Police nab man connected to string of pharmacy burglaries
A man believed to have burglarized several pharmacies – including three in Mission Viejo – is in jail facing numerous charges. Terry Polk, 52, of Los Angeles was arrested on Wednesday, December 5. He allegedly stole prescription medicine from more than eight pharmacies – including the Mission Viejo CVS and Saddleback pharmacies – in south [...]
Teenage boy arrested for stealing jewelry, other goods from home
A 17-year-old boy was arrested today for allegedly stealing $35,000 in jewelry, silver coins and bars and other property from a safe inside a home on the 27000 block of Aberdeen. The boy entered the home on Tuesday by prying open a rear sliding door and forced open a safe in the master bedroom. Sheriff’s [...]
Police seeking man involved in a ‘smash and grab’ crime
Police are seeking the driver of a car who fled the scene after his partner in crime stole a purse from a parked car near a pet store on Tuesday. The incident happened around 12:15 p.m. when witnesses said they saw a man steal a purse by smashing the window of a car that was [...]
Suspect sought in Check into Cash store robbery
Police are searching for a man who robbed the Mission Viejo Check into Cash store on Monday and fled with $1,100 in cash. The robbery happened around 5:50 p.m. at the store located at 24451 Alicia Parkway. The man entered the business through the front door, pointed a silver handgun at two employees and demanded [...]
Man arrested Thursday for chasing another man in a Target parking lot with a sharp weapon
A man was arrested Thursday night after chasing another man with a sharp object at a local Target store. Norman Simpson, 53, was booked into the Orange County Jail facing an assault with a deadly weapon charge after he allegedly chased another man with what appeared to be a utility knife or razor blade in [...]
Man arrested Tuesday for assaulting jogger at the lake
A 19-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night for assaulting a 30-year-old woman while she jogged around Lake Mission Viejo. The incident happened at around 8:30 p.m. near Alicia Parkway and Olympiad when Matthew McKinley ran up behind the woman, grabbed her buttocks and fled. Deputies detained a man matching McKinley’s description on Alicia Parkway near [...]
Suspects sought in robbery, stabbing of jewelry store vendor
Police are searching for two African American men who stabbed a jewelry store vendor and then robbed him of more than $10,000. The incident happened at around 12:20 p.m. today when a 66-year-old man left Saatchi Jewelry in the shopping center at Marguerite and La Paz and was approached by two men wearing “hoodies” as [...]
Police seize mounds of marijuana from Mission Viejo home
Authorities are investigating a Mission Viejo home after seizing several hundred marijuana plants and thousands in cash from the house on the 23000 block of Bough on Thursday. Orange County Sheriff’s Narcotics investigators seized 680 marijuana plants, 22 pounds of cultivated marijuana, a small amount of hashish, and $28,000 in cash. The search warrant was [...]
Authorities seeking information about suspicious men in the area
Authorities are seeking information about suspicious men who have approached female students in Aliso Viejo and Mission Viejo. An Aliso Niguel High School student reported that on Wednesday, May 4 she was approached by a man driving an older white van while she walked home from school at around 3:30 p.m. The man is described [...]
Men sought for robbing a jewelry store today
Police are seeking two armed men who robbed a jewelry store and sent the owner to the hospital after beating him with a handgun. The robbery happened around 1 p.m. at Rita’s Jewelry store located at 24551 Alicia Parkway. The suspects, described as male blacks in their 20s or 30s, walked into the store armed [...]
