POLICE BRIEFS

Police arrested a former Fountain Valley youth soccer official last

week on suspicion of of stealing from the Fountain Valley High School

boys’ soccer booster club and AYSO.

Gary N. Nakano, 47, was taken into custody Dec. 14 on suspicion of

grand theft. He was arrested in the 18000 block of Mount Cimarron Street.

Police say he took $9,504 from the booster club and $116,128 from AYSO.

Police said the arrest was made after a yearlong investigation. Nakano

was relieved from both positions when the investigation began. He was

booked into the Orange County Jail, where he posted $125,000 bail and was

released from custody.

Police seek suspect in weekend car bombing

Huntington Beach police are still searching for the person or people

who blew up a classic car Sunday.

At 5:42 a.m., a woman told police that her car exploded while it was

parked in front of her home in the 700 block of Lake Street, north of

Indianapolis Street, said Sgt. Janet Perez, a police spokeswoman.

Police found the red 1965 Ford Mustang still smoking, with its windows

blown out and extensive internal damage.

Firefighters who were called to the scene determined the explosion was

caused by a bomb and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s bomb squad

was called in to examine the wreckage, said Lt. Preston Linker of the

Huntington Beach Police Department.

The front end of a 1985 Jeep Cherokee parked behind the exploded car

was also damaged.

“At this point, we have no witnesses and no motive,” Perez said,

adding that the investigation is ongoing. “We’re trying to backtrack to

find out what happened.”