Woman located after missing from beach
A woman was located at a hospital days after her fiancee reported
she disappeared near Main Beach on Saturday.
The woman's name could not be published because police are still
investigating the possibility that the she may have been sexually
assaulted, Sgt. Darin Lenyi said.
The woman's fiancee, 29-year-old Brian Andrews of Covina , told
police on Wednesday the woman, a 36-year-old Covina resident, was in
a hospital, Lenyi said. Lenyi did not know the specific hospital the
woman was treated at.
Andrews and his fiancee spent Friday night in Laguna after the
couple's car got a flat tire, police said. The two woke up Saturday
morning planning to fix their car and go home.
While Andrews was working on the tire, two men approached the
couple and offered them alcohol, police said. Andrews declined, but
the woman accepted the drink. The men then reportedly invited the
couple to their home in Laguna Hills.
Andrews told police that while fixing the tire, he took his eye
off his fiancee, when he turned around, she and the two men were
nowhere to be seen, police said.
Police described the first man as 5-foot-9, 160 pounds, with a
shaved head, hazel eyes and wearing a black and white shirt with blue
jeans. The second man was described as 5-foot-8, 185 pounds with
black hair and brown eyes. Police are asking anyone with information
on the incident to call Det. Paul Litchenberg at (949) 497-0758.
Woman hit on Coast Highway
A pedestrian suffered a broken pelvis after being struck by a car
in a Laguna intersection.
At about 9:19 p.m. Monday, Donn Gusemano, 49, of Laguna Beach, was
crossing South Coast Highway near Legion Street when she was hit by a
driver heading north on the highway, Sgt. Jason Kravetz said. Police
concluded Gusemano was at fault because she did not use a crosswalk.
The driver, Tandida Shain, 27, of Tustin, told police she heard a
thump and saw Gusemano down on the pavement in her side mirror,
Kravetz said. She immediately stopped to help Gusemano as two other
witnesses, another driver and a clerk at the Thrifty gas station,
came to Gusemano's aid.
Gusemano was taken to Mission Hospital for treatment of a broken
pelvis, bleeding behind a kidney and abrasions on her left side,
Kravetz said. She told police she could not remember being hit.
Teenagers arrested after catamaran theft
Three Laguna teenagers were arrested on Friday on suspicion of
taking a boat for a joyride.
Tyler Dowers, Roy Ziegler and a 17-year-old were arrested after
