Email Author MATT COKER

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• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 4, 2010

  "Douchebag Does Sundance"

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2010 Stories by MATT COKER

• [UPDATED:] Paul Marshal Curry, Accused of Killing Wife by Poisoning in '94, Gets Arraignment Delayed

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Update, December 7, 1:41 p.m.: The arraignment of Paul Marshal Curry, a 54-year-old Kansas building inspector accused of poisoning his wife of two years in San Clemente in 1994 to collect a $400,000 i... More >>

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  YouPorn Shared More Than Sex Videos Claims Lawsuit Filed by Newport Beach Pair

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Two Newport Beach men have filed a lawsuit accusing operators of the YouPorn adult video sharing website of "sniffing," which is not an exotic new sex act (well, at least not in this particular contex... More >>

• Regina Husman and Eveline Rahardja, Daughter and Mother Held by ICE in Santa Ana, Spark Petition Drive

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Thousands of people around the world have signed petitions calling for the release of a Cal State Fullerton student and her mother, who have been shuffled around detention facilities and were sitting ... More >>

• Nadya Suleman Gets Vivid Offer That Keeps Her Clothes On and Octomom Away From Porn Sets

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Like a guardian angel, Vivid Entertainment has been there for Octomom Nadya Suleman. When the mother of 14's struggles to stave off foreclosure on her La Habra home were first publicized earlier this ... More >>

• The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show E! News Daily Insider Extra Entertainment Tonight Edition

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Went to write this week's collection of things written about and/or from Orange County on the Interwebs, and an episode of Entertainment Tonight broke out. The following batch includes celebrities and... More >>

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  Noel Lynn Hurtado, Mother; Timothy Seymour Hurtado, Uncle; and Now Ilene Irene Hurtado, Aunt are Charged With Murdering 23-Month-Old Boy

  published Dec 06, 2010

  If the charges against the Hurtado siblings stick, they will be holding their future family reunions in prison.Today, Ilene Irene Hurtado, 27, of Anaheim, was arraigned on charges of murder and assa... More >>

• Juan Humberto Avila, Linked to Cold-Case Rape of Teen, Faces 355 Years if Convicted on All Counts

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Juan Humberto Avila may have thought he got away with it--if he is indeed guilty of the "it": raping a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from In-and-Out Burger in Santa Ana the afternoon of Jan.... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Matthew Lloyd Crippen Escapes Charges of Illegal Modification of Xbox Consoles

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Update, December 6, 12:07 p.m.: A tip to you budding prosecutors out there: When a judge says, "I really don't understand what we're doing here," your case is in serious jeopardy. That's what U.S. Dis... More >>

• Ugly Police Mug Shot of the Week Goes to Accused Triple Killer Joseph Carillo

  published Dec 03, 2010

  Joseph Carillo takes the prize for this week's ugliest police mug shot. But even uglier are the crimes the 23-year-old is accused of having committed.Working in concert with authorities from the State... More >>

• Garden Grove Police Hold DUI Checkpoint Tonight, With More on the Way

  published Dec 03, 2010

  The first of four DUI/drivers license checkpoints conducted by the Garden Grove Police Department is tonight at 13201 Magnolia St.The operation begins at 9 p.m. and continues until 3 a.m. Saturday.The... More >>

• Now Jerry Brown Says Curt Pringle in Conflict Serving on OCTA and Bullet Train Boards

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Poor Curt Pringle: Termed out as Anaheim's mayor, no longer in demand as a Howdy Doody impersonator and now this: A second state legal authority has found it is a conflict for him to serve on the boar... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Inmate Dies at Orange County Jail

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Update, December 2, 12:38 p.m.: The inmate who was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead in his Orange County Jail cell has been identified as Keith Eric Files, 28, of Costa Mesa.Files was serv... More >>

• Anaheim Hills Cosmetic Surgery Center Comes Under an Unfriendly Light

  published Dec 02, 2010

  It's enough to put a permanent frown in your forehead.After a plastic surgeon through the courts successfully challenged the state's authority to regulate surgery centers, California in 2007 stopped l... More >>

• [UPDATED:] Lior Bitton, LA Jeweler Allegedly Filed False Report of $99,000 Diamond Theft

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Update, December 2, 9:20 a.m.: Earlier this year, Westminster police arrested 36-year-old Los Angeles jewelry store owner Lior Bitton, who was accused of fraudulently collecting more than $99,000 fro... More >>

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  Herlin Mendez Held in Robbery by Tree Limb

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Desperate times apparently call for desperate robbery weapons.A guy walked into a gas station/mini-market in the 6100 block of Trabuco Road in Irvine about 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 and asked about buying ... More >>

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  Darren Moore, UC Irvine Basketball Guard, Inks Whatever a Spider Can

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Some are calling them the BEST . . . TATS . . . EVER!Certainly the producers of the new Spider-Man musical must love the free pub.To fully appreciate UC Irvine basketball guard Darren Moore's ink job,... More >>

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  JetBlue Fetes More Las Vegas-Long Beach Flights With Special $19 One-Way Fares

  published Dec 01, 2010

  rDo you suppose a budget airline's $40.68 roundtrip flights between Long Beach and Las Vegas has anything to do with JetBlue promoting expanded service between its Southern California hu... More >>

• Birthers Cling to Case With an OC Connection Claiming Obama is Ineligible to be President

  published Dec 01, 2010

  rPolitical Vel Craft ("Veil of Politics") is an amazing site with ads against the climate change "con," a link to the U.S. Debt Clock and blanket coverage of the WikiLeaks-exposed ma... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Clara Laird, OC Homicide No. 59: 88-Year-Old Hubby Accused of Shooting Her

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Update, December 1, 10:05 a.m.: Roy Charles Laird, the 88-year-old Seal Beach man accused of murdering his wife of 70 years, Clara Laird, 86, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.Jud... More >>

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  World AIDS Day is Marked in Orange County and Marked in Red in Downtown Long Beach

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Orange County does not go as ga-ga--Lady or otherwise--for World AIDS Day as many other municipalities (especially nearby Long Beach). But there are some commemorations today in the onetime gay m... More >>

• Gilberto Cruz Silva Guilty of Raping Prostitute, Trying to Rape Another at Knife Point

  published Nov 30, 2010

  A 30-year-old Corona man was found guilty by a jury today of forcibly raping one prostitute and attempting to rape another at knife point. Gilberto Cruz Silva faces a maximum sentence of 36 years to... More >>

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  Rick Warren Saddlebacks George W. Bush

  published Nov 30, 2010

  As released WikiLeaks proved George W. Bush lied, told half-truths and lived in a world far from reality--at least as chronicled in his recently released memoir, Decision Points--the fo... More >>

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  DREAM Activists March Through Anaheim

  published Nov 30, 2010

  rHigh-ranking members of Orange County churches, community organizations and Anaheim public school districts join local DREAM Act activists in marching this afternoon for federal legislation ... More >>

• Mexicana Airlines Stewardesses Lose Their Jobs and Their Uniforms

  published Nov 30, 2010

  rMexicana Airlines' stewardesses have been out of work since the Mexico City-based carrier filed for bankruptcy two months ago.So, with no nuts to distribute, beverage carts to push or f... More >>

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  James Roberts III, Ex-Huntington Beach Cop Accused of Rape, Sodomy and Other Abuse of Wife and Mistress, is Due in Court Today

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Former Huntington Beach police officer James Roberts III is scheduled to be arraigned this morning on rape, sodomy and 18 other felony charges.The alleged victimsr Roberts' wife and mistress.Who says ... More >>