POLICE FILES - Oct. 26, 2000

Police were still trying Tuesday to find the culprit in a vandalism

spree that left 26 vehicles in a Huntington Beach neighborhood with at

least one cut tire, some with multiple slash marks.

“The damage goes into the thousands [of dollars],” said Sgt. Janet

Perez, spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach Police Department. “We have

identified a possible suspect who is not in custody and are continuing

our investigation.”

The vandal struck early Saturday morning, police said, cutting car

tires apparently at random in a mile radius around the 20000 block of

Farnsworth Lane. Cars parked on Kingfisher Drive and Catamaran Lane were

also hit.

Police officials said they believe the tires of new and old cars alike

were slashed between the hours 4 and 7 a.m., and a motive has not been

determined. The investigation is continuing, police said.

3 sought in attempt to steal drugs

Huntington Beach police were still searching Tuesday for two males who

are believed to have tried to steal drugs from a male juvenile. The two

men and a third man, 24-year-old Miseal Bustos, tried to buy marijuana

from the minor on Ronald Street at 2:50 p.m. Oct. 18, police said.

One of the three pulled a handgun on the juvenile, demanded the drugs

and pulled the trigger twice, but the gun did not fire, police said. The

three fled on foot without taking the drugs, and the police investigation

is continuing, Lt. Lloyd Edwards said.

Bustos was later booked by police on misdemeanor charges associated

with the incident.

Police arrest 5 in clothing store burglary

Fountain Valley police arrested five men who reportedly broke into

Jamaican Style on Young River Road on Sunday night and took two sewing

machines and some new clothing.

Fountain Valley Police Sgt. Dan Llorens responded to an alarm at the

store on Young River Road at 9:30 p.m., saw a blue Chevy van leaving the

vicinity and followed it.

Llorens stopped and searched the van on Slater Avenue and found the

items.

Those arrested and charged in connection with the commercial burglary

are Ivan Milan, 26, from Carson; Cesar R. Salazar, 33, from Westminster;

Isaac Gonzales, 31, from San Pedro; Julian Villegas, 37, from Compton;

and Ramiro A. Perez, 33, from Carson. The men were taken to the Orange

County Jail and booked. Their bail was set at $10,000.

The stolen property was returned.

Subway robber still at large

Fountain Valley police are still looking for a man who robbed a Subway

Sandwich Shop at 16373 Harbor Blvd. on Oct. 18.

The man entered the shop at 9:05 p.m., rushed around the counter and

pushed a female employee out of the way, police said, adding that he then

removed money from the cash register and fled the area on foot.

The man told the employee he had a weapon and raised an 18-inch

squeegee above his shoulder. He is described as 40 to 49 years old; 5

feet, 10 inches tall; and 195 pounds. He was wearing a short-sleeved

shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fountain Valley Police

Department at (714) 593-4485. SI-- Compiled by Tariq Malik and Torus

Tammer