Welfare check. 3:08 p.m. Saturday. 0 block Startrail. A caller asked deputies to check on a woman with reddish hair, wearing a blue top and jeans, who was heard yelling someone's name as she walked around.
Vandalism in progress. 3:02 p.m. Friday. 23300 block of Via San Martine. A resident said someone threw a rock at their patio door, shattering it.
Disturbance. 1:14 p.m. Friday. 8200 block City Lights Drive. A man waiting for a tow truck on the third floor of a nearby parking structure said two men in their early-20s riding in a gray Ford Mustang started yelling and honking at him.