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-- Lolita Harper

Two 33-year-old Newport Beach men, one on parole with the California

Department of Corrections, were arrested Saturday morning after a boat

owner reported suspicious behavior in the harbor, Sheriff’s deputies

said.

Harbor Patrol Sheriff’s deputies received the call from a man who saw

the two men allegedly boarding various boats and traveling from one to

the next on a gray dinghy, Harbor Patrol Sgt. John Whitman said.

When deputies arrived they saw Peter Richter and Eric Norling getting

off a boat named Kailani, Whitman said.

The men told deputies they were looking for a girl, Whitman added.

Richter, who was operating the dinghy, was arrested on suspicion of

boating under the influence and for an outstanding warrant. Norling, a

parolee, was arrested on suspicion of illegal boarding vessels and

resisting arrest, Whitman said.