Unarmed man robs salon An unarmed...

Unarmed man

robs salon

An unarmed man robbed a beauty salon on Beach Boulevard last week.

The man, posing as a customer, waited for an employee to walk out

of the office where the cash was kept, then rushed in and grabbed a

large sum of money.

The salon employee tried to stop him, but he ran into an alley and

got away. He was accompanied by another man who was seen with him

outside the salon before it opened, Huntington Beach Police Sgt.

Robert Orosco said.

The man was described as being between 30 and 35, with a heavy

build and between 6 feet 3 and 6 feet 6.

The second suspect could only be described as a male about 5 feet

11.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the

Huntington Beach Police Department detective unit at (714) 536-5951.

Police Lt. Hume honored for work

Huntington Beach Police Lt. J.B. Hume was honored with the

Exploring Advisor of the Year award. He is the first recipient of the

award.

Hume has received several other awards for his work as an advisor

of the Exploring Program, which is an extension of the Boy Scouts of

America.

As a result of his leadership more than 85 explorers in the

Huntington Beach Search and Rescue Post have gone on to become

firefighters and police officers.

“That’s kind of impressive and a lot of it has been his effort,”

said Tamara Nale, Exploring Program director with Learning for Life.

“It gives kids an ability to go in and work in an environment that

they might want to work in as a career. It makes them mature and

responsible adults.”

Hume himself is a 38-year member of the Boy Scouts.

“I’m just a big overgrown Boy Scout,” he said.

Police Sgt. Gary Meza nominated Hume for the award because of his

long involvement with the program.

“He was a natural fit for this award,” Meza said.

Many explorers have gone into public safety because of his

guidance, he said.

The turnout at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa for the

awards last week was a veritable who’s who in Orange County.

Police seeking “Sleepy Bandit”

Police are looking for a bank robber they have dubbed the “Sleepy

Bandit” because he looks like he’s falling asleep. The robber has

robbed a bank in Cypress and one in Huntington Beach. He is described

as being a male in his 30s and is about 5 feet 8 and 180 pounds. He

wears a baseball cap, blue jeans and a dark plaid button-down shirt.

While bank employees have not reported seeing a weapon during the

robberies, authorities still consider the man to be armed and

dangerous and he should not be confronted.

Anyone with information about the “Sleepy Bandit” should contact

FBI Special Agent Ken Stokes (714) 542-8825.

Police thank Toyota for new DARE car

Huntington Beach Police Chief Ron Lowenberg will present Toyota of

Huntington Beach General Manager Bob Miller with a plaque today in

appreciation for the dealerships donation of a 2003 Toyota Matrix.

The car has been decorated with patriotic graphics and will be

used as part of the department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education,

program.

Police departments across the country have similar cars, but this

is the department’s first DARE car.

The DARE program recently survived budget cuts that nearly

eliminated it from city schools. Rather than cutting the program

entirely, the City Council reduced the number of officers involved in

the program and it limited the number of schools that the officers

would work with.