Here's what's keeping the police busy in Redondo Beach
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.
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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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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