Man robs market, flees with cash A...

Man robs market, flees with cash

A man armed with a handgun robbed the Costa Mesa Tuesday Morning

store Thursday evening, police said.

The man entered the gift shop in the 200 block of E. 17th Street

just before 6 p.m. Thursday, Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Marty Carver

said. He demanded cash from the clerk and lifted his shirt to show a

handgun tucked in his waistband, Carver said.

The clerk complied and the man left with an undisclosed amount of

cash, he said. The man is described as white, in his 20s, 5 feet 7

inches, 135 pounds with short, brown, curly hair and a poor

complexion, Carver said.

Police find drug paraphernalia

Someone sneaked into a church building Thursday night and left

behind evidence of drug use, according to Costa Mesa Police reports.

An employee at St. John the Baptist Church on Baker Street told

police he saw two people jump out of a classroom window at about

11:40 p.m. Thursday, Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Marty Carver said.

Nothing appeared to be taken, but the intruders left behind

marijuana paraphernalia, Carver said.