In the early morning hours of September 19, Laguna Beach police arrested a burglary suspect after a prolonged and dangerous standoff along the cliffs in South Laguna.
Officers initially responded to a burglary alarm at a residence, where a man was seen on camera but appeared to have left. When the reporting party later observed him return on surveillance, officers re‑established containment and deployed a drone, locating the suspect hiding beneath a deck near a cliff edge. The man threatened suicide by cop while holding a glass bottle and a pipe, preventing officers from safely approaching due to the terrain.
The suspect later climbed onto neighboring properties and attempted to enter multiple homes before being contained between two residences…