POLICE FILES - Aug. 10, 2000

-- Kenneth Ma

The body of a 53-year-old man was discovered floating in Huntington

Harbor last week, after the Orange County Harbor Patrol responded to

calls from neighborhood residents.

The body, found Aug. 2, has been identified as David E. Lopez of Long

Beach, said Lt. Chuck Thomas, a spokesman for the Huntington Beach Police

Department.

The cause of death is still under investigation, Thomas said, although

there is no indication of homicide.

Thomas said he is uncertain when the cause of death will be

determined.

Robber sought in fast-food holdupPolice are looking for a robber in

connection with an Aug. 3 incident at a Jack in the Box restaurant on

Edwards Street.

The man, armed with a dark semiautomatic handgun, entered the

restaurant and confronted several employees, said Sgt. Chris Fillicichia

of the Huntington Beach Police Department.

He forced the employees to the back of the restaurant and took their

money, along with cash from the restaurant, Fillicichia said.

After stealing an undisclosed amount of money, Fillicichia said the

man fled on foot through the back door.

The robber is described as 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, and between 20 and

30 years old. He was wearing a dark long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, a dark

stocking cap and a nylon stocking mask.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Huntington Beach Police

Department at (714) 536-5951.

Police seek robber in store holdup

A man in his early 20s is wanted for questioning in connection with an

armed robbery Monday at the Sunrise Liquor Store on Brookhurst Street.

Police said the man entered the Huntington Beach store and grabbed

several items on the shelf before approaching the clerk at the counter.

He then put the items on the counter and pulled a small black handgun out

of a plastic bag.

The man told the clerk to empty the cash register and put the money in

the plastic bag, said Sgt. Craig Junginger of the Huntington Beach Police

Department.

He then fled with an undisclosed amount of money in a black vehicle,

which was parked outside, Junginger said.

The robber is described as cleanshaven, 6-foot-2 with a thin build. He

was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black pants and a white baseball

cap.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Huntington Beach Police

Department at (714) 536-5951.

Man’s body found in Central Park

A man’s body was found Monday near Huntington Beach Central Park’s

amphitheater by a passerby, police said.

The cause of death has been determined to be suicide, said Lt. Chuck

Thomas, spokesman for the Huntington Beach Police Department. Thomas said

a handgun was found near the body, which had a gunshot wound.

The name and age of the victim has not been determined, although

police believe he was an adult, Thomas said.