Briefly

A man suspected of committing three Huntington Beach burglaries while

naked is scheduled to face a preliminary hearing Friday.

Fady Elbouhy, 22, is set to appear in an Orange County Superior Court

room at the West Justice Center in Westminster, court officials said.

Nancy Lewis, a prosecutor with the district attorney’s office, did not

return phone calls on the case, nor was Elbouhy’s defense attorney, Gene

Doney, available for comment.

Elbouhy is suspected of entering two separate residences in the early

hours of Jan. 29.

That morning, Elbouhy is suspected of gaining access to a 26-year-old

woman’s home at about 5:25 a.m. in the 9700 block of Charing Cross. A

short time later, he is accused of entering a home in the 9800 block of

Garrett Circle, but was deterred by a 49-year-old male resident.

Sgt. Janet Perez, a spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach Police

Department, said evidence at the scenes led police to suspect Elbouhy of

committing the crimes as well as linking him to a similar incident in

December.

Police arrested Elbouhy on March 1 after receiving a phone tip on his

location from his mother, whose name was not released, Perez added.