Police nab accused vehicle burglars Police caught...

Police nab accused vehicle burglars

Police caught two suspected car burglars in the act Friday

afternoon in the parking lot of the Aliso Creek Inn on South Coast

Highway, police said.

After reports of car burglaries in the area over the last six

months, police went to Aliso Creek Inn at 3:30 p.m. Friday with

several unmarked and marked police units, police said.

Officers in an unmarked car noticed two men standing near a car in

the parking lot and recognized the men from previous surveillance

videos, police said. Inn staff had reportedly seen the men tampering

with locks and trying car doors in the parking lot, police said.

Fred Ruigomez, 63, of Anaheim and William Hurt, 64, of Newhall

were arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary and burglary on a

previous date, police said.

Longtime volunteer for police dies at 104

The Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its first --

and oldest -- volunteers, Henry (Hank) L. Handy. Handy died March 26

at the age of 104.

He had been a reserve police officer in Pasadena, and after moving

to Laguna Beach was quick to sign up as a volunteer with the Laguna

Beach Police Department when the department launched its volunteer

program in 1994, Capt. Paul Workman said.

Handy logged more than 1,500 hours of service in six years. He

retired from volunteer duty in 2000, when he turned 100. His widow,

Edith, also volunteered with the department.

“He was here until he was almost 100, and we had him stuffing

envelopes,” Workman said.

Handy was also active in the Lawn Bowling Club. Services were held

March 31 at United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach.