Man Arrested for Residential Burglary

News release from the Laguna Beach Police Department:

Detectives from the Laguna Beach Police Department Wednesday arrested Kyle Alan Veach, 22, of Indianapolis, for residential burglary. Veach is accused of burglarizing a home in the 800 block of Hillcrest Drive on March 8. He was taken into custody at the Costa Mesa Police Department when he went to retrieve property from an earlier arrest.

On the day of the burglary, the victim had been out running errands when he returned home to find Veach exiting his residence. He asked him what he was doing, but Veach ran. When the victim entered his home, he saw that it had been partially ransacked.  Of the stolen items, there were many personal checks missing from a desk drawer.

On March 13, members of the CMPD arrested three men at a motel room within their city. Veach was one of the men taken into custody. At the time of his arrest, Veach had the personal checks of the Laguna Beach victim in his possession. He was charged with possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and possession of fictitious documents.

While Veach was in Orange County Jail, Laguna Beach detectives were able to determine that he was the person who committed the March 8 burglary.

Veach had previously been arrested after stealing an iPhone from an unlocked vehicle in Laguna Beach on July 5, 2011. He plead guilty to the possession of stolen property and was placed on five years probation.