Crime & Safety

Man Arrested Following Suspicion of 'Casing' Mimosa Lane

Read police calls from Sunday and Monday in Mission Viejo

Deputies arrested a man Monday around 2 a.m. on the 26500 block of Mimosa Lane. A caller told police the man had something in his hand and "looks like he's casing residents in the area."

The arrested 36-year-old longshoreman is being held at the Intake Release Center on $20,000 bail. The same man pled guilty to a felony drug possession charge in 1999.

Here are more items from the Orange County Sheriff's Department's online blotter:

Find out what's happening in Mission Viejofor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • A woman trying to change a tire in the right lane partially blocked the lane with her vehicle 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Felipe/Oso intersection.

  • A woman called her caretaker 61 times Sunday.

  • Police were told a man's ex-wife stole $8,000 from him Sunday afternoon at the 25600 block of Po Avenue.

  • Deputies responded to reports of a 17-year-old son on probation stealing items from his parents' house on the 25300 block of Terreno Sunday around 12:35 p.m.

  • A dog was spotted alone inside a vehicle in front of Mission Dental Group near Pavillions on Oso and Marguerite. The call came in at 9:47 a.m. Sunday. 

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