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Teens arrested in Newport burglaries

Westminster police on Monday arrested two Huntington Beach teens

said to have been involved in several vehicle burglaries in east

Newport Beach, officials said.

Steven Michael Henley, 19, and Christina Downing, 18, were

arrested as they were trying to cash forged checks in Westminster,

Newport Beach police Sgt. Steve Shulman said.

Investigators searched one of the suspect’s homes and recovered

items such as blank checks, credit cards, golf equipment, personal

computers and cameras, he said. Police have identified a few victims

but are in the process of locating others, Shulman said.

Detectives believe that the suspects stole mostly between midnight

and 3 a.m., he said.

Anyone who believes he or she may have been a victim of such a

theft during the last five months is asked to call Newport Beach

police Det. Kent Eischen at (949) 644-3790.