Miss and Run
OLEANDER ST | SEAL BEACH
SAT | DEC 22 8:22PM
A couple grew terrified after being confronted by a man upset over the fact that the pair nearly hit his dog after it ran out into the street. The couple reportedly tried to reason with the man, but nothing could calm him down. Instead, he [...]

Piss in the Wind
UNKNOWN LOCATION | CERRITOS
SUN | DEC 9 6:45PM
A pair of thieves took their time with a heist early Sunday night, wandering about a drug store for about 20 minutes before putting their plan into action. Their scheme wasn’t much to behold, however, as the two simply grabbed as much as they could [...]

Clean Sweep
SEAL BEACH BLVD | SEAL BEACH
SUN | DEC 2 12:28PM
Security guards at a bank trained video surveillance cameras on a janitor they suspected was swiping office equipment. According to the guards, the janitor looked as though he were stealing a computer monitor: He repeatedly placed it in and pulled it out of a cardboard [...]

Hurts, Stole-A-Car
SECOND ST | LONG BEACH
MON | NOV 19 12:23PM
There wasn’t much a Belmont Shore woman could do after being cornered by a robber in her carport. The woman had just returned from a quick trip to the store when a man hopped out of a nearby brown sedan, pulled a gun and demanded her [...]

Big Rig
PALO VERDE AVE | LONG BEACH
SAT | NOV 17 9:07AM
A couple of crooks started their holiday shopping early this year when they spotted a delivery truck rolling down Palo Verde. The truck was stuffed full of plasma TVs—a fact that the thieves deduced from the huge ads on the side of the truck. After [...]

Small time
BIGELOW ST | CERRITOS
TUES | NOV 6 8:45PM
A pair of small-time criminals revealed why they are small-time criminals when they let a potential mark get away. The duo seemed to be following standard criminal procedure when they approached a man walking alone on the street, drew their guns and demanded his cash. But the [...]

Meth Life
EL DORADO DR | LONG BEACH
SUN | NOV 4 1:22PM
Another elderly person scammed as two dumpy middle-aged men approached an older woman’s house claiming to have her son’s car—except, apparently, the woman couldn’t see the vehicle. Suspicious, she let the two men into her place while she called her son to verify things. When [...]

Car of God
SEAL BEACH BLVD  SEAL BEACH
SUN  OCT 25 7:04PM
Not long into Sunday night, Seal Beach police received a tip from a caller concerned about a loiterer. The description was typical: a middle-aged man, tall and lanky, slurring his words into his cell phone. But this one had substance—the caller’s description of the [...]

Entering and Breaking
UNKNOWN LOCATION | LONG BEACH
MON | OCT 8 6:35PM
It was one of those rare instances when justice seems like it’s going to be served: Long Beach police stumble upon a car without any plates, run its Vehicle Identification Number through the computer and discover it’s stolen. The vehicle, it turns out, was swiped [...]

U-Haulers
16TH ST | SEAL BEACH
MON | OCT 8 6:35PM
A resident contacted police concerned about a couple who, according to the caller, were apparently living out of a U-Haul truck. The caller reported recognizing the couple because they lived in the area, though he was worried because the truck had been parked in front of his [...]