Crime & Safety
Crime: Teens Harass Online, Man Accused of Sex with Minor
Los Alamitos Police dealt with reports of embezzlement, teens harassing one another electronically and a 39-year-old man having sex with a teen.
Editor's Note: Reported from the Los Alamitos Weekly Crime Summary for the most recent week reported.
A 39-year-old man from Orange, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a Los Alamitos teenager is scheduled to be arraigned today.
Kirk Thomas Feist was faces four felony counts including unlawful intercourse with a minor, sodomy and oral copulation of a person under 18-years-old. If convicted on all charges, he faces five years in prison.
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“The victim was 16 at the time of the first encounter,” said Los Alamitos Police Department Captain Bruce McAlpine. “(Feist) is a family friend of the victim’s family, and we believe that is how the relationship started.”
AUTO BURGLARY
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- 5/13/12 – 1:14 PM – 3900 Howard – A report of vehicle window smash with a loss of property from inside sometime overnight.
- 5/19/12 – 11:20 AM – 3500 Orangewood – A report of a vehicle window smash with a loss of property sometime during the prior two hours.
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY
- 5/17/12 – 8:40 PM – 4200 Farquhar – A report of a bicycle taken from an unsecured garage sometime during the prior two hours.
ASSAULT
- 5/13/12 – 12:18 PM – 10900 Reagan – A report of two people known to each other in an argument which escalated to one battering the other.
- 5/17/12 – 8:11 AM – 11100 Bunker Hill – A report of a family disturbance. A 45 year-old woman from Los Alamitos was arrested on suspicion of battery.
DUI
- 5/14/12 – 12:35 AM – Katella Ave. and Coyote Creek – Traffic stop. A 51 year-old woman from Long Beach was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
- 5/14/12 – 1:13 PM – 3500 Cerritos Ave. – A report of a person in possession of a controlled substance. A Juvenile was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana
THEFT
- 5/16/12 – 8:41 AM – 11900 Paseo Bonita – A report of property taken from an unsecured vehicle sometime overnight.
- 5/17/12 – 11:32 AM – 5100 Katella Ave. – A report of an unauthorized person taking gardening equipment from a truck sometime during the prior 30 minutes.
- 5/18/12 – 12:17 PM – 5100 Katella Ave. – A report of a former employee stealing money entrusted to them to manage business accounts over the past few years.
IDENTITY THEFT/CREDIT CARD/CHECK FRAUD
- 5/18/12 – 9:59 AM – 10800 Walnut – A report of an unauthorized person using the victim’s information to file taxes.
- 5/18/12 – 11:16 AM – 10800 Chestnut – A report of an unauthorized person accessing the victim’s bank account.
- 5/18/12 – 7:30 PM – 3800 Howard Ave. – A report of an unauthorized person using the victim’s information to establish work eligibility.
- 5/19/12 – 3:02 PM – 3300 Katella Ave. – A report of an unauthorized person using the victim’s information to purchase a gift card at a business.
MISCELLANEOUS
- 5/13/12 – 6:51 A M – A report of unlawful sexual conduct between an adult and a juvenile. A 39 year-old man from Orange was arrested on suspicion of unlawful intercourse with a minor.
- 5/13/12 – 10:16 AM – 10800 Chestnut – A report of a vehicle window shot out with a BB or pellet gun sometime overnight.
- 5/18/12 – 4:00 AM – 3500 Farquhar – A report of a person sleeping on private property after being warned not to do so. A 62 year-old male transient was arrested on suspicion of trespassing.
- 5/18/12 – 9:12 AM – 10800 Los Alamitos Blvd. – A report of a front window of a business being shattered with either a BB or pellet gun.
- 5/18/12 – 9:42 – 4300 Howard – A report of an illegally parked occupied vehicle. A 53 year-old man from Los Alamitos was arrested for a warrant.
- 5/18/12 – 10:54 AM – Katella Ave. and Lexington – A report of a suspicious person looking inside parked vehicles. A 36 year-old man from LosAlamitos was arrested for a warrant.
- 5/18/12 – 4:56 PM – 4000 Howard Ave. – A report of a family disturbance. A 41 year-old man from Los Alamitos was arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order and delaying and obstructing a peace officer from their duties.
- 5/18/12 – 6:53 PM – 10800 Oak – A report of personal threats and electronic threats and annoying communication between juveniles who are known to each other during the prior two weeks.
- 5/18/12 – 10:45 PM – Los Alamitos Blvd. and Katella Ave. – Traffic stop. A 39 year-old man from Palmdale was arrested for a warrant.
- 5/19/12 – 12:26 AM – Katella Ave. and Noel – A report of a loud party. A 21 year-old man from Los Alamitos was arrested on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of minors.
- 5/19/12 – 2:55 AM – 4300 Howard Ave. – A report of a loud party. A 23 year-old man from Los Alamitos and a 23-year-old woman from Los Alamitos, were arrested on suspicion of disturbing the peace.
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