Here's what's keeping the police busy in Redondo Beach

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From the Redondo Beach Police Department's Recent Law Enforcement Events report:

7-16-08 (Wednesday):
At approximately 6 p.m., officers responded to the 2400 block of Hadley Lane regarding a possible drunk driver. Officers learned that witnesses watched a blue Dodge Durango pull away from the curb, knock down a fence across the street, then back into a utility pole. The driver pulled away from the pole, traveled east on Hadley Lane and ran head-first into another utility pole. The witnesses detained the driver and called the police. Investigating officers subsequently arrested the driver for driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license.

7-19-08 (Saturday):
Officers responded to numerous complaints of broken windows to cars that were parked in North Redondo over night. More than a dozen windows were broken on several different vehicles sometime during the previous evening. Evidence was collected at a couple of the crime scenes and the investigation is ongoing.

At 9:09 p.m., officers responded to the report of an injury collision at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Diamond Street. Responding officer located one of the drivers, who was riding a motorcyle, pinned underneath the other vehicle involved in the collision. The preliminary investigation revealed that the motorcyclist was traveling N/B PCH and collided with a vehicle that negotiating a left turn from S/B PCH to E/B Diamond Street. The motorcyclist was dragged under the vehicle for approximately fifty feet before the car came to a stop.

The rider of the motorcycle was transported to Harbor General Hospital for treatment, The driver of the car was ultimately arrested for driving under the influence.

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