Men Go Through Donation Bags on Curbs, Aren’t Part of Charity Group

Editor's Note: The following crime calls were made to the Seal Beach Police Department and listed on the SBPD dispatch log. 

TRAFFIC HAZARD

• 06/20/2013 — 12:47 a.m. — Bolsa Chica Road and Westminster Avenue — A big rig broke down on southbound Bolsa Chica, north of Westminster Avenue. The driver said he needed a tow truck.

DISTURBANCE

• 06/20/2013 — 2:46 a.m. — Pacific Coast Highway — A man at the front door of a store was upset with the clerk. The man, who may have been drinking, became combative after he tried to buy tobacco and was told no because he didn't have I.D.

PETTY THEFT

• 06/20/2013 — 8:22 a.m. — Surfside avenue — Someone stole a wallet with a badge, registration and insurance from an unlocked white Mercedes between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. the previous day

HIT AND RUN - PARKED VEHICLE

• 06/20/2013 — 9:27 a.m. — Canoe Brook Drive — A neighbor told a caller that someone ran into the caller’s vehicle during the night. The victim’s vehicle was a white Toyota.

SUSPICIOUS OCCUPIED VEHICLE

• 06/20/2013 —1:44 p.m. — Driftwood Avenue — Men in a white van were going through donation bags and boxes on the curb and then driving off. They were last seen heading toward Catalina Avenue on Driftwood. The caller said that the men weren’t part of the donation company.

Editor's Note: Not all facts in each report are made public. There should be no assumption of guilt based on this limited information.

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