Police Files

NBPD encounters an alleged robbery in progress while responding to another call

Last Wednesday, January 13, Newport Beach Police received a call from the security office of a Newport Center area hotel referencing guests using fake credit cards in order to obtain a room. 

When officers arrived on scene, they discovered another alleged crime in progress when a victim notified them that he had just been robbed. 

Police investigated and arrested three suspects on charges of trespassing and strong arm robbery. Those arrested included Raymond Edward Henry Jr., 20, a student from New York; Luis Martinez, 23, from Fayetteville; and Tori Renee Proctor, 22, from Brooklyn.

All were taken into custody and each held on $50,000 bail.

Group accused of taking sunglasses and leaving store, NBPD rounds up all six

Newport Beach Police responded to a call from loss prevention at a store in Newport Center on Wednesday, Jan. 13, around 5 p.m. Employees stated that they had witnessed one person in a group of six suspects taking several pairs of sunglasses and leaving the store.

NBPD investigated further in an attempt to find a related vehicle and the scattering of the other suspects involved. 

Police eventually located the vehicle and arrested the driver, while others were apprehended in other various locations, including one suspect who was a minor. 

Robert Andrew Orozco, 27, of San Pedro, was arrested in the 2600 block of Eastbluff Drive driving the vehicle and charged with receiving stolen property with an amount greater than $950 and for driving while his license was suspended or revoked.

Others arrested nearby were Brenna Renee Flores, 20, of Azusa, in the 100 block of Newport Center Drive; Haley Victoria Soto, 20, Harbor City, arrested at Granville Drive and Newport Center Drive; Andrew Burt Lookadoo, 24, Harbor City, taken into custody on Clubhouse Drive; and Steven Peter Bustos, 22, San Pedro, arrested at W. Coast Highway and Begonia Avenue.

Charges for each were obstructing or resisting and conspiracy to commit a crime by Flores; receiving stolen property with a value greater than $950 by Soto; commercial burglary through shoplifting an amount greater than $950, obstructing or resisting and conspiracy to commit a crime by Bustos; and Lookadoo was charged with receiving stolen property with a value greater than $950.

Bail was set at $20,000 for all five suspects. 

Editor’s Note: An arrest contains allegations that a suspect has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.