Security Guard

Newport Beach police arrested an Anaheim man they said assaulted a security guard at Hoag Hospital. Austin Kristopher McKee, 23, was arrested after the incident about 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to Newport police spokeswoman Kathy Lowe. McKee was in the emergency room when he assaulted the guard, Lowe said. He was taken into custody on suspicion of battery. A motive for the alleged attack was unknown. — Lauren Williams Twitter: @lawilliams30

Lolita Harper COSTA MESA -- A 26-year-old security guard was severely beaten early Saturday morning after trying to halt an outside drinking session at the Villa Siena apartment complex, police said. Laien Kawakami and Chuck Raymond, both 20, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the beating that left the guard in critical condition, Sgt. Mike Ginther said. Just before 1 a.m., officers responded to a call from the apartment complex reporting a man had been knocked to the ground and kicked repeatedly, Ginther said.

Danette Goulet CORONA DEL MAR -- A school security guard was arrested this week on suspicion of possessing a gun at Corona del Mar High School. James Bradley Holthaus, 36, who has been a security guard at the high school since September, was arrested by Newport Beach police Wednesday morning before the start of school. A student reportedly saw the gun in Holthaus' car May 1 and reported it to parents, who in turn alerted authorities, said Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Shulman.

A Corona del Mar High School security guard says Newport Beach City Councilwoman Leslie Daigle threatened to have him deported or fired for trying to enforce a school rule, an allegation Daigle denies. Daigle said Thursday the guard misunderstood her response when he ordered her off the school track last spring. "He said to me, 'I'm going to kick you out,' and I mimicked what he said to me," she said. Daigle said it took her by surprise to be told she couldn't jog on the track.

Deputies catch man; he catches hypothermia.A 44-year-old La Jolla resident was treated for hypothermia after jumping into the Back Bay while fleeing from a security guard, officials reported. Timothy Pollock, who told police he works as a jazz promoter, entered an unlocked car at the Newport Dunes Resort in order to sleep off his alcohol intoxication, Newport Beach Police Sgt. Mark Everton said. The police received a call around 3 a.m. Sunday morning from a resort security guard who reported a man inside an employee's car. The security officer then approached Pollock, who allegedly tried to punch the security guard and then ran away, Everton said.

Deepa Bharath A 36-year-old Newport Coast resident arrested Tuesday after reportedly leading California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase was rearrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to steal a videotape the CHP wanted as evidence, officials said. CHP officers started following Michael S. Mancuso, president and chief executive of Clear World Communications Corp. in Santa Ana, after he drove through the toll plaza at Newport Coast Drive at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, CHP Officer Paul Pines said.

Neither the cover of night nor a locked door could keep the law from four people police believe were stealing a plasma-screen TV from a vacated Newport Beach apartment Monday, authorities said. About 2:28 a.m., police received a call from the complex security guard at the Coronado at Newport Apartments, 1700 E. 16th St. He told officers he saw a woman, Saisha Miranda, 29, of Huntington Beach, pacing outside some apartments and occasionally looking up to the second floor and looking around as if she were a watch-out, authorities said.

A 57-year-old man who tried to rob a bank in Newport Beach Monday morning was caught as he tried to get away, authorities said. James Alexander Beverley, a transient in Newport Beach, was captured by a Wells Fargo security guard in the parking lot as he tried to make off with cash he’d just stolen from inside the bank, said Lt. Craig Fox. Police said about 9:28 a.m., Beverley handed a note to a teller at the Wells Fargo bank, 2750...

Your article on the Orange County Planning Commission's approval of The Irvine Co.'s plan to reduce the amount of grading in its Newport Ridge North project currently under construction contained errors ("Irvine Co. project under scrutiny," May 11). Here are the facts: The Irvine Co. representatives have been meeting with the Seawind neighbors who live near the construction site about how to best address the noise of the construction equipment. The company has received complaints from the neighbors about contractors starting their grading work prior to 7 a.m. (the article erroneously reported that it was the blasting of bedrock, which never occurs in the morning hours)

Bryce Alderton Newport Beach police arrested a 34-year-old Los Angeles man who allegedly stabbed two men after a fight Saturday night at a wedding reception, police said. Police arrested Ramon Cuebas on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a security guard in the hand and a male guest in the upper body at the reception at Temple Bat Yahm at 1011 Camelback St., said Newport Beach Police Lt. John Freeman. Police did not identify the victims, but said the guest was in stable condition at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana while the security guard was treated at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian for minor wounds to his hands, Freeman said.

A split school board recently asked how much it would cost to post armed guards at campuses in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. In a 4 to 3 vote Tuesday, Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustees asked administrators to find out the price tag for armed security at a single elementary school or high school - something that could scale districtwide. In interviews after the vote, trustees emphasized the exploration doesn't mean they'll eventually put guns in the hands of guards, but the idea was distasteful enough to some board members to vote against even finding out the price.

School officials Tuesday will commend the administrators and security guard who sprang into action when an angry parent allegedly brandished a BB gun on campus last month. On behalf of Estancia High School, Newport-Mesa Unified School District board members will honor Principal Kirk Bauermeister, Assistant Principal Michael Sciacca and security guard Xavier Castellano at the board's regular meeting. On Feb. 15, the two administrators wrestled what they thought was a real gun away from a disgruntled parent and Castellano sprinted through the halls warning classes to go into lockdown, according to school officials.

COSTA MESA - Celia Duran said she's not one to panic. The day before the junior led the Estancia High girls' basketball team to a 54-43 win against Ridgecrest Burroughs on Saturday, she said she was scared for her life. She took cover underneath a desk while her school went into lockdown on Friday afternoon. A student's parent allegedly brandished what looked like a real gun during a fight with a school administrator. The first thing that popped into Duran's mind was her coach, Xavier Castellano.

Newport Beach police arrested an Anaheim man they said assaulted a security guard at Hoag Hospital. Austin Kristopher McKee, 23, was arrested after the incident about 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to Newport police spokeswoman Kathy Lowe. McKee was in the emergency room when he assaulted the guard, Lowe said. He was taken into custody on suspicion of battery. A motive for the alleged attack was unknown. — Lauren Williams Twitter: @lawilliams30

COSTA MESA — The Planning Commission on Tuesday approved the creation of a task force that will attempt to address homelessness in the city. The task force, adopted after a unanimous vote, will have two commissioners and various community members. The commissioners chosen for the task force will be decided at the next meeting. "I think the task force is a way for the community to vet the current challenges and come up with a potential solution to an issue, which appears to be a major challenge for a lot of people on the Westside and the community at large," Planning Commissioner Steve Mensinger said.

A 57-year-old man who tried to rob a bank in Newport Beach Monday morning was caught as he tried to get away, authorities said. James Alexander Beverley, a transient in Newport Beach, was captured by a Wells Fargo security guard in the parking lot as he tried to make off with cash he’d just stolen from inside the bank, said Lt. Craig Fox. Police said about 9:28 a.m., Beverley handed a note to a teller at the Wells Fargo bank, 2750...

Neither the cover of night nor a locked door could keep the law from four people police believe were stealing a plasma-screen TV from a vacated Newport Beach apartment Monday, authorities said. About 2:28 a.m., police received a call from the complex security guard at the Coronado at Newport Apartments, 1700 E. 16th St. He told officers he saw a woman, Saisha Miranda, 29, of Huntington Beach, pacing outside some apartments and occasionally looking up to the second floor and looking around as if she were a watch-out, authorities said.

Irvine police are crediting an off-duty Newport Beach police detective with helping nab a man trying to steal a case of beer from a grocery store there on Wednesday. Police said Detective Bob Watts saw Ryan William Prince, 24, wrestling with a Pavilions grocery store security guard who caught him leaving without paying for the alcohol. About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Prince, who?s described as a 6-foot-5, 250 pound Tustin resident, walked into the Pavilions grocery store on Portola Parkway and grabbed a case of beer and walked out without paying, said Irvine police Lt. John Hare.

A man found dead Tuesday morning off the sands of Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort and Marina shot himself with a gun, the county coroner determined. The man, a 21-year-old Las Vegas resident, committed suicide about 11 p.m. Monday at the south beach area of the resort. He had been a guest of the resort’s RV park for the last few days. The coroner’s office has released the man’s name, but the Daily Pilot has a policy not to print the name of suicide victims unless they were a public figure.

Security guard Virgil Piece was the only one who showed up to work Friday morning at the DMV in Costa Mesa, but he didn’t go into the building. The doors were locked, and he sat outside of the Westside office in a folding chair under an awning to stay out of the rain. Pierce was the security guard charged with telling distraught motorists that the office was closed because California forced many of its workers to stay home a few days a month so that the cash-strapped state can save some money on payroll expenses.