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Arraignment delayed in Veches case

Arraignment for Trenton Veches, a former Newport Beach recreation

coordinator accused of sucking young boys’ toes, was continued from

Tuesday to Nov. 5.

Veches, 31, pleaded not guilty April 19 to seven counts of lewd

conduct with children. He also faces a special one-strike enhancement

on each of those charges, which, if proved, can send him to prison

for life without eligibility for parole for at least 25 years.

He is accused of behaving inappropriately with several boys ages

10 or younger. Police detectives confiscated several digital images

from Veches’ home computer showing him performing the acts,

investigators said.

Police identified more than 50 victims in those pictures, all boys

who had participated in the city’s after-school and summer programs

Veches supervised over the last three years. He was arrested after a

co-worker tipped off officials that Veches was behaving

inappropriately with the children. A preliminary hearing was held on

Sept. 26.

Man arrested with 3 loaded guns

Newport Beach police on Friday arrested a 29-year-old man who had

allegedly been pounding on doors while armed with three loaded guns,

officials said.

Daniel Sims of Orange was booked on suspicion of being a “felon in

possession of firearms,” Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Shulman

said. He said officers responded to the call at about 5:25 a.m.

Friday after a resident in the 300 block of Coast Highway reported

that someone was “pounding at his door,” yelling: “They’re after me.

They’re chasing me.”

“We found that was not the case,” Shulman said. “[Sims] had two

Intratech 9-millimeter submachine gun pistols and an AR-15 rifle.”

All the weapons were loaded but none of them were fired and no one

was hurt, he said. Sims was released after posting a $10,000 bail,

Shulman said.

Police arrest burglary suspects after stop

Newport Beach police arrested two burglary suspects Tuesday after

officers tried to make a vehicle stop, Sgt. Steve Shulman said.

Police made the stop at about 4:05 a.m. Tuesday at the

intersection of Clay Street and San Bernardino Avenue. One of the men

fled. The other man, Jeffrey Allen Newland, 26, of Irvine, was

arrested.

Officers continued their search in the neighborhood. They arrested

25-year-old Daniel Hernandez Moreno in Santa Ana at about 11 a.m.,

Shulman said. Police found several stolen items in their possession,

he said.

-- Deepa Bharath