Officers arrest robbery suspect Authorities on Thursday...

Officers arrest robbery suspect

Authorities on Thursday nabbed a man they think is responsible for

a bank robbery in Corona del Mar earlier this month.

Daniel Torres, 40, was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery,

Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said. Authorities

believe Torres was responsible for the July 5 robbery of a Citibank

at 3021 East Coast Highway.

Members of a regional fugitive task force, comprised of sheriff’s

deputies, Santa Ana Police officers and U.S. Marshals, spotted Torres

leaving a Laguna Hills bank on Thursday, Amormino said.

They recognized him as the prime suspect in the Citibank robbery

and identified themselves to him, Amormino said. Torres ran, they

gave chase and arrested him after a short foot pursuit, he said.

Torres is being held without bail.

Police are still seeking the so-called Big Nose Bandit, who they

think robbed a nearby Bank of America, also on July 5. That bandit is

suspected in five other bank robberies, including a second in Newport

Beach.

Police don’t think the two robberies are connected.

Police make arrest in stabbing case

Police made one arrest this week in connection with a brawl in a

Costa Mesa park that resulted in the stabbings of two people.

Costa Mesa police arrested Thomas Clark Martin Jr., 18, of Buena

Park on Wednesday, Sgt. Marty Carver said. Martin is charged with

assault with a deadly weapon and is being held in the Orange County

Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Martin was arrested in connection with a July 10 fight at

Brentwood Park in the 200 block of Monte Vista Avenue, Carver said.

A group of about 30 people gathered in the park and a fight broke

out, police said. A 19-year-old and a 17-year-old, both male, were

stabbed in the melee.

One was a resident of Huntington Beach and was one from Newport

Beach, police said.

Their injuries were not life threatening, police said. The

incident is not believed to be gang related.