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Traffic Jam: Men Throw Grapes at Cars

Also in local crime calls, a hit and run, a perfectly fine basketball net, and a suspicious person at the door.

By Amber Chao

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

SUSPICIOUS PERSON

  • 05/09/2013— 10:31 p.m. — 6th Street — A man with dark hair and suit rang a woman’s doorbell a couple times and claimed he was a driver. She told him she did not call for a vehicle, and the driver stood at the door for a while and eventually left.   

SUSPICIOUS PERSON 

  • 05/10/2013 — 11:30 a.m. — 16th — A man in his fifties wearing head phones and a tan shirt was seen going in between houses. He carrying a small green bag. The caller said the bag wasn’t big enough for collecting recyclables, and she thinks he’s doing something else.     

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT 

  • 05/10/2013 — 02:23 p.m. — Seal Beach Boulevard— A woman said someone sideswiped her white Camry 2012 LXE. The woman said she didn’t see the collision but felt it, and a witness reportedly told her what happened. The suspect vehicle was a Nissan Rogue.   

SUBJECTS THROWING OBJECTS AT VEHICLES 

  • 05/10/2013 — 03:35 p.m. — 405 Freeway and Seal Beach Boulevard — Three young men in a black four-door vehicle were throwing items at the caller’s vehicle just south of the freeway 405 Freeway overpass. When vehicles stopped in traffic, the men started throwing food at other vehicles. The caller said they had been throwing food, specifically grapes, while driving.

JUVENILE DISTURBANCE 

  • 05/10/2013 — 07:16 p.m. — Dogwood and Wisteria — Someone set up a basketball court on the sidewalk and a caller said it was causing a traffic hazard. Police investigated and found the court was not obstructing traffic. 

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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