Dept: Criminy!

CRIMINY!

April 16, 2008

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 [...]

CRIMINY!

April 2, 2008

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 [...]

CRIMINY

March 26, 2008

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 [...]

CRIMINY!

March 12, 2008

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 [...]

CRIMINY!

March 5, 2008

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 [...]

CRIMINY!

February 27, 2008

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 [...]

CRIMINY!

February 20, 2008

Fast Food
PACIFIC COAST HWY LONG BEACH
TUES FEB 5 8:08PM
A woman was waiting on some fast food after a long Super Tuesday when a kid started harassing her in the drive-thru. According to the woman, the kid was no more than 16, dressed in a loose gray sweatshirt and hanging onto what appeared to be his [...]

CRIMINY!

February 13, 2008

Free Wood
SEAL BEACH BLVD | SEAL BEACH
SAT | FEB 2 5:22PM
A heavyset man in his thirties apparently decided to take up a new sport on a late Saturday afternoon when he made his way into a local golf shop. Inside, he chatted up employees about getting into the game then took a stroll over to [...]

CRIMINY!

February 6, 2008

Race Card
BELLFLOWER DR | LONG BEACH
THURS | JAN 17 1:30PM
The black-and-white battle this primary season spilled into a local parking lot Thursday when a man approached an afternoon shopper and asked her if she was old enough to vote. The woman couldn’t have known what the man wanted, but she apparently didn’t want to give [...]

CRIMINY!

January 23, 2008

Drive Thru
EL DORADO DR | LONG BEACH
FRI | JAN 11 5:23PM
Police received a quick call from a woman who claimed to be in the midst of a fight with her husband. Before officers could get any of the domestic details, however, the call was disconnected. The woman tried back a few minutes later, but again [...]

 

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