Arrests Orange County

A Costa Mesa man was taken into custody Sunday morning after barricading himself in his brother's apartment in what police are calling a family dispute. John Michael Culbertson, 36, lured his brother, Keith, 33, out of his apartment on Costa Mesa Street early Sunday, police said. When Keith Culbertson was outside, John Culbertson forced his way into the home and pushed out his brother's housemate, Donita Hunter, 29, police said.

A 23-year-old man was shot several times after two carloads of people confronted him and several others on a neighborhood street early Sunday, Huntington Beach Police Lt. Luis Ochoa said. Police later arrested four men and two juveniles, all of Anaheim, in connection with the shooting. The victim, whose name has not been released, is recovering at a local hospital. The incident occurred on the 100 block of 7th Street about 3 a.m.

In an apparent attack of remorse, an alleged bank robber turned himself in to police Friday--and turned over most of the money he said he stole, Police Sgt. Mike McDermott said. Adam Patrick Jarvis, 24, of Newport Beach was being held at Newport Beach Jail on suspicion of robbery but then was released to the custody of the FBI, police said. FBI agents want to see if Jarvis is linked to another robbery at the same bank in November 1997, McDermott said.

A man who allegedly shot two people in an alley late Thursday turned himself in hours after the incident, police said Friday. Louis Negron, 19, of Garden Grove went to the police station about 3 a.m. Friday and told officers he had fired the shots, Officer Phil Schmidt said. Six hours earlier, a 26-year-old man and 14-year-old boy were standing in an alley near Barclay Drive and Katella Avenue when Negron allegedly asked about their gang affiliation, Schmidt said.

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that Cypress police believe was a hate crime. Two men were stabbed and another hit in the head with a beer bottle when four to six men, described by witnesses as having shaved heads and swastika tattoos, attacked them outside a pool hall Monday night, police said. The suspects, including a third arrested Tuesday night, are being held on $250,000 bail, Cypress Police Sgt. David Birozy said.

Police have arrested an Irvine man on suspicion of molesting several young boys, some of whom he may have met through his affiliation with the Boy Scouts and Big Brothers of America, authorities said. The suspect, Kenneth Eugene Teague, 40, was taken into custody after police found incriminating videotapes and photographs in several locations, Irvine Police Lt. Tom Hume said. "There is a tremendous amount of evidence to sort through," Hume said.

One of three teenagers arrested in connection with an attack on a Latino man outside a Cypress pool hall pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he violated the man's civil rights, a court clerk said Thursday. Vincent James Putzier, 19, of Garden Grove and two juveniles with possible links to white supremacy groups are suspected of striking a Huntington Beach man in the head with a beer bottle outside the Cypress House of Billiards on Monday night, police said.

Police officers from four agencies arrested two men in Costa Mesa on Wednesday on suspicion of stealing computer hardware. Leon Leonard Jones, 41, and Joee Kondwani Lee, 24, both of Buena Park, were arrested on their way out of a commercial building near John Wayne Airport. They were allegedly carrying stolen computer parts and laptops worth $20,000 to $25,000. "We're investigating the possibility that they were involved in 25 burglaries throughout Orange County," Irvine Police Lt.

A man being chased by police after a robbery Sunday afternoon burst into a bowling alley and startled about 20 people who ran outside for safety. No one was injured at the Kona Lanes on Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa, officials said. After about a two-hour standoff, police arrested Eric Jack Haley, 26, of Las Vegas on suspicion of armed robbery, Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Ken Lovelady said. "At the time, about 20 customers and employees were inside the bowling alley," Lovelady said.

A Russian national who disappeared in Newport Beach on Tuesday was found safe Friday walking along the San Diego Freeway in Irvine. When California Highway Patrol officials, who spotted her on the freeway, checked her identification and found that her visa had expired, the Immigration and Naturalization Service took her into custody. Police said she is seeking voluntary deportation.