Police identify suspect in ‘naked’ burglaries
Tariq Malik
HUNTINGTON BEACH -- Police were searching Wednesday for a man
suspected of committing two burglaries in the buff last week.
Police are seeking Fady Farouk Elbouhy, 22, in connection with early
morning burglaries on Charing Cross Drive and Garrett Circle on Jan. 29.
At 5:25 a.m. that morning, police officers arrived at a home in the
97000 block of Charing Cross Drive, where a naked man allegedly entered a
26-year-old woman’s residence, police said.
The woman awoke while the suspect was in her home, rushed out and
alerted a nearby neighbor of the incident.
About 30 minutes later in the 9800 block of Garrett Circle, four
blocks from the first incident, a 49-year-old resident caught a naked man
attempting to commit a burglary on the second floor of an apartment
building.
The resident fought with the naked burglar, forcing him downstairs
from the second floor where the suspect escaped through a window.
Lt. Luis Ochoa of the Huntington Beach Police Department said evidence
at the scenes linked Elbouhy to the crimes, as well as a third burglary
committed while naked.
Elbouhy is described as Middle Eastern, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall
and weighing 140 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a mustache.
Police said the suspect also has a tattoo of a star on his right wrist,
and another with the phrase “Hello Stranger” on his right arm. He was
last known living in Huntington Beach.
Anyone with information on Elbouhy’s whereabouts are urged to call the
Police Department at (714) 375-5066.
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