Suspicion

These people have been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. They have only been arrested on suspicion of a crime and, as with all suspects, are considered innocent until proved guilty. COSTA MESA Monday, Oct. 11 Ryan Richard Smith, 32, Costa Mesa Thursday, Oct. 14 Juan Carlos Penaloza-Mercado, 25, Costa Mesa Charles Andre Powell, 33, Huntington Beach Friday, Oct. 15 Rachel Mary Kutsch, 45, Costa Mesa Joshua Gabriel Gross, 27, Santa Ana Juan Enrique Tomm, 34, Santa Ana Maureen Margaret Rose Longo, 26, Santa Ana Saturday, Oct. 16 Nicolae Florea, 29, Costa Mesa Albert Mark Miller, 44, Long Beach Ryan Phillip Allen, 43, Newport Beach Sunday, Oct. 17 Jesse James Bolding, 33, Costa Mesa Osiris Campos-Constantino, 27, Costa Mesa Adam Glenn Trainor, 21, Riverside NEWPORT BEACH Friday, Oct. 8 Donald Monroe Tarbell, 74, Newport Beach Sunday, Oct. 10 Jeffrey Dean Castillo, 44, San Clemente Gary Wayne Seal, 46, Newport Beach Robert Michael Hanna, 25, Newport Beach Tuesday, Oct. 12 Linda MacDonnell, 61, Huntington Beach Wednesday, Oct. 13 Jensen Buckley Boyd, 19, Newport Beach Rachel Sterling Santley, 18, South Lake Tahoe William Layton Hart, 61, Newport Beach Thursday, Oct. 14 Eduardo Hernandez...

Costa Mesa police have arrested two men suspected of stabbing three people, an officer said Sunday. Roman Nava, 18, and Felipe Moreno, 19, both of Costa Mesa, were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and promoting a criminal street gang, Their arrest follows the stabbing of two men and a boy at about 12:32 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Anaheim Way and Yorkshire Street, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department....

Costa Mesa police arrested a 26-year-old parolee early Monday on suspicion of shooting and injuring another man, police said. Kenneth Albert St. Sauver of Costa Mesa allegedly shot a 27-year-old man during an attempted robbery near Victoria and Miner streets about 2 a.m., according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. The victim was shot in the upper back and the bullet exited through his neck, police said. He was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana with nonlife-threatening injuries after he went to the Costa Mesa Motor Inn, 2277 Harbor Blvd., looking for help from an acquaintance.

Police arrested a Costa Mesa man Sunday after he allegedly shot his former business partner in the Redwood Avenue home they shared. Thomas Michael Wilhelm, 48, was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held in Orange County Jail in lieu of $1-million bail. Just before 6:30 p.m. residents reported hearing a possible episode of domestic violence at the home in the 2900 block and called police, authorities said. Neighbors reporting hearing several gunshots before officers arrived.

Police have released two people who were arrested early Sunday in Costa Mesa on suspicion of burglarizing a vehicle and driving a stolen car. Christopher Anderson, 23, and a 17-year-old boy, both from Santa Ana, were arrested at 5:20 a.m. after Costa Mesa police followed them from a local apartment complex where they were seen looking into empty cars, Sgt. Bryan Wadkins said. The two were seen driving in the Avalon at South Coast apartment complex, 555 Paularino Ave., Sunday morning when police received a call of suspicious activity, Wadkins said.

Newport Beach police arrested actress and model Tawny Kitaen on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday afternoon, a law enforcement official said. Kitaen, 48, a Newport Beach resident, was driving near John Wayne Airport shortly before 3 p.m. when police pulled her over and arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence, Newport Beach Sgt. Shontel Sherwood said. Sherwood could not immediately say why police pulled Kitaen over. “That’s still under investigation,” she said.

Neither the cover of night nor a locked door could keep the law from four people police believe were stealing a plasma-screen TV from a vacated Newport Beach apartment Monday, authorities said. About 2:28 a.m., police received a call from the complex security guard at the Coronado at Newport Apartments, 1700 E. 16th St. He told officers he saw a woman, Saisha Miranda, 29, of Huntington Beach, pacing outside some apartments and occasionally looking up to the second floor and looking around as if she were a watch-out, authorities said.

A cash donation given to City Council candidate Gary Monahan has ignited a dispute over whether it was a contribution or earnings from a business deal he conducted outside of the election. The $7,000 he received was twice the amount given to any Costa Mesa candidate — and the biggest — through the end of September. On his first campaign finance disclosure statements, Monahan lists the money as a donation from Chino Hills Country Club, 2285 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.