Home Run
HARDVARD LN | SEAL BEACH
THURS | APR 29 2:04AM
Breaking real-life crime from a real-life Criminy! reader:
“It was the middle of the night when my wife woke me up to tell me that someone was trying to break into our neighbor’s house. When I approached the place, I saw my neighbor [...]

Credit Hold
SEAL BEACH BLVD | SEAL BEACH
SAT | APR 26 7:24PM
After grabbing a bite at a big-name taco place, a man phoned police over what he deemed “suspicious behavior.” It turned out, however, that the man was just another victim of the city’s ongoing terrornoia—the so-called “suspicious behavior” took place behind a nearby cell phone [...]

The Nightwatchman
12TH STREET | SEAL BEACH
SAT | APR 19 9:34PM
A night at home turned into a terrifying one for a local woman who caught sight of her ex-landlord. The woman called police distressed, telling the operator that she saw him driving up and down the street in a silent hybrid. According to the caller, this [...]

Whiten Up
PACIFIC COAST HWY | LONG BEACH
SAT | APR 5 5:39PM
A weekend shift netted more than just prescription refills for a pharmacy employee when he stumbled on a man stealing packs of tooth-whitening strips. According to the employee, the man wasn’t hard to catch—he was holding two plastic bags completely filled with the things. When [...]

Night Owls
PACIFIC COAST HWY | LONG BEACH
SAT | MAR 22 11:51PM
It was another late night on the job for a convenience store clerk who was apparently used to racking up those weary midnight hours. But the clerk got a bit of a surprise when a group of kids strolled into the store and, before the [...]

Strange Trip
UNKNOWN LOCATION 
LONG BEACH | WED | MAR 19 1:01AM
Police picked up the phone just after midnight to a woman asking them to trace her call. But just like the movies, the call was disconnected before they could do anything. Officers couldn’t reconnect with the woman but found out that she was somewhere in Long [...]

Vintage Plates
PROVINCETOWN RD | SEAL BEACH
THURS | MAR 13 8:25PM
Neighbors weren’t quite sure if the kid was peeing on his own car or up to something a little more perverse, but whatever was going on elicited a call to police after a man saw a teenager with his pants down standing in the street. Once [...]

Biker Ganged
OCEAN BLVD | LONG BEACH
SAT | MAR 1 12:09PM
Long Beach lost a bit of its bike-friendly reputation on Saturday when a silver SUV began chasing a man on a bicycle. According to witnesses, the biker was more than angry after the SUV cut him off and nearly hit him—the pedal-pusher aimed some words at [...]

CHERRY ST
LOS ALAMITOS
WED | FEB 20 9:08PM
It wasn’t quite road rage, but a nighttime dispute turned vehicular when a car owner tried to drive off with another man’s arm stuck half-inside the car by a semi-closed window. It’s uncertain as to why the hanger-on had his arm in the car in the first place, but [...]

ANAHEIM ST & REDONDO AVE
LONG BEACH
SAT | FEB 16 2:13PM
An otherwise easy Saturday afternoon turned into a rough one for public transit lovers when a man snapped on a beach-bound bus headed down Anaheim Street. The man, described as being in his forties with an average build and faded jeans, apparently burst mid-trip when [...]