Theft

As Irvine police were taking the description of a man suspected in multiple burglaries and thefts — including stealing a 5-year-old's bicycle — witnesses spotted him and officers chased him into an Irvine marsh and arrested him. Officers on foot followed Tony Angulo, 32, of Riverside, after he fled from an apartment complex on Turtle Crest Drive on Dec. 9. They arrested him on suspicion of auto theft, multiple thefts from vehicles and...

An organized crime ring that targeted Apple Stores nationwide struck shops in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine, police said Tuesday. Four Chicago residents are suspected of the thefts from Apple Stores in the three cities, as well as a Microsoft store in Mission Viejo, according to Torrance Police Sgt. Robert Watt. Apple has retail outlets at South Coast Plaza, Fashion Island and the Irvine Spectrum. Some 17 total thefts took place across Los Angeles and Orange counties. Torrance police arrested Ausra Bauzinskaite, 34, Adeliya Nassybullina, 30, Lukasz Karasinski, 37, and Przemyslaw Skiba, 31, after a four-month investigation, according to the Torrance Police Department.

Police have released photos of two people they want to question in connection with a series of thefts in Newport Beach. One of the people is described as a male Latino older than 50, 5-foot-8 and 190 pounds with a scar on the ride side of his neck. The other person is described as a female Latino older than 30, 5-foot-1, pregnant and more than 150 pounds. She has a tattoo on the side of her neck, authorities said. Police said they are not sure if the pair are the people responsible for picking pockets at local open houses and retail stores.

AREA 1 East Mesa Verde Drive: A grand theft was reported in the 1500 block at 12:28 a.m. Friday. Cardinal Drive: A residential burglary was reported in the 2700 block at 8:45 a.m. Friday. East Mesa Verde Drive: A vehicle was reported burglarized in the 1500 block at 10:04 a.m. Friday. Hamilton Street: A vehicle was reported stolen in the 300 block at 12:47 p.m. Friday. Harbor Boulevard: A petty theft was reported in the 2300 block 4:02 p.m. Friday.

Irvine police Wednesday arrested two men suspected of burglarizing a number of religious institutions across Orange County - including a temple in Irvine - with the help of two other suspects. In January, investigators identified Robert Dennis, 45, of Santa Ana, from DNA at the temple, according to a news release from Irvine police. After searching a residence in Garden Grove connected to Dennis, Irvine police identified two more suspects: Fernando Flores, 21, of Garden Grove, and James Dorscht, 39, of Norwalk, according to police.

Newport Beach will probably change the way it tracks its public art pieces, updating records at least annually, City Manager Dave Kiff said in an email this week. Previously, the city hadn't regularly updated its inventory, he wrote, and as of Wednesday, five pieces - donated to the city or purchased at a combined value of $675 - were unaccounted for. Those were out of an inventory of 236 pieces with a total known value of $841,650. "We are not sure if the five are actually lost - it's generally our record keeping that has not been up to par," Kiff wrote.

Preschool teacher Peggy Williams doesn't talk as if she's just had her car stolen. "It's almost gotten to the point that I feel like I don't deserve all the amazing things that are happening to me," the Costa Mesa resident said Thursday. On Tuesday, her 1999 Honda Accord, with more than 200,000 miles on the odometer, was taken out of Lighthouse Community Church's parking lot in Costa Mesa, she said. When the 25-year-old and her fellow teachers left the church's preschool, called Lil' Lighthouse Preschool, the car was gone.

COSTA MESA West 19th Street and Harbor Boulevard: A warrant arrest was reported at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday. Pinecreek Drive: A disturbance was reported in the 2800 block at 4:20 a.m. Tuesday. Buckingham Drive: A residential burglary was reported in the 1100 block at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday. Buckingham Drive: Petty theft was reported in the 1100 block at 8:58 a.m. Tuesday. East Mesa Verde Drive: A residential burglary was reported in the 1500 block at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday. West 19th Street: A warrant arrest was reported in the 600 block at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday.

UC Irvine police on Wednesday asked for the public's help in identifying a man they said stole items from locked rooms in the engineering laboratory. Police said the man was seen stealing items at 3:06 a.m. March 24 and provided a video of a man walking down a hallway wearing a camouflage jacket with camouflage cargo shorts and a dark hat. No information was immediately available about what items were taken or their value. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Benny Green at (949)

A Costa Mesa-based nonprofit is asking for donations after $12,000 to $14,000 worth of items were stolen, an organizer said. Project Independence, which serves about 600 adults with developmental disabilities in Orange County, lost items including a karaoke machine, audio equipment, computers, a big screen TV, DVD player and saw horses during a late-night break in April 8, said Associate Director Bob Watson. The thieves may have been scared away before they could take more because some supplies were found in the parking lot, Watson said.

When Costa Mesa National Little League's vice president started mowing an outfield lawn Wednesday, he didn't notice the aluminum skeleton sitting just outside the right field fence. A maintenance worker from nearby TeWinkle Middle School had to ask what the league had done with the 12-foot-wide bleachers before Trent Christ realized what was wrong with the picture. Someone managed to unbolt five rows of aluminum benches, floorboards, backrests, side railings and cross beams and make off with them without anyone noticing.

Costa Mesa police Friday morning arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of grand theft auto, authorities said. Laura Felix, 25, of Santa Ana, and Adrian Soto, 23, of Orange, were also booked on outstanding warrants, according to a police news release. An officer who was at the Ana Mesa Motel in the 3500 block of Harbor Boulevard near the Santa Ana border "registered a 'hit'" on his computer noting that the car, a 1994 red Honda Civic parked nearby, was probably stolen, the release said.

An organized crime ring that targeted Apple Stores nationwide struck shops in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine, police said Tuesday. Four Chicago residents are suspected of the thefts from Apple Stores in the three cities, as well as a Microsoft store in Mission Viejo, according to Torrance Police Sgt. Robert Watt. Apple has retail outlets at South Coast Plaza, Fashion Island and the Irvine Spectrum. Some 17 total thefts took place across Los Angeles and Orange counties. Torrance police arrested Ausra Bauzinskaite, 34, Adeliya Nassybullina, 30, Lukasz Karasinski, 37, and Przemyslaw Skiba, 31, after a four-month investigation, according to the Torrance Police Department.