LAGUNA BEACH, CA — A local gym employee with an outstanding warrant asked Laguna Beach Police Officers to let him cover his shift before being taken in, according to reports.

On Saturday at approximately 2 p.m. Laguna Beach Police Department officers arrived a local gym on the 800 block of Glenneyre Street with an active warrant for one of the fitness center's employees, according to LBPD Sgt. Jim Cota.

"Officers were told that the employee they were serving the arrest warrant was the only employee at the gym," Cota said. "He asked to make arrangements for someone to come in and take his spot."