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Crime & Safety

Suspicious Man in Plaid, Loud Beer Pong

Plus: uninvited kids, dragging chains and other calls from Aliso Viejo to the Sheriff's Department, Dec. 7-11.

Highlights from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department blotter:

Petty theft report. 8:44 a.m. Tuesday. 23400 block Via San Miguel.

Ding Dong, Not Avon Calling. 10:42 p.m. Monday. 22600 block Oakgrove. A resident said a stranger in his 50s was knocking on the door and ringing the door bell.

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Beer pong rage. 12:03 a.m. Monday. 0 block Tradewinds. A caller reported people who were screaming while playing beer pong in a garage.

Vandalism report. 5:23 p.m. Sunday. 24700 block Via San Marco. A man said his vehicle was keyed the previous night.

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AWOL iPhone. 1:15 p.m. Sunday. 23400 block Via Iglesia. A caller said he was tracking his iPhone, which he said was stolen by a drug dealer.

Dangerous man in plaid. 11:57 p.m. Saturday. Pacific Grove Drive and Oakgrove. A caller asked deputies to check for a man wearing a plaid shirt and holding a knife on the street corner.

Unwelcome guests. 9:00 p.m. Saturday. 0 block Eaglepoint. A caller said more than 300 kids, many of them strangers, showed up to her daughter's party.

Man in black. 11:50 p.m. Friday. Laurelmont and Alicia Parkway. A resident who was concerend about recent burglaries asked deputies to check for a person dressed in black and looking at houses.

Chain, chain, chain. 4:20 p.m. Friday. 0 block of Blue Heron Lane. A resident said her neighbor was driving recklessly around the neighborhood while dragging chains behind his vehicle.

Editor's Note: The preceding items are based on information given to a sheriff's dispatcher. No presumption of criminal guilt should be drawn from the information.

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