Identity

An 18-year-old man was arrested in Costa Mesa after mistaking an off-duty Huntington Beach police officer for a friend he didn't like, following him home and pelting him with eggs, police said Tuesday. The Santa Barbara resident was arrested about 2:36 a.m. Monday near Shantar Drive and Adams Avenue after he and at least one friend followed the officer home, said Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Jerry Hildeman. When the officer stepped out of his car, the teens pelted him with eggs.

Defying gravity is second nature to Amelia Rudolph. The artistic director of Project Bandaloop sends her dancers to ever-greater heights, leaping and turning at 90-degree angles along the sides of bridges, skyscrapers and even mountains. Founded in 1991, Project Bandaloop was first and last seen at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 2007. The company will return Sept. 30 and perform three nights on the outside wall of Segerstrom Hall — including a world-premiere work commissioned by the center for its 2010-11 Dance Series season opener.

Steve Virgen The goals and expectations have changed at Corona del Mar High, where girls water polo has been quite successful the past two years. The Sea Kings are in search of an identity this season. They are no longer known for or defined by a certain quartet that was key in leading CdM to two CIF Southern Section titles in Division IV and II. However, this season's squad plans to build off that success with the hopes of continuing to establish tradition.

COSTA MESA Harbor Boulevard: A commercial burglary was reported in the 2200 block at 4:51 a.m. Tuesday. Java Road: Identity theft was reported in the 2900 block at 3:58 p.m. Tuesday. Myran Drive: Petty theft was reported in the 2100 block at 8:31 a.m. Tuesday. Oak Street: Vandalism was reported in the 800 block at 8:08 a.m. Tuesday. Red Hill Avenue: Identity theft was reported in the 3000 block at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

A Lake Elsinore man is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges he broke into luxury cars in several cities in Orange County, including Newport Beach, and stole personal information for identity thefts, officials said. Jesus Lara Jr. is charged with two felony counts of second degree burglary and two felony counts of using stolen credit card numbers taken from cars in Newport Beach, Irvine and Dana Point, among other places. Prosecutors claim between October and January Lara worked with five other people in an identity theft ring that targeted the owners of luxury cars throughout Orange County.

The UC Irvine men's volleyball team needs two more victories to become the first NCAA champion to repeat since UCLA won back-to-back titles in 1995 and 1996. The No. 2-seeded Anteaters (23-7) face No. 3-seeded Loyola of Chicago (22-9) in one semifinal on Thursday at 6 p.m. at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. The winner will advance to face either top-seeded BYU (25-4) or Penn State (23-7), in the title match Saturday at 6 p.m. Former UCI Coach John Speraw was a senior middle blocker on the 1995 national championship team.

Newport Beach-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and St. Joseph Health on Thursday announced the completion of their affiliation process, which created a new network serving millions of residents throughout Orange County and the High Desert, officials said. "I don't think it's so much how many people we'll serve," said Dr. Richard Afable, former Hoag president and chief executive , who will take the reins of the new network. "It's how we will change what we do in terms of how care will be delivered.

In my final years in the public defender's office, identity theft became a factor for many clients wrongly accused of crimes. Someone would be arrested for a crime while possessing false identification in the client's name. After making bail, the criminals would disappear while a warrant was issued for the real person whose ID they had stolen. I saw firsthand the devastation in the lives of these victims. On top of false criminal charges, the real criminal could destroy the victim financially by using their credit cards or taking out loans in the victim's name.

A Los Angeles man convicted in June for his involvement in an international identity theft scheme was sentenced to 76 months in federal prison, authorities said Wednesday. The man was arrested in 2011 by Costa Mesa police at South Coast Plaza. Doren Harold Ward, 37, used credit cards primarily of elderly victims and with the help of British co-conspirators had new credit cards sent to mail drops around Southern California, according to the U.S. attorney's office. After the credit cards were obtained, Ward and others bought luxury goods from stores, including Louis Vuitton, Ben Bridge Jeweler and Geary's in Beverly Hills.

Irvine police are looking for more victims of a woman they say used Internet dating sites to target Korean men in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Police arrested Sunmee Kim, 36, on Dec. 21 on outstanding warrants issued from both counties. Kim was arrested a week after falsely reporting, under a stolen identity, that she was the victim of domestic violence, according to a police news release. Kim used the report to remove the victim, a 44-year old Irvine businessman she had met on Koreancupid.com, from his home.

An 18-year-old man was arrested in Costa Mesa after mistaking an off-duty Huntington Beach police officer for a friend he didn't like, following him home and pelting him with eggs, police said Tuesday. The Santa Barbara resident was arrested about 2:36 a.m. Monday near Shantar Drive and Adams Avenue after he and at least one friend followed the officer home, said Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Jerry Hildeman. When the officer stepped out of his car, the teens pelted him with eggs.

NEWPORT BEACH — From their perch on a buoy bobbing by the entrance to Newport Harbor, a party of California sea lions welcomed the Irving Johnson with a cacophony of honks. On Monday's voyage up the Orange Coast from Dana Point, the crew of the tall ship had unfurled its sails, which gleamed in the late morning sunlight. The brigantine's deckhands could be seen changing tack on the jib sails out front to catch a wind blowing in from Catalina. They were preparing the 100-foot, 100-ton boat for its approach into the harbor.

A man accused of stealing a nearly $1.4 million tax return check from billionaire Irvine Co. Chairman Donald Bren pleaded guilty Monday to one count of bank fraud. Federal prosecutors say Moundir Kamil, a 41-year-old convicted bank robber, obtained Bren's Social Security number, date of birth and other personal information and opened an account in Bren's name in February 2010 at an East West Bank branch in Cerritos. Bren, a 79-year-old real estate tycoon, is listed as Forbes' 64th richest person in the world and has an estimated net worth of $12 billion.

A Costa Mesa woman has been sentenced to three years in state prison for her involvement in an identity theft ring that charged thousands of dollars in merchandise at Best Buy stores throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties. Georgia Lichia Su, 41, plead guilty to one felony count second-degree burglary and one felony count to commit grand theft and forging, according to a news release released by the Orange County district attorney's office. On April 28, 2010, Tustin and Orange police searched Su's home and found thousands of stolen identities, laser printers, blank credit cards, and a credit card making machine, the statement said.

A Costa Mesa woman accused of being the mastermind of an identity theft ring, and who was out on bail, has been charged with stealing more identities while awaiting trial on the first case, prosecutors announced Thursday. Georgia Lichia Su, 41, is charged with multiple felony counts of forgery, commercial burglary, identity theft, and using fictitious instruments. Prosecutors added a possible sentencing enhancement for allegedly committing the crimes while out on bail for a similar, 2010 case.