Police Blotter: Knife-Wielding Carjackers At Large in Las Flores

A couple of carjackers are apparently roaming Las Flores.

A woman and her boyfriend were in the parking lot of their Las Flores apartment complex late Monday evening when two-knife wielding men approached the vehicle, demanding that the woman hand over her car.

The woman and her boyfriend fled the vehicle, and after the woman screamed, the two suspects fled the parking lot. A witness said one of the suspects ran toward the next apartment building, but deputies were unable to locate them.

The call came in around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, from Antonio Parkway and Sable.

Drunken woman walking in traffic to ask for money

Two drivers complained about an intoxicated woman who wandered into traffic on Oso Parkway in Las Flores and approached several drivers, asking for money. On both occasions, the woman was wearing a baseball cap, carried a grey backpack and smelled strongly of liquor.

The first call came in around 11 a.m. on Friday and the second call came in around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both calls came from Morning Trail and Oso Parkway.

Teens repeatedly egg woman’s RSM home

A woman said that a group of teens in a dark blue SUV were repeatedly throwing eggs at her residence. After the teens egged her house for the second time that evening, the woman said that she had obtained the license plate number of the SUV.

The first call came in around 8 p.m. and the second call came in around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, from the 21400 block of Silvertree Lane.

Hearing-impaired parents can't hear him, but the neighbor can

A woman from the Villa La Paz apartments thought she heard a drunken man in an adjacent apartment yelling at his mother. She said the arguments happen nearly every day. She said she also heard a five-year-old child crying in the apartment.

Deputies determined that there was no arguing going on in the apartment. The man, who was not intoxicated, uses Skype to talk to his family every day, and must speak loudly, because his parents are hard of hearing. No child was present in the residence.

The call came in around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, from Via Amistosa.

The following is a summary report of calls from Rancho Santa Margarita, Coto de Caza, Trabuco Canyon and Las Flores to the Orange County Sheriff's Department from April 1 to April 4.

Disturbance—Music or Party 10:08 p.m. Monday, 23000 block of Via Celeste. A caller said there was a loud party on her street.

Citizen Assist 3:51 p.m. Sunday, 20600 block of Mountain View Road. A man found feces on his dog, and suspects that his neighbor rubbed it on the dog.

Keep the Peace 3:45 p.m. Sunday, 400 block of Sable. A man needed assistance getting his keys back from a roommate who had moved out of his apartment.

Suspicious Person/Circumstances 12:12 p.m. Sunday, on Oso Parkway and Antonio Parkway. A caller thought that a man, who was walking down Oso Parkway holding a miniature broken baseball bat while talking and laughing to himself, appeared suspicious.

Suspicious Person/Circumstances 9:51 a.m. Sunday, on Oso Parkway and Antonio Parkway. A man said a woman in a black suit asked him for a ride near the Las Flores car wash. The man said he saw the same woman ask someone else for a ride at that location six months earlier.

Suspicious Person/Circumstances 12:10 a.m. Sunday, on Summerside. A caller said six people parked their vehicles outside of a foreclosed home on the street and entered the residence. The caller could see the six people in a room on the second floor of the house.

Citizen Assist 11:25 p.m. Saturday, on Kingfisher Court. A woman found two boys toilet papering her property. The two boys ran from her house to a home up the street.

Disturbance—Music or Party 11:25 p.m. Saturday, on San Sebastian and San Bonifacio. A caller made two reports about an extremely loud party with a DJ at the corner of San Bonifacio and San Sebastian.

Disturbance—Music or Party 10:25 p.m. Saturday, 29700 block of Melinda Road. A caller from the Cortesia apartments reported hearing a loud party in a nearby unit, with several men yelling obscenities on the patio.

Disturbance—Music or Party 9:50 p.m. Saturday, 20700 block of Trabuco Oaks Drive. A caller said there was a party down the street with a large bonfire in the backyard. 

Citizen Assist 9:39 p.m. Saturday, 32100 block of Weeping Willow Street. A woman said she found a GPS on her mother’s vehicle and that several cameras were pointing at her residence.

Suspicious Person/Circumstances 8:29 p.m. Saturday, 30200 block of Tomas. A man from Form Design saw several people cut a hole in the fence behind the business.

Disturbance 6:38 p.m. Saturday, 20300 block of Flanagan Road. A woman said two kids were throwing dishes out of a window.

Disturbance 5:23 p.m. Saturday, 32000 block of Pleasant Glen Road. A caller saw a black Lexus SUV, a red Honda Fit and a black Chevrolet Silverado racing up and down the street.

Disturbance 1:16 p.m. Saturday, 32000 block of Pavo Real. A man said his 17-year-old son pushed his wife and broke a door in their house.

Petty Theft Report 9:03 a.m. Saturday, on Romero. A man said someone had stolen his handgun.

Traffic Accident 7:04 a.m. Saturday, on Alicia Parkway and Santa Margarita Parkway. A caller saw a vehicle smash into another vehicle on Alicia Parkway before slamming into a fence on the side of the road. Deputies determined that the driver who had careened into the fence was intoxicated, and arrested a 25-year-old man, who was cited and released from the Intake Release Center.

Prowler 5:03 a.m. Saturday, on Via Candelaria. A woman heard someone trying to unlock her door.

Disturbance—Music or party 2:42 a.m. Saturday, on Radiance Lane. A caller reported hearing a loud party on the street.

Disturbance—Music or party 11:45 a.m. Friday, on Alumbre. A man said several of his neighbors played beer pong in a garage on the street every weekend.

Suspicious Person/Circumstances 10:30 p.m. Friday, on Via Caridad. A woman saw a man, wearing a baseball cap and a towel around his neck, lurking in the bushes outside her residence. He ran away when her husband came outside.

Suspicious Person/Circumstances 9:47 p.m. Friday, on Bel Flora. A man said someone had been shutting off his power.

Welfare Check 2:39 p.m. Friday, on Melinda Road and Santa Margarita Parkway. A man was stumbling while he carried a toddler, according to a caller who also saw three other people try to help the man. The man became angry when approached. The man and the child were transported to Mission Hospital.

Disturbance 1:48 p.m. Friday, on Santa Margarita Parkway and Avenida de las Flores. A caller said two men were arguing with a female while throwing garbage around.

You can read about more incidents on the Orange County Sheriff's Department blotter.