Police Files:

Just because you return what you stole, doesn’t mean you get to go free.

Police are looking for three men who walked into Jack’s Surfboards Tuesday afternoon and grabbed eight watches, valued together at more than $2,185, from their display cases. Police said store employees watched the men put the watches into their bag and exit and get into a green Toyota Camry.

When the suspects noticed they were being followed by an employee calling 911 and reading their license plate number, one of them got out of the car, walked up to the employee, apologized and returned the watches before leaving.

The first suspect is described as a 6-foot-1 black male, 25 years old, 240 pounds with black hair, brown eyes, wearing jeans, a black T-shirt, a white hat and a tattoo on the left side of his neck that says “Famous.”

The second suspect is described as a 25-year-old male Latino with black hair, brown eyes, 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, wearing jeans.

The third person is described as a Latino male, 23 years old, 5-foot-10 with brown hair and green eyes, 180 pounds, wearing red pants and a blue T-shirt.

AREA 1

Baker Street: Vandalism was reported in the 800 block at 1:19 p.m. Wednesday.

Peterson Place: A vehicle burglary was reported in the 2700 block at 6:56 a.m. Wednesday.

College Avenue: Theft was reported in the 3100 block at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday.

AREA 2

South Coast Drive: A commercial burglary was reported in the 900 block at 11:38 a.m. Wednesday.

Newport Boulevard: Battery was reported in the 2200 block at 1:58 p.m. Wednesday.

Bristol Street: Grand theft was reported in the 3300 block at 2:32 p.m. Wednesday.

Bristol Street: Grand theft was reported in the 3300 block at 8:06 p.m. Wednesday.

Fullerton Avenue and Melody Lane: Vandalism was reported at 9:53 a.m. Wednesday.

AREA 3

Balboa Boulevard: Petty theft was reported in the 3100 block at 11:43 a.m. Thursday.

Irvine Avenue: Trespassing was reported in the 600 block at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday.

32nd Street and Villa Way: A traffic collision with no injuries was reported at 6:17 p.m. Wednesday.

Edgewater Place: Petty theft was reported in the 500 block at 5:23 p.m. Wednesday.

AREA 4

Birch Street: Defrauding an innkeeper was reported in the 4800 block at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday.

Campus Drive and Bristol Street: A traffic collision with no injuries was reported at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.

AREA 5

Eastbluff Drive: Defrauding an innkeeper was reported in the 2500 block at 12:52 a.m. Thursday.

Park Newport Drive: A stolen vehicle was recovered in the 2200 block at 10:19 a.m. Thursday.

Park Newport Drive: Vehicle theft was reported in the 2200 block at 8:58 a.m. Thursday.

East Coast Highway and Newport Center Drive: A traffic collision with no injuries was reported at 12:08 p.m. Thursday.

East Coast Highway: Vehicle theft was reported in the 1600 block at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday.

San Miguel Drive: A commercial burglary was reported in the 1600 block at 1:11 p.m. Thursday.

AREA 6

Newport Coast Drive and Pelican Hill Road: Reckless driving was reported at 7:07 p.m. Wednesday.